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Warehouse Display Honors Design Alumnus for Innovative Headwear, Protective Sports Equipment
Witnessing a helmet-to-helmet collision sparked an idea for School of Design alumnus Bert Straus ’59, setting off a series of evolutions in headwear and protective sports equipment. Straus remembers watching the collision during a televised sports game. An image of…
School of Education Receives Gift to Fund Indigenous Teacher Preparation Scholarships
An anonymous benefactor has given $150,000 to the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ School of Education to provide scholarships for Native American students preparing to become inclusive education teachers. The School of Education Indigenous Teacher Preparation Fund will provide scholarships to at least…
Human Dynamics Task Force Members Appointed, Set to Begin Work
A task force charged with the reimagination of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s human dynamics academic programs has been convened by Vice Chancellor, Provost and Chief Academic Officer Gretchen Ritter. The work of the Human Dynamics Task Force will focus on programs in…
The Road to Developing Sustainable Infrastructure
As the construction industry faces challenges in infrastructure maintenance, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has established the Infrastructure Institute to develop new approaches to address these issues. Under the leadership of Director Min Liu, the Abdallah H. Yabroudi Endowed Professor in Sustainable Civil…
Nimisha Thakur Receives Newcombe Fellowship for Doctoral Research in India
Nimisha Thakur, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received a Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Awarded by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, the Newcombe Fellowship supports…
CRS Professor Wins Distinguished Service Award From the Rhetoric Society of AmericaÂ
Kendall Phillips, professor in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies (CRS) and interim director of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s Lender Center for Social Justice, has been selected as the recipient of the 2024 George E….
Campos Foundation Scholarship Empowers Summer College STEM Students
Summer College, part of the Office of Pre-College Programs, has received a gift of $150,000 from the Campos Foundation to support recipients of the Campos Foundation Scholarship. The gift was part of a pledge of $2.15 million to ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ…
Terence J. Lau L’98 Named Dean of the College of Law
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ today announced that Terence J. Lau L’98 has been named the 13th dean of ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s College of Law. The appointment, which begins Aug. 5, was approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. “We are…
College of Professional Studies Programs Provides Faculty and Staff Opportunities to Use Remitted Tuition
The remitted tuition benefit offers eligible employees the opportunity to have tuition charges covered for undergraduate and graduate classes at the University. If you’re thinking about using remitted tuition, consider enrolling in one of the in-demand programs offered through the…
$1.25M Mellon Foundation Grant Supports Humanities-Oriented Project Focused on Pandemic Backlash and Public Health
A project that uses humanities methods to document and explore pandemic backlash and the experiences of public health officials has received $1.25 million in funding from the Mellon Foundation. The multi-university effort involves historians and public health scholars based at…