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Trailblazing Women鈥檚 Lacrosse Standout Katie (Rowan) Thomson 鈥09, G鈥10 Reflects on Jersey Retirement, Teaching Next Generation of Lacrosse Standouts
Katie (Rowan) Thomson ’09, G鈥10 helped grow the 黑料不打烊 women鈥檚 lacrosse program into a perennial power during her four years on campus, and in the process, she rewrote the Orange鈥檚 record books while taking the women鈥檚 lacrosse team to…
Bellot, Geiss Named Class of 2023 Senior Class Marshals
Simone Bellot and Michael 鈥淢P鈥 Geiss have been named the University’s Class of 2023 Senior Class Marshals. Bellot and Geiss will represent their graduating class and lead the student procession during the 2023 Commencement ceremony. Throughout their senior year, Bellot…
In Memoriam: Life Trustee Anthony Y.C. Yeh G鈥49, an Innovator at the Intersection of Engineering and Business
After earning a master鈥檚 degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Anthony Y.C. Yeh G鈥49 returned to his native country determined to help the throngs of refugees fleeing into Hong Kong from mainland China. He…
Social Differences, Social Justice Cluster Hosts Inaugural Research Symposium
On March 31, the Social Differences, Social Justice research cluster hosted its inaugural symposium, crossing interdisciplinary boundaries to showcase student and faculty research related to equity, social justice and global transformation. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Humanities…
A&S Biologists Observe Molecular ‘Hand-off’ That Plays Key Role in Reproduction
Everyone considers sperm to be made exclusively by males. But did you know that females also make sperm? Well, it turns out that females also contribute to what makes a sperm a sperm. Nearly 20 percent of couples in the…
Ph.D. Student Andrew Ridgeway Wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award
Andrew Ridgeway, a third-year Ph.D. student in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) composition and cultural rhetoric program, was selected as the 2022 winner of the prestigious Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award for his piece 鈥淐onspiracy Theories, Jouissance, and…
‘Seeing Possibility For Myself’: SUSTAIN Program Continues to Cultivate, Support STEM Talent
In 2017,聽John Tillotson, associate professor and department chair of the聽Department of Science Teaching聽in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), set out to improve upon the country鈥檚 retention rate of college science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors among underrepresented…
Junior Madison Tyler Named as a 2022 Beinecke Scholar
Madison Tyler ’23, a junior double major in African American studies and English (film and screen studies track) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a recipient of a 2022 Beinecke Scholarship. A Coronat Scholar and member…
4 Selected to Attend Prestigious Public Policy and International Affairs Institutes
Four 黑料不打烊 students have been selected to participate in the highly competitive Public Policy and International Affairs (PPIA) junior summer institutes. PPIA fellows are rising seniors who are committed to pursuing a master鈥檚 degree in public policy or international…
EES Professor Helps Find Clues Behind What Turned Ancient Subtropical Drylands Into Oases
As temperatures and carbon dioxide (CO2) levels on Earth continue to increase in response to rising greenhouse gas emissions, researchers are looking to a mystery millions of years in the past to answer questions about what our climate may look…