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Sophomore Ellen Jorgensen Named a 2021 NOAA-Hollings Scholar
In high school, Ellen Jorgensen was highly involved in the Green Club in her school and led initiatives that focused on waste reduction. She also developed education initiatives for her peers to give them a sense of responsibility regarding the…
Navigating an International Fellowship During a Global Pandemic
When Scott Manning Stevens was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020, he assumed the virus would be over by the summer’s end and that he would have no problem traveling abroad to…
Campus Community Invited to ‘Confronting Anti-Asian Racism: A Public Discussion’ on Friday, March 26
The Renée Crown University Honors program in the College of Arts and Sciences invites all members of the campus community to a discussion and reflection on Anti-Asian racism within the United States. The virtual event will reflect on historical and…
Creative Writing Department Instructor Jules Gibbs Publishes New Book of Poetry
Poet Jules Gibbs’ new poetry collection, “Snakes & Babies,” was recently published by ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Press and The Sheep Meadow Press. Gibbs teaches in the Department of English and is a longtime board member of Punto de Contacto Gallery, where…
Twelve Selected as 2021 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars
Twelve seniors have been named as the 2021 ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor that the University bestows. The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Scholars Selection Committee, a Universitywide faculty committee, selected the 2021 scholars using criteria that included coursework and academic…
Pilot Program to Support Humanities Faculty Completing Scholarly Manuscript
The College of Arts and Sciences invites applications from full-time tenure-track and tenured faculty members completing a book-length manuscript to apply for funds to enable three senior, external scholars in their field to read and comment on their manuscript and…
Six ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Students Receive Prestigious Critical Language Scholarship
Six ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ students have been selected as recipients of the Critical Language Scholarship, through which they will immerse themselves in intensive language study this summer. Additionally, three students were named as alternates. The recipients and the languages they will…
Giving Back to Honor a Great Mentor
Peter Robison G’78 (Ph.D.) remembers joining professor emeritus of biology Richard Levy’s lab in 1974 during a particularly tumultuous time in our nation’s history. Richard Nixon had resigned from the presidency due to the Watergate scandal and students were feeling…
Florence Art Program Alum Discusses Her Passion for Jewelry on PBS Program
Alumna Laura Marsolek ’13, G’17 was recently featured on an episode of the PBS series “Postcards,” a Minnesota-based public television show featuring the art, history and cultural heritage of western Minnesota. Marsolek, a native of Ortonville, Minnesota, is a metalsmith,…
New Red-Tailed Hawk Nest Cam Adds to Views of Soaring Raptors
A new nest camera following SU-Sue and Otto, the red-tailed hawks who’ve called ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ home since 2012, is now live. The camera, donated by Anne Marie Patti Higgins ’76, G’90, is the newest of four cameras around campus that…