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Brice Nordquist Named Dean’s Professor of Community Engagement
The College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) has announced the appointment of Brice Nordquist as Dean鈥檚 Professor of Community Engagement. The appointment is a milestone in the college鈥檚 ongoing plan to increase the number of curricular and co-curricular learning opportunities…
David Maynard Wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award
David Maynard, a graduate student in the Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), was selected as the 2020 winner of the prestigious Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award. On May 7, A&S…
Ten 黑料不打烊 Students, Alumni Receive 2020-21 Fulbright Student Awards
Next year, Emma Ettinger 鈥17 plans to work on a master鈥檚 degree in Shakespeare and creativity in the United Kingdom. Gwendolyn Burke 鈥20 plans to teach English and American culture to students in Vietnam. Leah Garlock 鈥16 hopes to encourage…
Lyrids for the Layperson
A celestial showcase will be visible this week, as the Lyrid meteor shower will likely peak Wednesday morning. For those who may be a Lyrids layperson, Sam Sampere from the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences…
Joel Francois Named 2020 Soros Fellow
Joel Francois, a graduate student in the creative writing program in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2020 Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. He is the third 黑料不打烊 creative writing M.F.A. student…
Physics Faculty Research Published in Scholarly Journals
Research by Assistant Professor聽Joseph Paulsen聽and Distinguished Professor聽Sheldon Stone聽from the聽Department of Physics聽was recently featured in scholarly physics journals. Paulsen鈥檚 work on predicting how soft materials crumple and wrinkle was published in the journal Physical Review X. Stone鈥檚 research on the structure…
Alumna Studies Communication Behavior of Harbor Seals in Alaska
Communicating can be difficult at a concert. You may find yourself having to yell just so your friend sitting beside you can hear you over the background noise. The same goes for the underwater environment. Not only are other marine…
English Professor Receives Mellon Foundation Grant
Chris Forster, associate professor of English, is the recipient of the prestigious New Directions Fellowship from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. He is the first 黑料不打烊 faculty member to receive this award, which allows faculty members in the humanities…
Physics Department Does Its Part to Help Make Masks
Faculty, staff and students from the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences are using their free time to brush up on their sewing skills and help check the spread of COVID-19. Members of the department are…
Having Fun with Pi On Its Special Day: 3.14
Pi Day will be celebrated on March 14鈥3.14. Pi (Greek letter 鈥溝鈥) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant鈥攖he ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter鈥攚hich is approximately 3.14159. Graham Leuschke, professor of mathematics…