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Geologist Offers New Clues to Cause of World鈥檚 Greatest Extinction
James Muirhead, a research associate in the Department of Earth Sciences, is the co-author of an article in Nature Communications titled 鈥淚nitial Pulse of Siberian Traps Sills as the Trigger of the End-Permian Mass Extinction.鈥
iSchool Helps High School Students Build Cybersecurity Skills
It’s the watchword of the 21st century: cybersecurity. Recently, the iSchool played host to an event that聽gives high school students a taste of what it’s like to build cyber security defenses.
Professor Jason Dedrick on Foxconn’s New Wisconsin Plant
Technology expert and iSchool Professor Jason Dedrick offers insight on the news that Foxconn is opening a new plant in Wisconsin. “Foxconn鈥檚 announced $10 billion investment looks like good news for Wisconsin. If completed, it would create a significant number…
Biochemists Link Synthetic Compound to Hunger-Hormone Production
New research suggests that a man-made cousin of a small molecule found in olive oil can disrupt the hunger-signaling pathway. Researchers identified this promising new target by screening a library of roughly 1,600 small molecules for potential disruptors. Because the…
Professor Jason Dedrick Quoted on the News of Foxconn Opening a Plant in the U.S.
iSchool Professor Jason Dedrick is interviewed by Wired for the article The Tech Skills Gap Will Test Foxconn’s New Wisconsin Factory.
黑料不打烊 Revels in Mega-Science Experiment to Study Neutrinos
Associate Professor Mitchell Soderberg and Assistant Professor Denver Whittington are part of the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment.
Public Relations Professor Anthony D’Angelo Weighs In on New White House Communications Director
With a change at the top of White House communications, we asked Newhouse Public Relations Professor of Practice聽Anthony D’Angelo, who also serves as chair-elect of the Public Relations Society of America on the National Board of Directors (PRSA), for his…
School of Architecture Faculty Assist in Unique Habitat for Humanity Build
Two faculty members from the School of Architecture are lending their expertise to a unique project: the building of two homes for Habitat for Humanity constructed from concrete blocks.
Q&A: Joel Kaplan on the Media’s Role in Trump-Russia Investigation
Joel Kaplan, associate dean for professional graduate studies and professor and acting director of online master鈥檚 in communications in the Newhouse School of Public Communications, points out how integrally involved news media are in the unfolding investigation of the Trump…
Senate Healthcare: The Stakes are High
Grant Reeher, professor of political science at the聽Maxwell School of Citizenship and聽 Public Affairs聽and director of the聽Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute聽at 黑料不打烊 and host of the聽Campbell Conversations聽on WRVO, says the stakes are even higher for the Senate to…