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���ϲ����� welcomes world-renowned psychology researcher Bruce K. Alexander, Ph.D., professor emeritus at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, to campus on Nov. 12-13, for a series of events on the topic of addiction. Alexander’s pivotal “Rat Park” studies inspired…

New smartphones, portable devices and electric cars may get a lot of the public’s attention but all of them are dependent on batteries to make them run. Most current devices use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries—technology that was first commercialized in the…

A new study published in the journal Health Affairs by researchers from ���ϲ�����’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and the University of Kentucky reveals that participation in the national Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reduces the risk…

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Professor Jorge Luis Romeu has been awarded a Fulbright Specialist Award to teach three weeks of faculty development workshops at Universidad Francisco de Paula Santander (UFPS), Colombia. The Fulbright Program is devoted to increasing mutual understanding…

On June 20, a whale researchers had named Punctuation was found dead in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, a busy international shipping channel. Punctuation—so named for her comma-shaped scars—was a North Atlantic right whale, a species severely threatened by human…

Approximately one-third of millennials and post-millennials—young adults born 1981 and later—profess to have no connection to religion, according to the Pew Research Center. Yet evidence points to their strengthened humanitarian values and prominent spirituality. The degree to which religion is…

Students studying food systems in Falk College’s Department of Nutrition and Food Studies learn about ecological sustainability and social justice as faculty members, such as Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, highlight practices like agroecology and food-related social movements. Interactive class discussions shed important…

Ohemaa Dixon ’20 is pursuing a passion project, furthering her intellectual growth beyond the classroom—bolstered with a $5,000 grant and support and resources from the University. Dixon, an art photography student in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was…

As part of ongoing efforts to advance the institutional research enterprise, the second round of the ���ϲ����� Cluster Hires Initiative is underway. All faculty are invited to an open information session on Monday, Sept. 30, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in…

Last month, 15 students, faculty and alumni were climbing high into the Canadian Rockies as part of the “Trilobites on Ice” immersive learning experience through ���ϲ�����. The group spent six days amongst the spectacular scenery and geology of Alberta…