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Q&A: What’s Behind the Pokémon Go Craze?

Wednesday, July 13, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

They are everywhere. Pikachu and Venusaur and the many characters of Pokémon are taking over virtual spaces and being captured by fans with a smartphone and the downloadable Pokémon Go app by Niantic and Nintendo. The game that uses a…

Health & Society

Q&A: One-Year Anniversary of Nationwide Marriage Equality

Monday, June 27, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

June 26 marked one year since the U.S. Supreme Court announced its landmark decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which guaranteed the right to marry to LGBT couples throughout the United States. Aaron Hoy is a doctoral candidate in sociology in…

Business & Economy

Q&A: Brexit Vote and the Possible Economic Impacts

Tuesday, June 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

British citizens have a weighty decision this week. Stay in or leave the European Union (EU), the economic and political union composed of 28 European countries that they have been part of for decades. Each side of the “Brexit” question…

Media, Law & Policy

Q& A: Robin Riley on the Significance of Having a Female Presidential Nominee

Thursday, June 9, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

No matter whether you plan on voting for her, Hillary Clinton has accomplished something that no woman before her has. She has become the presumptive presidential nominee of one of the two major U.S. political parties. Robin Riley, assistant professor…

Campus & Community

Office of Financial Aid & Scholarship Programs to Move

Tuesday, June 7, 2016, By News Staff

The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarship Programs will be closing on Friday, June 10 at noon. We will resume our normal business hours on Monday, June 13, in our new location at 200 Bowne Hall. Contact: Nancy Koes Office…

STEM

LaVerne Sessler ’16, G’17, Civil Engineering & Business

Friday, May 27, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

It isn’t hard to see how LaVerne Sessler ’16, G’17 ended up enrolled in the H. John Riley 3+2 Engineering and M.B.A. program. He’s been around construction equipment and business his entire life. His family owns and operates Sessler Wrecking,…

Prince The Trickster: Politics of Self Determination, Inclusion & Musical Craft

Friday, April 22, 2016, By Ellen Mbuqe

James Gordon Williams, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, offers commentary on the passing of global music artist Prince. “I saw Prince perform live twice but have listened to his music for decades. The first time I witnessed his musical…

Arts & Culture

VPA Jumps 12 Spots in Latest U.S. News & World Report Graduate Fine Arts Rankings

Friday, April 22, 2016, By Erica Blust

The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has been ranked No. 33 by U.S. News & World Report on its 2017 Best Graduate Schools in Fine Arts list. VPA was previously ranked no. 45 by U.S. News in 2012—the…

STEM

Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning to Hold Workshop on ‘Invigorating Your Teaching’

Monday, April 11, 2016, By J.D. Ross

The Faculty Center for Teaching & Learning at the School of Information Studies (iSchool) is holding a workshop called “Invigorating Your Teaching” on Friday, April 15. The session is free and is open to all faculty, adjunct faculty and Ph.D. students…

Campus & Community

Tiq & Kim Milan to Speak April 6 as Part of Annual Transgender Day of Liberation

Wednesday, April 6, 2016, By News Staff

Tiq and Kim Milan are the Annual Transgender Day of Liberation celebration speakers during an event at 7 p.m. April 6 in Maxwell Auditorium. Tiq and Kim Milan, Black queer and trans* partners in life and in work, will give…