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Media, Law & Policy

Akerlof to Deliver Volcker Lecture on Wednesday

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By News Staff

George Arthur Akerlof will deliver the 2016 Paul Volcker Lecture in Behavioral Economics, titled “Phishing for Phools,” on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at 4 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium. The lecture is free and open to the public; RSVP is strongly recommended…

Campus & Community

United Way Campaign Aims to Be a ‘Game Changer’

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By News Staff

Following the most successful United Way campaign in campus history in 2015, Peter Sala, vice president and chief campus facilities officer, and Dr. Ruth Chen, professor of practice in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, will again co-chair the…

Media, Law & Policy

ProPublica Reporter to Discuss Journalism, Politics, Historic Debate at Newhouse School Today

Tuesday, September 27, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

Alec MacGillis was the recipient of the school’s Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting Political reporter Alec MacGillis of ProPublica will visit the Newhouse School today. He will discuss politics, his work and the first presidential debate in conversation…

Campus & Community

Free Bike Share Program Puts Students Behind the Wheel

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

If you need to get further faster—around campus or off—or maybe just do some exploring, there’s a new transportation service on campus that can help you get there. The Student Association, in collaboration with several administrative units on campus, has…

Campus & Community

J.R. Martinez Named as Keynote Speaker at 32nd Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Keith Kobland

Best-selling author, actor, U.S. Army veteran and motivational speaker J.R. Martinez will provide the keynote address at the 2017 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration.

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A with New College of Law Dean Craig M. Boise

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

College of Law Dean Craig M. Boise wants to ensure that each student’s experience at the college is a positive one and he’s already begun to implement that initiative.

Campus & Community

Q&A: LGBT Resource Center Director Tiffany Gray

Monday, September 26, 2016, By Cyndi Moritz

After working for a year as the interim director of the University’s LGBT Resource Center, Tiffany Gray was recently named as the center’s permanent director. This cause for celebration coincides with the center’s 15th anniversary, which is being celebrated Monday,…

Campus & Community

Information Sessions to Brief University Community on Middle States Reaccreditation Process

Friday, September 23, 2016, By Carol Boll

The Steering Committee guiding the University’s effort to secure reaccreditation from the Middle States Commission on Higher Education has scheduled two information sessions for the campus community on Friday, Oct. 7. The sessions will serve to brief interested students, faculty…

Arts & Culture

Acclaimed Novelist Dana Spiotta to Read at YMCA Arts Branch Sept. 30

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Dana Spiotta, a highly acclaimed novelist and an associate professor in the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing, will present a reading on Friday, Sept. 30, as part of the YMCA’s Downtown Writers Center (DWC)’s visiting author series. The free event…

STEM

Engineer by Training, Financial Entrepreneur by Trade: Joe DiMauro ’02

Wednesday, September 21, 2016, By Matt Wheeler

In an ideal world, every college freshman would be 100 percent decided on their major. You’d select it with a clear goal of where you want it to take you, commit yourself to the curriculum, pass with flying colors and…