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Architecture Alumni Selected to Design 10th Anniversary Ragdale Ring

Monday, April 18, 2022, By Julie Sharkey

A team of School of Architecture alumni made up of Ahnaf Chowdhury ’19, (B.Arch.), Anuradha Desai ’19 (B.Arch.), Amelia Gan ’19 (B.Arch.) and Marda Zenawi ’19 (B.Arch.), recently won the 2022 Ragdale Ring competition for their proposal, “Echo,” a design…

Campus & Community

Gretchen Purser Appointed Co-Director of Lender Center for Social Justice

Monday, April 18, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today that Gretchen W. Purser, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has been appointed co-director of the Lender Center for Social Justice. To fulfill their enduring mission to develop…

Campus & Community

Women’s Club Table Tennis Team Puts Up a Fight at National Collegiate Table Tennis Association Championships

Thursday, April 14, 2022, By News Staff

On April 8, led by Team Captain Rachel Yang ’23 and Club President Xinyue Mao ’22, the University’s women’s table tennis team showed up to the Round Rock Sports Center, marking the first time the club team has ever participated…

Campus & Community

In Memoriam: Life Trustee Anthony Y.C. Yeh G’49, an Innovator at the Intersection of Engineering and Business

Thursday, April 14, 2022, By Eileen Korey

After earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Anthony Y.C. Yeh G’49 returned to his native country determined to help the throngs of refugees fleeing into Hong Kong from mainland China. He…

Campus & Community

Social Differences, Social Justice Cluster Hosts Inaugural Research Symposium

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By News Staff

On March 31, the Social Differences, Social Justice research cluster hosted its inaugural symposium, crossing interdisciplinary boundaries to showcase student and faculty research related to equity, social justice and global transformation. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Humanities…

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A&S Biologists Observe Molecular ‘Hand-off’ That Plays Key Role in Reproduction

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Everyone considers sperm to be made exclusively by males. But did you know that females also make sperm? Well, it turns out that females also contribute to what makes a sperm a sperm. Nearly 20 percent of couples in the…

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Supporting Those Impacted by the War in Ukraine

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By News Staff

Dear Students, Faculty and Staff: It has been almost seven weeks since Russia invaded the sovereign state of Ukraine. Since that time, we have witnessed the courage, resilience and determination of the Ukrainian people in the face of a destructive…

NewsNation

“How Biden’s Ghost gun rules could affect your gun purchases”

Monday, April 11, 2022, By Lily Datz

Grant Reeher, professor of political science and director of the Campbell Public Affairs Institute in the Maxwell School, was quoted in the NewsNation story “How Biden’s Ghost gun rules could affect your gun purchases.” Reeher, who studies legislative politics, explained…

STEM

Bringing Science Back Home: Ph.D. Candidate Tiffany Hamm Works to Expand STEM Access

Monday, April 11, 2022, By News Staff

Tiffany Hamm, a fourth-year science education doctoral student, formerly taught earth science in her hometown of Bronx, New York. She chose the School of Education to pursue a Ph.D. because she wanted to do more in the field. Making science…

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Ph.D. Student Andrew Ridgeway Wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award

Monday, April 11, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Andrew Ridgeway, a third-year Ph.D. student in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) composition and cultural rhetoric program, was selected as the 2022 winner of the prestigious Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award for his piece “Conspiracy Theories, Jouissance, and…