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Campus & Community

Faculty and Staff Invited to Register for Women’s Wellness Presentation

Tuesday, May 8, 2018, By News Staff

As part of our Women’s Health Month celebration, Pat Salzer, a Workplace Wellness Consultant for Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield, will be on campus May 16 to present “Women’s Wellness: Making Time for You.” Join us to learn about leading…

Media, Law & Policy

Nina Kohn Testifies to Senate Special Committee on Aging and Social Security Administration

Friday, May 4, 2018, By Martin Walls

On April 18, College of Law Associate Dean for Research and Online Education and David M. Levy L’48 Professor of Law Nina A. Kohn testified in Washington, D.C., on guardianship abuse and reform and financial decision-making for people with disabilities….

STEM

Aerospace Engineering Seniors Test their Plane Designs in Carrier Dome

Wednesday, May 2, 2018, By Alex Dunbar

For aerospace engineering seniors in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, everything builds up to flight day. For their capstone projects, student teams spent hundreds of hours designing, redesigning and constructing a rocket and an airplane capable of carrying the rocket as many laps as possible inside the Carrier Dome.

USA Today

Musk’s Firm Stance Bad for Brand, Expert Says

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

After a driver was killed while using the autopilot function of a Tesla Model X, CEO Elon Musk found himself the target of critics calling out the safety of his vehicles. Musk did not take the criticism well, a stance…

Arts & Culture

‘May the 4th Be With You’ Will Never Grow Tired

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, By Daryl Lovell

May 4 is now widely recognized as the Star Wars holiday. It’s commonly known as “May the 4th Be With You”, a pun on the well-known franchise catchphrase, “May the Force be with you.” Fans of the media franchise celebrate…

Media, Law & Policy

Jeffrey Gonda Wins Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, By Jennifer Congel

This year’s Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research, recognizing outstanding non-tenured faculty members at the Maxwell School, will be given to Jeffrey Gonda, assistant professor of history. The award will be presented at the Maxwell School’s annual Graduate…

Campus & Community

Jade Rhoads Earns Prestigious Pickering Fellowship

Tuesday, May 1, 2018, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Jade Rhoads’ interest in pursuing an advanced degree in international affairs and working in the Foreign Service began during her service in the military. Rhoads served active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps from 2005-09—stationed at Camp Pendleton, California, and deployed to Iraq during the years of 2006 and 2008, primarily in the Al Anbar region.

Campus & Community

Disability Caucus and Campus Conversation about Disability Justice Tonight

Monday, April 30, 2018, By Joyce LaLonde

Tonight, April 30, the campus community is invited to an accessible campus conversation about what is meant by “disability justice,” “ableism” and “intersectionality.” Priya Penner, Disability Student Union (DSU) president; Jennith Lucas, DSU vice president; Diane Wiener, director of the…

PBS News Hour

Service Dog Helps Vision, and Writing

Friday, April 27, 2018, By Sawyer Kamman

Stephen Kuusisto, a University Professor of cultural foundations of education in the School of Education, was recently featured in a PBS News Hour story. The video story detailed the relationship Kuusisto recently built with a new service dog, which not only taught…

STEM

Writing with Light, Hosein Receives Career Award

Thursday, April 26, 2018, By Matt Wheeler

In the never-ending process of optimizing a solution to a problem, everything matters, particularly the materials one uses to fix the problem. And the more complex the solution, the more advanced the materials. One has to choose materials that are…