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Media, Law & Policy

Partnership With Sony Electronics to Bring Leading-Edge Tech to Help Ready Students for Career Success

Tuesday, September 16, 2025, By Genaro Armas

Sony Electronics is partnering with the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications to provide state-of-the-art equipment, hands-on training and world-class industry expertise as part of a collaboration that will prepare students for careers in media, entertainment and visual communications. The…

Campus & Community

Empowering Supervisors Through Communication and Leadership Skills: Crucial Conversations and Crucial Influence Return This Fall

Monday, September 15, 2025, By News Staff

This fall, the Office of Human Resources is once again offering two transformative professional development programs designed specifically for supervisors and managers: Crucial Conversations and Crucial Influence. These workshops equip leaders with the tools to navigate high-stakes discussions and drive…

Campus & Community

Renée Crown University Honors Program Launches New Tradition

Monday, September 15, 2025, By News Staff

Over 500 students gathered in Hendricks Chapel Sept. 5 to celebrate the new academic year in the Renée Crown University Honors Program’s first Assembly of Scholars. The event consisted of speeches from three students and the interim Director of Honors…

Campus & Community

Institutional Research Team Joins Office of Institutional Effectiveness

Monday, September 15, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

As part of a broad strategy to strengthen data-informed decision-making and institutional performance across campus, the University’s institutional research team has been formally integrated into the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE), effective June 1. The newly consolidated office continues to…

STEM

Professor Shikha Nangia Named as the Milton and Ann Stevenson Endowed Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering

Friday, September 12, 2025, By Emma Ertinger

The College of Engineering and Computer Science (ECS) has announced the appointment of Shikha Nangia as the Milton and Ann Stevenson Endowed Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering. Made possible by a gift from the late Milton and Ann Stevenson,…

Campus & Community

University Partnering With CXtec, United Way on Electronic Upcycle Event

Friday, September 12, 2025, By John Boccacino

Do you have an old laptop, an outdated cell phone, an obsolete tablet or a forgotten printer that no longer works? Are you looking to recycle your outdated technology in a sustainable way while also giving back to the United…

STEM

Celebrating a Decade of Gravitational Waves

Friday, September 12, 2025, By Dan Bernardi

Ten years ago, a faint ripple in the fabric of space-time forever changed our understanding of the Universe. On Sept. 14, 2015, scientists at the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) made the first direct detection of gravitational waves—disturbances caused by the…

Arts & Culture

George Saunders G’88 Wins National Book Award

Friday, September 12, 2025, By Casey Schad

George Saunders G’88, acclaimed author and professor of creative writing in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the winner of the 2025 National Book Award for Distinguished Contributions to American Letters (DCAL) by the National Book Foundation….

Campus & Community

Honors Program Interim Director, Working Group Announced

Wednesday, September 10, 2025, By Wendy S. Loughlin

College of Arts and Sciences Dean Behzad Mortazavi has announced the appointment of Laura Machia, associate dean for academic initiatives and curriculum and professor of psychology, as interim director of the Renée Crown University Honors Program. In this role, Machia…