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Physicist Harvey Kaplan Remembered

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The College of Arts and Sciences has lost one of its senior statesmen. Harvey Kaplan, who served on the physics faculty from 1959 until his retirement in 1996, died on Feb. 11. He was 90 years old. An accomplished teacher…

Arts & Culture

Opening Reception for ‘Darkness/Detritus/Illuminations’ March 26

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By News Staff

Point of Contact Gallery will host an opening reception for “Darkness/Detritus/Illuminations,” an exhibition by Puerto Rican artist Eduardo Lalo on Thursday, March 26. The reception will take place from 6-8 p.m. and is free and open to the public. Refreshments…

Arts & Culture

Isaiah Rashad to Headline Final Bandersnatch Show of the Year

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, By News Staff

Rapper Isaiah Rashad will headline University Union’s final Bandersnatch Music Series show of the 2014-2015 school year, with additional support from New Orleans hip hop artist Pell. The show will take place in the Schine Underground on March 17. After…

STEM

Students, Community Invited to New Info Visualization Meetup

Thursday, February 26, 2015, By Diane Stirling

A community meetup on the topic of information visualization is being hosted by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) and Assistant Professor Jeff Hemsley. The meetup will take place Tuesday, March 3, starting at 6 p.m. in the Katzer Room,…

STEM

Mathematics Department on Hot Streak

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The Department of Mathematics in the College of Arts and Sciences has the formula for success. Uday Banerjee, professor and chair of mathematics, says that nearly a third of his faculty have received major grant awards or international speaking invitations…

Media, Law & Policy

Professor Explores ‘Judicial Politics in Polarized Times’

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Do judges serve as neutral legal umpires, unaccountable partisan activists or political actors whose decisions conform to—rather than challenge—the democratic will? That is one of the many questions that political scientist Thomas Keck seeks to answer in his latest book,…

University Honors Poet-Activist Minnie Bruce Pratt Feb. 26

Wednesday, February 25, 2015, By Rob Enslin

Poet-activist Minnie Bruce Pratt will be the subject of a major celebration, on the eve of her retirement from the College of Arts and Sciences. A professor in both the Writing Program and Department of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS),…

STEM

Huang Receives NSF Grant for Mobile Crowdsourcing System

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, By Diane Stirling

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a continuing grant to School of Information Studies (iSchool) assistant professor and principal investigator Yun Huang to examine two questions related to public safety and mobile crowdsourcing. The two-pronged study, the first phase…

Campus & Community

Syfy Exec Offers Insight on Diversity in the Media

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, By News Staff

“Part of the authenticity of television is how relatable it is. I want to feel good watching TV. I want to see faces that look like mine,” says Robyn Lattaker-Johnson, the Syfy VP of unscripted development and current programming, and…

Arts & Culture

Artist Crystal Wagner to Speak, Create Large Installation

Tuesday, February 24, 2015, By Erica Blust

Contemporary interdisciplinary artist Crystal Wagner will present a lecture and create a large installation with students as part of her residency in the College of Visual and Performing Arts’ Department of Art Feb. 23-26. As a guest of the Department…