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Professor Receives NEH Summer Stipend Research Grant

Monday, April 20, 2015, By Sarah Scalese

Amy Kallander, an associate professor of Middle East history in the Maxwell School and the College of Arts and Sciences, has received a prestigious Summer Stipend Research Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). She will use the…

Arts & Culture

Professor Reconsiders Role of Native Americans in U.S. History

Thursday, April 16, 2015, By Rob Enslin

The role of Indigenous peoples in American history is being reconsidered in a new book, co-edited and co-authored by a professor in the College of Arts and Sciences. “Why You Can’t Teach United States History Without American Indians” (University of…

Media, Law & Policy

Professors Act as Muses to Inspire New Typefaces

Monday, April 13, 2015, By News Staff

The display cases in the lobby of Newhouse 1 currently contain work like nothing you’ve ever seen. The exhibit is a series of newly created typefaces inspired by the pillars of the Newhouse School: professors.

Campus & Community

Chandler-Olcott, Schell Named Meredith Professors for 2015-16

Thursday, April 9, 2015, By Cyndi Moritz

In addition, seven non-tenured faculty members will be given Meredith Teaching Recognition Awards. Lawrence Mason will be named the 2015 United Methodist Scholar-Teacher of the Year.

Arts & Culture

Women’s & Gender Studies Professors Garner National, International Honors

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, By Amy Manley

Honors continue to roll in for faculty in the Department of Women’s & Gender (WGS) Studies, located in the College of Arts and Sciences. Vivian May, associate professor and chair of WGS, says the latest round of achievements reflect the…

Health & Society

Teachers College Professors to Present ‘Youth, Media and Educational Justice: Cultivating Wellbeing Through Collaborative Inquiry’ March 16

Thursday, March 12, 2015, By Jennifer Russo

The School of Education will present another installment of the Douglas P. Biklen Landscape of Urban Education Lecture Series on Monday, March 16, featuring scholars from Teachers College, Columbia University, Lalitha Vasudevan and Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz. They will present “Youth, Media…

STEM

iSchool Graduate, Visiting Professor Meyerrose Keynoting Cyber Competition

Thursday, March 12, 2015, By Diane Stirling

A retired U.S. Air Force major general, known worldwide for his information technology and cybersecurity expertise and known to the School of Information Studies (iSchool) as a distinguished doctoral degree graduate and a visiting professor, will be the keynote speaker…

Arts & Culture

Professor Recognized by Council of Writing Program Administrators

Friday, March 6, 2015, By Rob Enslin

A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has received a national award for his work on large-scale writing assessment. Tony Scott, associate professor of writing and rhetoric, has received the Council of Writing Program Administrators (CWPA)’s Outstanding Scholarship…

STEM

University Unveils Charles Brightman Endowed Professorship of Physics

Tuesday, March 3, 2015, By News Staff

Professorship named for longtime physics professor, designed to ‘strengthen already strong department’ The College of Arts and Sciences announced today the establishment of the Charles Brightman Endowed Professorship of Physics. The professorship is made possible by a $1.4 million bequest…

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,…