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How to Make the Most of Fall Career Week 2024

Thursday, September 19, 2024, By Christine Grabowski

Fall 2024 Career Week serves as a reminder for students that it is never too soon to take steps toward achieving their individual career goals. The week offers a lineup of programs and events designed to help students connect with…

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Hendricks Chapel Welcomes Rev. Julie Kelly as Lutheran Chaplain

Thursday, September 19, 2024, By Dara Harper

Hendricks Chapel is excited to introduce the Rev. Julie Kelly as the University’s new Lutheran chaplain. Kelly will join Hendricks Chapel’s growing team of 15 chaplains, who collectively represent various religious and spiritual identities. “We at Hendricks Chapel are eager…

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Metallica to Perform in JMA Wireless Dome in 2025

Thursday, September 19, 2024, By News Staff

Metallica will bring its record-breaking M72 World Tour to the JMA Wireless Dome on Saturday, April 19, 2025. The concert is among the group’s 21 North American concerts next year. The concert will feature the tour’s full production, with its massive in-the-round…

Health & Society

Big Data Holds Key to Understanding Human Behavior

Thursday, September 19, 2024, By News Staff

Researchers increasingly analyze gigantic volumes of digital information to understand how and why individuals and groups of people conduct their lives the way they do, both during ordinary days and under extreme stress such as disease outbreaks or social unrest….

Health & Society

Golisano Foundation Grant Supports Center on Disability and Inclusion

Thursday, September 19, 2024, By Martin Walls

The School of Education’s Center on Disability and Inclusion (CDI) has received a grant of $200,000 from the B. Thomas Golisano Foundation, one of the nation’s largest foundations dedicated to supporting programs for people with intellectual disabilities. With the award,…

Campus & Community

Antisemitism Expert Appointed New Backer Professor of Jewish Studies

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, By Caroline K. Reff

To help scholars delve deeper into a greater understanding of antisemitism, from its history to its implications for the U.S. today, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs announced the appointment of…

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Inaugural Bisignano Speaker Series Brings Trailblazing Women Athletes to Campus

Wednesday, September 18, 2024, By Charlie Poag

The rise of women’s sports has sparked a significant cultural shift in the last year, inspiring countless athletes and breaking barriers across the globe as national viewership numbers and stadium attendance for women’s sporting events have seen a dramatic rise….

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Shaping Perspectives, Influencing Passions: Students Share the Importance of Celebrating Latine Heritage Month

Tuesday, September 17, 2024, By John Boccacino

What does it mean to be a descendant of Latine/x/o/a and Hispanic heritage and trace your cultural roots to one of the more than 20 Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America, Central America, South America or the Caribbean? It’s impossible to…

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Whitman School’s MBA Ranked No. 1 Among Private Universities for Return on Investment, No. 63 Overall

Tuesday, September 17, 2024, By Dawn McWilliams

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management has once again been listed among the best MBA programs in the U.S. for 2024-25 by Bloomberg Businessweek. According to this year’s rankings, the Whitman School was ranked No. 1 nationally among private universities for…

Business & Economy

Federal Reserve Residency to Enhance Maxwell Professor’s Research on Invisible Labor, Gender Wage Gap

Tuesday, September 17, 2024, By John Boccacino

There was a meta moment for Kristy Buzard, associate professor of economics in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, that exemplifies the discrepancy in the mental and economic burdens that women carry compared to their men counterparts in…