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Professor Eunjung Kim Awarded National Humanities Center Fellowship
Eunjun Kim, associate professor of cultural foundations of education in the School of Education and of women’s and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been awarded a 2024-25 National Humanities Center (NHC) Fellowship. During this prestigious…
Whitman Rises 7 Spots in the U.S. News & World Report Undergraduate Business Ranking to No. 40
The undergraduate business program at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management is now ranked No. 40 in the nation, up from No. 47 last year and No. 51 two years ago, by U.S. News & World Report. This is…
Chancellor Syverud Provides Updates to University Senate on University Climate and Shared Governance
Greetings, everybody. I should say that I had Tom’s [Dennison] job [chair of the Employee Benefits Advisory Council] in another life at the University of Michigan. I was the chair of a similar body there. I’m aware of the [health…
Spilling the Beans: Best Spots to Snag Coffee Around Campus
Calling all coffee lovers! Did you know that Sunday, Sept. 29, is National Coffee Day? Whether you are a diehard coffee enthusiast who celebrates every day or a novice just beginning to try coffee for the first time, SU News…
University Remembers Hendricks Chapel Dean Emeritus Richard Phillips
Richard “Dick” Phillips G’63, G’65, dean emeritus of Hendricks Chapel who led the chapel through the 1980s and 1990s, died July 10 in Colorado. He was 90. A native of Missouri, Phillips earned a bachelor’s degree in agriculture from Northwest…
2 New Staff Members Selected for Office of Diversity and Inclusion Administrative Fellowship
The Office of Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) has selected Diane Crawford and Qingyi Yu as the recipients of this year’s ODI Administrative and Research Fellowships, respectively. Earlier this year, ODI invited staff members to apply for the administrative fellowship as…
The Building Blocks of Future Smart Materials
How do cells take the shape they do and perform their functions? The enzymes and molecules that make them up are not themselves living—and yet they are able to adapt to their environment and circumstances, come together and interact, and…
ECS Professor Elizabeth Carter Studies, Forecasts Floods
After Hurricane Katrina ravaged the southern coastline of the United States in 2005, Elizabeth Carter found herself on the Gulf Coast following the tropical storm’s aftermath. Witnessing the devastating impact of the hurricane on infrastructure and communities, she decided to…
OVMA Award Boosts Veterans’ Internship Success
This summer, ten student veterans from the University community secured internships across the country—opportunities that are often out of reach for post-traditional students. With support from the Office of Veteran and Military Affairs (OVMA) Internship Award, these veterans gained hands-on…
Guarding Against Cyberbullies: Instructional Design Students Offer Interventions for a Widespread Issue
With nearly half (46%) of U.S. teens ages 13 to 17 reporting being targets of cyberbullying—according to a 2022 Pew Research Center survey—instructional design master’s degree students Tavish Van Skoik G’24 and Jiayu “J.J.” Jiang G’24 have developed a process…