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Arts & Culture

Cherríe Moraga to Serve as Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor Feb. 20-March 3

Thursday, February 16, 2017, By Rob Enslin

Cherríe Moraga—a prominent figure in Chicana, feminist, queer and indigenous activism, art and scholarship—is participating in a two-week residency at the University. Moraga is this year’s Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities. In this capacity, she will…

STEM

How Machine Learning Is Changing Crime-Solving Tactics

Thursday, February 9, 2017, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Modern forensic DNA analyses are crucial to crime scene investigations; however the interpretation of the DNA profiles can be complex. Two researchers from the Forensics and National Security Sciences Institute (FNSSI) have turned to computer technology to assist complicated profile…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents ‘The Gray Line’

Tuesday, January 31, 2017, By Sean Smith

Light Work is presenting “The Gray Line,” featuring the work of Kristine Potter, on view in the Kathleen O. Ellis Gallery at Light Work from through March 3. A reception and lecture with Potter will take place on Thursday, Feb….

STEM

Campus Becomes a Laboratory for Sustainability Research and Education

Thursday, January 26, 2017, By News Staff

Six faculty and student projects will receive grants totaling $50,000 this spring through the new Campus as a Laboratory for Sustainability (CALS) funding program. The call for proposals sought projects that address climate disruption and offer opportunities for communication and…

Business & Economy

Blackstone LaunchPad Announces First Global Media Fellows

Monday, January 23, 2017, By Pamela Whiteley McLaughlin

Amanda Chou ’19 and Amos Cohen ’20 have joined the Blackstone LaunchPad team this semester as its first Global Media Fellows. They will assist with developing plans for student outreach and special events that increase the number of students engaged…

STEM

Scientists Create Ice Storm to Study Effect on Forests

Monday, December 19, 2016, By Keith Kobland

To better understand the short- and long-term effects of ice storms on northern forests, a team of scientists, including Professor Charles T. Driscoll, generated an experimental ice storm on research plots on the Hubbard Brook Experimental Forest in New Hampshire. The National Science Foundation released the…

Health & Society

Rock and a Hard Place

Tuesday, December 13, 2016, By Rob Enslin

When Brian Patterson heard the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) was being delayed and possibly rerouted, he let out a whoop of joy. For him and thousands of others, particularly those at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in the snow-covered Dakotas,…

Campus & Community

English Department Establishes Memorial Fellowship

Monday, December 5, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Joseph Hughes liked big words—so much so that his brother often consulted a dictionary while talking to him. “Joe was a bright man with a promising future,” he told the Daily Orange shortly after Hughes’ untimely death at age 32….

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