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Information Session on Summer Campus Utility, Site Work to Be Held Monday, April 18

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By News Staff

The campus community is invited to attend an information session highlighting summer utility work and site improvements planned for North Campus. The information session will take place Monday, April 18, at 4 p.m. in the K.G. Tan Auditorium in the…

Campus & Community

Chancellor Syverud Addresses April 13 Meeting of the University Senate

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By News Staff

Thank you, Professor Stokes-Rees. I’ll be quick. As you heard, Provost Ritter isn’t able to join us today. She’s actually leading the accreditation or the evaluation of another great academic institution. And that’s a very important task. She asked me…

Campus & Community

Test of Orange Alert Campus Crisis Alert Notification System Scheduled for Wednesday, April 20

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By Christine Grabowski

The Department of Public Safety (DPS) will conduct a test of the Orange Alert Campus Crisis Alert Notification System on Wednesday, April 20, at 3:40 p.m. ET. It will be a full test of the system which includes notifications sent…

Campus & Community

Redefining Substance Use Resources

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By Gabrielle Lake

Actively educating, empowering and engaging students in making informed decisions regarding the use of alcohol and other substances is a passion for the Barnes Center at The Arch health and wellness team. In commitment to making a campuswide difference through…

STEM

Bringing Science Back Home: Ph.D. Candidate Tiffany Hamm Works to Expand STEM Access

Monday, April 11, 2022, By News Staff

Tiffany Hamm, a fourth-year science education doctoral student, formerly taught earth science in her hometown of Bronx, New York. She chose the School of Education to pursue a Ph.D. because she wanted to do more in the field. Making science…

STEM

‘Seeing Possibility For Myself’: SUSTAIN Program Continues to Cultivate, Support STEM Talent

Sunday, April 10, 2022, By News Staff

In 2017, John Tillotson, associate professor and department chair of the Department of Science Teaching in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), set out to improve upon the country’s retention rate of college science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) majors among underrepresented…

Media Tip Sheets

Schools Should Prioritize Desegregation, Consistent Policy and Better Social Services 

Saturday, April 9, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

Despite some improvements over the last decade, recent Census data shows that high percentages of American children are still living in communities with high concentrations of poverty. What sort of impact do these economic conditions have on the classroom? And…

STEM

Sophomore Emma Liptrap Named a 2022 NOAA-Hollings Scholar

Friday, April 8, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Emma Liptrap’s passion for environmental engineering began in a parking lot. In her junior year of high school, she set up a shadowing experience with a local engineering firm in her hometown of Salem, New Hampshire. Engineers brought her to…

Campus & Community

Junior Madison Tyler Named as a 2022 Beinecke Scholar

Thursday, April 7, 2022, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

Madison Tyler ’23, a junior double major in African American studies and English (film and screen studies track) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named a recipient of a 2022 Beinecke Scholarship. A Coronat Scholar and member…

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Carpe Diem! Berlin Scholars ‘Seize the Data’ at MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference  

Wednesday, April 6, 2022, By Matt Michael

For Michael O’Connor ’22, traveling with his fellow Sport Analytics Berlin Scholars in early March to Boston was “a moment of things coming full circle.” Four years ago, O’Connor visited Boston for the first time with his father, Dave O’Connor,…