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International Festival Features Traditional Food, Performances and Artistic Presentations

Monday, April 18, 2022, By Shannon Andre

Returning for its second year, the Center for International Services is hosting the International Festival on Sunday, April 24, at 4 p.m. in Goldstein Auditorium, inviting campus community members to experience various cultures and celebrate our global community. Included in…

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Gretchen Purser Appointed Co-Director of Lender Center for Social Justice

Monday, April 18, 2022, By Ellen de Graffenreid

Provost Gretchen Ritter announced today that Gretchen W. Purser, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs has been appointed co-director of the Lender Center for Social Justice. To fulfill their enduring mission to develop…

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Women’s Club Table Tennis Team Puts Up a Fight at National Collegiate Table Tennis Association Championships

Thursday, April 14, 2022, By News Staff

On April 8, led by Team Captain Rachel Yang ’23 and Club President Xinyue Mao ’22, the University’s women’s table tennis team showed up to the Round Rock Sports Center, marking the first time the club team has ever participated…

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Bellot, Geiss Named Class of 2023 Senior Class Marshals

Thursday, April 14, 2022, By Shannon Andre

Simone Bellot and Michael “MP” Geiss have been named the University’s Class of 2023 Senior Class Marshals. Bellot and Geiss will represent their graduating class and lead the student procession during the 2023 Commencement ceremony. Throughout their senior year, Bellot…

Media Tip Sheets

6 Climate Takeaways for Earth Day 2022

Thursday, April 14, 2022, By Daryl Lovell

This month, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations released a new report detailing the biggest climate concerns for countries all over the world. Some of the report’s main conclusions centered around steadily rising emissions and…

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In Memoriam: Life Trustee Anthony Y.C. Yeh G’49, an Innovator at the Intersection of Engineering and Business

Thursday, April 14, 2022, By Eileen Korey

After earning a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from the College of Engineering and Computer Science, Anthony Y.C. Yeh G’49 returned to his native country determined to help the throngs of refugees fleeing into Hong Kong from mainland China. He…

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Social Differences, Social Justice Cluster Hosts Inaugural Research Symposium

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By News Staff

On March 31, the Social Differences, Social Justice research cluster hosted its inaugural symposium, crossing interdisciplinary boundaries to showcase student and faculty research related to equity, social justice and global transformation. Co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Humanities…

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A&S Biologists Observe Molecular ‘Hand-off’ That Plays Key Role in Reproduction

Wednesday, April 13, 2022, By Dan Bernardi

Everyone considers sperm to be made exclusively by males. But did you know that females also make sperm? Well, it turns out that females also contribute to what makes a sperm a sperm. Nearly 20 percent of couples in the…

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…

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Ph.D. Student Andrew Ridgeway Wins Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award

Monday, April 11, 2022, By Cristina Hatem

Andrew Ridgeway, a third-year Ph.D. student in the College of Arts and Sciences’ (A&S) composition and cultural rhetoric program, was selected as the 2022 winner of the prestigious Mary Hatch Marshall Essay Award for his piece “Conspiracy Theories, Jouissance, and…