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Rachel Vassel Named New Assistant Vice President of Program Development

Friday, October 14, 2016, By News Staff

Chief Advancement Officer and Senior Vice President Matt Ter Molen announced today the appointment of Rachel Vassel ’91 as the new assistant vice president of program development in the Division of Advancement and External Affairs (AEA). Vassel begins in her…

Campus & Community

Doing Assessment as if Teaching and Learning Matter Most

Thursday, October 13, 2016, By News Staff

The Office of the Associate Provost for Academic Affairs is pleased to announce that Tom Angelo will be presenting Friday, Oct. 14: Doing Assessment as if Teaching and Learning Matter Most To some degree, assessment will always be a bureaucratic…

STEM

Wang to Discuss Drone Privacy Issues at FTC Workshop Thursday

Wednesday, October 12, 2016, By J.D. Ross

As the technology has improved for unmanned aerial drones over the past several years, they have become more popular with, and accessible to, the general public. With this growth has come the need for regulation, both for operation of the…

Health & Society

Gun Violence Is Topic for Thursday’s Lourie Lecture

Tuesday, October 11, 2016, By News Staff

On Thursday, Oct. 13, Daniel Webster will deliver the 28th Annual Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture on Health Policy, titled “A Roadmap for Reducing Gun Violence in America.” Webster is a professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins…

Media, Law & Policy

Symposium Discusses Syrian Conflict

Monday, October 10, 2016, By Liam Sullivan

“Running for Cover: Politics, Justice and Media in the Syrian Conflict” kicked off Thursday morning with opening remarks from S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications Dean Lorraine Branham and Ken Harper, the director of the Newhouse Center for Global Engagement….

WellsLink Hosts 13th Annual Transitions Ceremony

Monday, October 10, 2016, By Neema Amadala

The Office of Multicultural Affairs will host its 13th annual WellsLink Transitions Ceremony on Friday, Oct. 14, at 4 p.m. in Hendricks Chapel. Campus community members are invited to attend the ceremony to honor the WellsLink Scholars from the previous…

STEM

Information Sessions Scheduled for 2017 Spring Break in Silicon Valley

Friday, October 7, 2016, By J.D. Ross

Information Sessions for the 2017 Spring Break in Silicon Valley experiential learning trip held by the School of Information Studies (iSchool) have been scheduled. Spring Break in Silicon Valley is designed to give students a firsthand look at the companies,…

Business & Economy

Whitman School Holds 67th Annual Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program

Thursday, October 6, 2016, By Kerri D. Howell

The Martin J. Whitman School of Management’s H.H. Franklin Center for Supply Chain Management is hosting its annual Salzberg Memorial Lecture Program on Thursday, Oct. 13, from 2-5 p.m. in the Whitman School’s Lender Auditorium. Established in 1949, the annual…

Media, Law & Policy

Student Film Will Air at Big Apple Film Festival Next Month

Wednesday, October 5, 2016, By Wendy S. Loughlin

A film by Newhouse School television, radio and film student Brian Yuran has been accepted into the Big Apple Film Festival in the Narrative Shorts category. The festival will be held Nov. 1-5, in New York City. Yuran’s film, “Blood…