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STEM

Professor Featured in Exhibition Highlighting Work of Women Paleontologists

Wednesday, December 15, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

As a young girl, Linda Ivany ’88 was fascinated by the natural sciences. Flipping through the pages of National Geographic magazine, she would learn about the work of noted female scientists Eugenie Clark, known for her pioneering research with sharks…

Campus & Community

Cooking for the Holidays? Food Services Executive Chef Eamon Lee Shares His Top Tips and Insights

Tuesday, December 14, 2021, By Jen Plummer

A food industry veteran with over three decades of experience cooking and working in restaurants, Eamon Lee, executive chef in Food Services who began his tenure with the University earlier this year, knows a few things about holiday cooking. We…

Morning Consult

The ‘Biden Bump’ Happening Abroad Right Now

Sunday, December 12, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history in the Maxwell School, was interviewed for the Morning Consult article “America is Experiencing a Biden Bump Abroad, but It’s What Allies Fear That Matters Most.” Khalil discussed the idea of the ‘Biden bump,’…

Veterans

Navy Veteran Tru M. Truong G’24 Looks to Bright Future Through Her University Experience

Monday, November 29, 2021, By Vanessa Marquette

Originally from the small town of Ben Tre, Vietnam, Tru Truong began her journey in the U.S. at 12 years old when she moved with her mother and sister to Maryland. She was always interested in joining the military as…

Campus & Community

First-Year Seminar Lead Instructors Sought for Fall 2022

Monday, November 29, 2021, By Ellen de Graffenreid

The Office of Academic Affairs and First-Year Seminar team invite faculty, staff and graduate students to participate in information sessions about the First-Year Seminar (FYS 101) course. Course leaders and current instructors will share an overview of the course goals…

STEM

Lights, Camera…Cybersecurity! Professor Constructs Studio for Instructional Videos

Monday, November 8, 2021, By Alex Dunbar

Electrical engineering and computer science professor Kevin Du wanted to up the production value of the cybersecurity instruction videos he has been posting to YouTube and decided to construct a studio inside his lab space. “I used to have one…

CNN

Facebook’s New Advertising Techniques and What the Motivation Behind Them Might Be

Friday, November 5, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Beth Egan, associate professor of advertising in the Newhouse School, was interviewed by CNN for the story “Big Tech television ads paint a rosy picture of a problematic industry.” Professor Beth Egan discussed Facebook’s recent ad launch, featuring a unique…

Orange After Dark | LGBTQ Resource Center Game Night | Yoga

Thursday, November 4, 2021, By News Staff

Dear Students and Families: Thanksgiving break is a little more than two weeks away—something to look forward to as we near the end of the semester. Until then, remember to build in time during your busy academic schedule to enjoy…

Arts & Culture

Light Work Presents James Henkel: Object Lessons Exhibition

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, By Cjala Surratt

Object Lessons, by North Carolina-based artist James Henkel, runs Oct. 25–Dec. 9 at Light Work in the Robert B. Menschel Media Center at 316 Waverly Ave. In his new exhibition, Henkel looks back over 30 years of image-making, following a…

Arts & Culture

Join the Lender Center Conversation: ‘Creative Activity as a Human Right’

Sunday, October 31, 2021, By Matt Michael

For James Haywood Rolling Jr. ’91, the upcoming “Creative Activity as a Human Right” event is two months in the planning but decades in the making. Rolling, a dual professor of arts education in the College of Visual and Performing…