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Health & Society

‘A Moral Obligation to Stand with the People’

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Renée K. Gadoua

Ahmed Abdel Meguid was out with friends in Istanbul on July 15 when members of the Turkish military initiated a coup attempt. Abdel Meguid, an assistant professor in the College of Arts and Sciences’ Department of Religion, spent the summer…

STEM

National Awards for Students in Auditory Research Lab

Monday, November 21, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

In the Auditory Electrophysiology Research Lab of Associate Professor Kathy Vander Werff, students play an important role in the research being done. Their commitment to the field of communication sciences and disorders is clear to their mentor—and now their academic…

Health & Society

18th Annual James L. Stone Legislative Policy Forum Explores Gun Violence

Friday, November 11, 2016, By Michele Barrett

Students in the School of Social Work in Falk College recently explored one of the most complex and difficult issues in America today: the unsettling interactions between gun violence, community relations, trauma and racial justice. With a focus on implications…

Arts & Culture

University Mourns Loss of Award-Winning Poet Lucia Perillo G’86

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, By Rob Enslin

Lucia Perillo G’86, an award-winning poet whose work was shaped by her struggle with multiple sclerosis (M.S.), died last month at her home in Olympia, Washington. She was 58. A graduate of the M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the…

STEM

Combating Stimulant Misuse in College Environment

Monday, October 31, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

Recent research suggests one-third of undergraduate students nationwide misuse, or are at risk for misusing stimulants, such as the commonly prescribed ADHD medication Adderall. With funding from biotechnology company Shire, psychology associate professor Kevin Antshel is creating programming to reduce…

Health & Society

Falk College Announces New Certificate of Advanced Studies in Child Therapy

Tuesday, October 4, 2016, By Michele Barrett

Falk College has announced a certificate of advanced studies (CAS) in child therapy, addressing a growing national shortage of mental health professionals trained to work with children and adolescents and their families. The CAS in child therapy is designed for…

Arts & Culture

Dotger and Dotger Secure NSF Funding for Research on Elementary Science Simulations

Thursday, September 29, 2016, By Jennifer Russo

Benjamin Dotger, professor of teaching and leadership, and Sharon Dotger, associate professor of science education, both in the School of Education, have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to continue their STEM-focused research into teacher education. The…

STEM

New Language Disorder Lab Joins CSD Department

Wednesday, September 28, 2016, By Elizabeth Droge-Young

The Communications Sciences and Disorders department is host to a new research lab, led by Assistant Professor Ellyn Riley. Work will focus on the language disorder aphasia, which is most often caused by stroke. Riley and lab members will investigate…

Arts & Culture

Pioneering Composer to Speak on ‘Music and Social Justice’

Monday, September 19, 2016, By Carol Boll

Composer and experimental pianist Anthony Davis will give a talk titled “Opera and Black Lives Matter: Music and Social Justice” on Monday, Sept. 26, in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons at Bird Library. The talk, which begins at 5:30 p.m.,…

Media, Law & Policy

Q&A: The U.S. and the Middle East: 15 Years after 9/11

Friday, September 9, 2016, By Kathleen Haley

Fifteen years out from 9/11 and the war on terror still rages. Osama Bin Laden is dead but U.S. troops, albeit in fewer numbers, remain in Iraq and Afghanistan, and new enemies have risen. Why has U.S. policy in the…