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Campus & Community

Sidewalk on North Side of Skytop Road and East Colvin Street Intersection Temporarily Closed

Thursday, July 29, 2021, By News Staff

A contractor is making pedestrian and accessible ramp improvements on the north side of the intersection at Skytop Road and East Colvin Street beginning today. Due to the work, sidewalk and accessible ramps on that side of the intersection will…

Health & Society

Keep Safety in Your Summer Fun

Thursday, July 29, 2021, By Roxanna Carpenter

Summer! The best time of year—play time, vacation and easier schedules for most of us. But in among all that recreation, keep an eye out for safety, so you can keep the fun coming. First and foremost, experts agree, get…

STEM

Forensic Scientists Design the First Machine Learning Approach to Forensic DNA Analysis

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

As the field of forensics evolves, more complex evidence is being processed with greater precision, sensitivity and speed than ever before. To give a real-life example, consider a bank robbery where the perpetrator uses a pen, available to all customers,…

Campus & Community

A Call to Be ‘Audacious and Bold’

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, By Jessica Youngman

Maxwell’s advisory board has a vital role in guiding the school’s efforts in diversity, equity and inclusion. At a recent Maxwell School Advisory Board meeting, member Mary Daly G’91, G’94 posed a question—or perhaps it was a challenge. As she…

Health & Society

Sport Management Alumnus Helps Illuminate Olympic Athletes at Tokyo Games

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, By Kathleen Haley

The Tokyo Olympics brings together an untold number of stories of athletes and their struggles, determination and victories. Brian Meyer ’11 is helping bring those stories to light to their fans and to the world. Meyer is account director at…

Campus & Community

Director of Residence Hall Dining and Dome Operations Mark Tewksbury Retires After 40 Years

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, By Jennifer DeMarchi

Mark Tewksbury, director of residence hall dining and Dome operations for Food Services, has been a fixture at the University since he stepped onto campus in 1980 as a first-year student in the College of Arts and Sciences. A 40-year…

STEM

Sharing the Importance of Education

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, By Chris Barbera

The concept of luck goes against the principles of engineering. Luck happens without design. The story behind most great careers may sometimes include luck, but the truth behind it is usually years of hard work, continued learning and the application…

Campus & Community

Reimagining a Summer Favorite: The S’more

Monday, July 26, 2021, By Jen Plummer

There are few foods as quintessentially summer as the s’more. A campfire favorite that never fails to delight, even in its most basic form: graham cracker, chocolate bar (Hershey’s Milk Chocolate if you’re a purist) and a perfectly toasted marshmallow…

The Observer

Does Marvel No Longer Need Spider-Man?

Saturday, July 24, 2021, By Sophie Gomprecht

Kendall Phillips, professor of communication and rhetorical studies in the College of Visual and Performing Arts, was interviewed by The Observer for the story, “The Future of Tom Holland’s Spider-Man Is Far From Certain.” Phillips, who teaches a course titled,…

STEM

How Many Species Have Inhabited the Earth? A&S Researchers Say We May Never Know

Friday, July 23, 2021, By Dan Bernardi

Ever since Swedish naturalist and explorer Carolus Linnaeus developed the uniform system for defining and naming species of organisms, known as binomial nomenclature (e.g., Homo sapiens for human beings), scientists have wondered if they will ever be able to predict the…