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Campus & Community

Newman, Taylor to Lead Class of 2015 as Senior Class Marshals

Wednesday, March 5, 2014, By News Staff

Ashlee Newman and Ronald Taylor will be the senior class marshals for the Class of 2015, according to the Division of Student Affairs. Newman and Taylor will continue this longstanding tradition and will carry the Class of 2015 banner to…

Arts & Culture

In Class: RAE 400—VPA Course Offers Insight into The Beatles

Friday, February 21, 2014, By Keith Kobland

If you hear the sounds of the Beatles coming from a College of Visual and Performing Arts classroom, there’s a good chance VPA Professor of Practice David Rezak is involved. His RAE 400 course offers insight into the early days…

STEM

Physics Professor Lisa Manning Named Sloan Research Fellow

Tuesday, February 18, 2014, By Kathleen Haley

M. Lisa Manning, assistant professor of physics in The College of Arts and Sciences, studies the mechanics of how biological cells move and grow, and how granular materials fail. As an early career scientist, she is being recognized for her…

Health & Society

Getting to Know: Kevin Heffernan

Wednesday, February 12, 2014, By News Staff

Kevin Heffernan has always been excited about exercise. In high school and college he was active in many sports, and his sports training led to a love of weight lifting. His earliest research focused on weight training and the health…

STEM

Four Professors Receive Prestigious CAREER Awards from National Science Foundation

Friday, January 31, 2014, By Rob Enslin

Four professors in The College of Arts and Sciences have received Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) awards—the highest honor given by the National Science Foundation (NSF) in support of early-career development activities of teacher-scholars. The recipients are Arindam “Ari” Chakraborty…

STEM

iSchool Ranked #5 for Online Programs by U.S. News & World Report

Wednesday, January 8, 2014, By J.D. Ross

The School of Information Studies (iSchool) was ranked No. 5 in best online degree programs for graduate computer information technology by U.S. News & World Report. The full rankings, released today, are available on the U.S. News & World Report…

Arts & Culture

Architecture Professor Partners with Rwandans on Housing Project

Friday, December 13, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

Soon after Yutaka Sho graduated from Harvard University’s School of Design, she and some colleagues received a travel grant from the Deborah Norden Fund of the Architectural League of New York to do research in Rwanda.

Campus & Community

Students Organize Initiatives for Typhoon Haiyan Relief

Thursday, December 5, 2013, By Kelly Homan Rodoski

On Nov. 8, Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest storms ever recorded, slammed into portions of Southeast Asia, hitting the Philippines particularly hard. The storm left unbelievable devastation in its wake. More than 5,600 deaths have been officially recorded, and…

STEM

A&S Professor’s Neuroimaging Work Featured in Nature Article

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Rob Enslin

Leave it to Corey White, assistant professor of psychology in The College of Arts and Sciences, to get a head start on the competition. White is the focus of a Nov. 6 article in the journal Nature about young scientists…

Health & Society

Q & A: David Van Slyke on Signing up for Affordable Care Act

Friday, November 15, 2013, By Cyndi Moritz

David Van Slyke is the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School. His latest book, “Complex Contracting: Government Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S….