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Career Services Recognized With Second Career Spark Award
For the second year in a row, the University’s Career Services team has been honored with the prestigious Spark Award from Handshake, a career management platform that connects students with jobs, internships and employers. The recognition highlights the team’s innovative…
Design Students Receive Honors at Creative Conscience Awards
Tackling social and environmental issues through design, College of Visual and Performing Arts students in Creative Problem Solving won an award and commendation in the global Creative Conscience Awards. Creative Conscience is a global not-for-profit organization that believes that creative…
Secrets Behind Our Universe’s Existence Revealed
It takes sophisticated technology to study the behavior of invisible particles like neutrinos and cosmic rays, which pass through our bodies every second before zooming back off into the universe without us even knowing. While they might be tiny, these…
Indigenous Educators Discuss School of Education’s New Indigenous Teacher Preparation Fund
“Zero,” answers middle school teacher Aaron Dorsey G’03, G’17, to the question: “As a student, how many Indigenous teachers have you had?” “Absolutely zero.” Over his entire educational career—kindergarten to master’s degree—he says there was almost no one of color…
University’s Annual Remembrance Week Begins Oct. 20
This year marks the 36th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, on Dec. 21, 1988. The 2024-25 Remembrance and Lockerbie Scholars have planned events and activities to look back and remember the 270 people who…
Grammy-Winning Singer Dua Lipa’s Book Club Spotlights Professor George Saunders
Bestselling author and professor of English George Saunders G’88 has received numerous accolades in his literary career. His book, “Lincoln in the Bardo,” won the 2017 Man Booker Prize; his most recent work, “Liberation Day,” was chosen as one of…
Generous Donors Exceed Expectations in $3M Challenge Gift Campaign for Hendricks Chapel
When an anonymous donor family pledged $1 million to Hendricks Chapel and issued a challenge to inspire other donors to match it, no one could foresee the extraordinary outpouring of support for what is widely known as the spiritual heart…
Navigating Cybersecurity: How to Be Your Own Human Firewall
Andrew McClurg, with Information Technology Services (ITS), is often asked how people can stay safe online to protect against scams and hackers. He breaks it down to some basic points to remember. “I always focus on four main things: passwords,…
Illustrator, VPA Professor London Ladd Commemorates 2 Book Releases
An illustrator of nearly 20 books, School of Art Assistant Teaching Professor London Ladd recently celebrated the release of two picture books, “My Hair is a Book” (Harper Collins) and “A Voice of Hope: The Myrlie Evers-Williams Story” (Philomel Books). Using acrylic…