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In the News: Thursday, June 18
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Whitman Professor Implements Innovation Generation Process at Molson Coors
Patrick Penfield, assistant professor of practice in supply chain practice and director of executive of executive education at the Martin J. Whitman School of Management, recently worked to implement a process for innovation at the Molson Coors Brewing Co. He…
Bookstore Closed for Year-End Inventory
The bookstore will be closed Thursday, June 25, for fiscal year-end inventory. It will reopen Friday, June 26, at 8:30 a.m. I.D. orders to the bookstore must be received no later than Wednesday, June 24, to be charged as a…
Small Chapel Open for Prayer and Reflection in Response to Shooting Tragedy
In response to the recent tragedy in Charleston, S.C., the Small Chapel (lower level) in Hendricks Chapel will be open for prayer and reflection. The space will be open until 4:30 p.m. Thursday, and again Friday, June 19, from 8:30…
Campus Summer Road Construction Update
One road opens, while another will be closed as part of summertime roadwork, which continues around campus. Work on College Place is nearing completion, with the road reopening Monday, June 22. Once College Place reopens, Euclid Avenue from Comstock Avenue…
Bhatia Receives 2015 WEPAN University Change Agent Award
On June 11, Meredith Professor Shobha K. Bhatia was honored at the 2015 WEPAN Change Leader Forum as a University Change Agent. WEPAN, which stands for Women in Engineering ProActive Network, confers its University Change Agent Award in honor of an…
Vivian May Appointed Director of Humanities Center
The Humanities Center in the College of Arts and Sciences has a new director. Vivian May, associate professor and chair of Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS), will take the helm of the Humanities Center on July 1. She succeeds interim…
Professor Explains How to Track a Computer Hacker
“A typical footprint is the IP address of the computer. If you hack into a computer, there will be a record that shows what device actually connected with this computer. But an amateur hacker is easily caught, especially if they…
INSCT, NATO CCDCOE to Host Cyber Espionage Workshop
Contemporary cyber spies—often under the control of nation states—are just as likely to be plundering the intellectual property and customer information of international businesses as waging covert cyberwar against military enemies. With cyber espionage becoming a growing economic as well…
Physicist Awarded Grant to Study Physical Cell Biology
A physicist in the College of Arts and Sciences has been awarded a major grant to study how the shape and motion of individual cells mold biological tissues into three-dimensional shapes. M. Lisa Manning, associate professor of physics, is part…