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Janklow Program Takes National Stage
Three summers ago, the Janklow Arts Leadership Program in the College of Arts and Sciences welcomed its inaugural cohort. Today, the program is not only a shining beacon of interdisciplinary success, linking liberal and professional learning, but also is asserting…
Psychologist Stephen Maisto Awarded $2.1 Million NIH Grant Award
A psychologist’s research in the College of Arts and Sciences is receiving backing from one of the world’s most foremost biomedical research centers. Stephen Maisto, professor of psychology, is the recipient of a five-year, $2.1 million National Institutes of Health…
Fridley Co-Authors International Biodiversity Research Paper
Humans depend upon high levels of ecosystem biodiversity. But due to climate change and changes in land use, biodiversity loss is greater now than at any other time in human history. Jason Fridley, associate professor of biology in the College…
Physicists Awarded $3 Million Grant to Build Particle Detector
They will use the three-year award to build an inner tracking device, known as the Upstream Tracker, which will increase the amount of data that LHCb can handle by factors of five to 10.
Physicists Confirm Existence of Rare Pentaquarks
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences have confirmed the existence of two rare pentaquark states. Their discovery is said to have major implications for the study of the structure of matter.
Samantha Usman Receives Highly Competitive Astronaut Scholarship
A rising senior in the College of Arts and Sciences is flying high upon learning of her latest academic achievement. Samantha Usman ’16, a double major in physics and mathematics, has just been named a recipient of the Astronaut Scholarship…
Pitchers at an Exhibition
La Casita Cultural Center, a program of the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is accepting submissions for a fall exhibition devoted to Latinos in baseball. Titled “Béisbol at the Heart of Our Latino Communities,” the exhibition will run Sept….
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…
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…
Student Wins Honors Capstone Awards for Original Novel
A student in the College of Arts and Sciences has received two major capstone project awards from the Renée Crown University Honors Program. Anastasia Selby ’15 is the winner of both the David Orlin Prize for Outstanding Capstone Project and…