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Assistant Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies Susan Thomson held numerous events this past semester that examined the genocide in Rwanda that happened 20 years ago.

A second year of funding provided by the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute at ´óÏó´«Ã½ will allow faculty researchers to further their exploration of the cultural and religious stewardship of sacred forest ecosystems in Ethiopia. Damhnait McHugh, director of the institute, announced the award to ´óÏó´«Ã½ professors Catherine Cardelús (biology), Eliza Kent (religion), Peter Klepeis (geography), […]

[youtube=http://youtu.be/lJDFCH19R20] ´óÏó´«Ã½ professors Spencer Kelly and Yukari Hirata have produced the first in what will be a new series of videos designed to communicate the broad societal benefits of a liberal arts education, as well as the particular ways ´óÏó´«Ã½ students learn and grow. This first episode of the Looking Through the Liberal Arts series […]

´óÏó´«Ã½ professors are not only beloved by students and alumni of ´óÏó´«Ã½, they often are chosen to lead their professional organizations. That honor has most recently come to chemistry professor Roger Rowlett, who has been elected to serve as president of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) for 2015–2016.

As debate over immigration policy continues in the nation’s capital and across the country, research by ´óÏó´«Ã½ professor Chad Sparber and two colleagues continues to add to the dialogue. In 2013, Sparber began research showing that an increase in H-1B visas — a program for U.S. companies to bring in skilled immigrants — did not […]

Jessica Graybill, associate professor of geography, is heading to Russia. The winner of a Science and Innovation Fulbright award, Graybill will spend a year studying the social and cultural geographies of climate change in Vladivostok.

´óÏó´«Ã½ faculty members will join together to walk the Camino de Santiago, the route to the shrine of the apostle St. James who is said to be buried in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in Spain. The interdisciplinary experience is made possible through the Kallgren Fund, an endowed fund created to support faculty members […]

Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, associate professor of English and scene designer at ´óÏó´«Ã½, was recently awarded The Robert L.B. Tobin Award for Lifetime Achievement in Theatrical Design. The prestigious award was presented by the Theatre Development Fund earlier this month at the Hudson Theater in New York City. Kellogg was presented with the award by Kenny […]

April marked the 20 anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Professor Susan Thomson, author of Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Postgenocide Rwanda, recorded a segment on the Academic Minute to commemorate the 20th anniversary. Listen to the segment here.

What are the consequences when one partner feels over-idealized by another? Jennifer M. Tomlinson, assistant professor of psychology, set out to examine whether there is a limit to the benefits of feeling idealized.