Sep 9, 2015
Turning Great Thinking into Action
Jiselle Peralta ’13 remembers Mary Armstrong often telling her students that they were great thinkers, but that it takes physical action to use that…
Academic News
Academic News
Sep 9, 2015
Now More Than Ever
Imagine it is 1970 and you are an American woman reading the classifieds, looking for a job. Be careful: “Jobs for Women” and “Jobs for Men” are…
Aug 17, 2015
Jolly Shi ’16 Explores Hectic World of Event Planning
Her summer internship with Christine Wheat Special Events was supported by the Robert Beane ’58 Intern Scholarship program.
Aug 11, 2015
Prof. Donald Miller and Students on CSPAN
This weekend, professor Donald L. Miller and students from his History of WWII course will be featured on CSPAN’s Lectures in History series discussing…
Jul 28, 2015
Careers in the Spotlight
Brian Duke ’16 has always been good at math and science, but music has been his passion. “I have always enjoyed building things and working with my…
Jul 22, 2015
Shining the Spotlight on Student-Composers
On the first day of class, Kirk O’Riordan instructed the students in his Introduction to Composition course to raise their right hands and take an oath…
Jun 23, 2015
Prof. Neha Vora Studies Implications of American Higher Ed in Gulf Arab States
Neha Vora, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology, has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to launch a project to study American…
Jun 16, 2015
Prof. Jessica Carr Mines Visual Culture for Clues to Jewish-American Religious Identity
The saying goes that a picture is worth a thousand words. For Jessica Carr, analyzing visual culture is a way to reveal the complexity of relationships…
Jun 2, 2015
Prof. Rebekah Pite Receives Fulbright to Research and Teach in Argentina
Rebekah Pite, associate professor of history, has received a Fulbright Fellowship to study the history of yerba mate, the most popular caffeinated beverage…
May 28, 2015
Three Alumni Receive NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Biology graduate Maria Liberti ’13 caught the research bug in high school when she conducted her first independent project testing the effectiveness…