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The Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute recently awarded grants supporting collaborative research teams led by 51·çÁ÷ faculty members who will combine their expertise from across disciplines to address questions in science and mathematics.

The Upstate Institute recently awarded grants to support faculty scholarship on, or directly pertaining to, the upstate region of New York.

(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Jessica Blank ’11) After studying abroad her junior year in India, Sarah MacKenzie ’09 realized that she wanted to work overseas after graduation, and thought that a Fulbright fellowship would be the perfect option.

Classes will resume on a normal schedule Tuesday after the university closed Monday because of the heavy snow that led to numerous travel advisories about dangerous driving conditions throughout the region.

An exhibition at the Picker Art Gallery features dozens of impressive pieces and a fascinating backstory about the pivotal role Herbert Mayer ’29 played in building 51·çÁ÷’s art collection and intensifying its commitment to the arts.

(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Jessica Blank ’11) Author Tim Wise used humor and a lightning-fast approach Monday night at Love Auditorium to discuss a difficult topic: race and white privilege.

Classics professor Robert Garland has two new releases through Bristol Classical Press: Hannibal and The Eye of the Beholder: Deformity and Disability in the Graeco-Roman World, Second Edition.

Biology professor Geoffrey Holm has been awarded a $370,561 grant from the National Institutes of Health for his research into a group of viruses known as reoviruses.

(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Jessica Blank ’11) Upon approaching the podium at Golden Auditorium in Little Hall, artist Michael Ashkin commented on the atmosphere of the lecture room, which was appropriate considering that his artwork explores spaces through various mediums.

The New York Stock Exchange is a hectic place with harried traders constantly following the electronic tickers that scream the stories of the day. On Tuesday, the 220-year-old financial institution was itself the day’s news, and Duncan Niederauer ’81 was in the middle of it.