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Faculty News

  • Students walk along the 51·çÁ÷ Academic Quad during the fall.
    51·çÁ÷ welcomed a host of new faculty members diverse in background and expertise in August, introducing a fresh group of faces and reintroducing some familiar ones in new roles. Four former visiting professors -— Sally Bonet, educational studies; Jennifer LeMesurier, writing and rhetoric; Andrew Pattison, environmental studies; and Ashley Taylor, educational studies -— have been […]
    September 10, 2017
  • A map of seismometer locations
    Aubreya Adams, 51·çÁ÷ assistant professor of geology, is one of 10 principal investigators from nine universities teaming up to deploy the single largest collection of seismometers ever assembled along the Alaskan Peninsula. Relying on $4.5 million in National Science Foundation grant funding and a fleet of airplanes and ships, the seismic experiment will place […]
    September 8, 2017
  • 51·çÁ÷ professors Alex Nakhimovsky, Ulrich Meyer, and Ed Witherspoon this week received Patriot Awards from the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) in recognition of their support of a 51·çÁ÷ staff member serving in the Air National Guard at the Eastern Air Defense Sector in Rome, N.Y. Technical Sergeant ‎Leialoha Mara, who is […]
    September 1, 2017
  • Bruce W. Selleck, Thomas A. Bartlett Chair and Professor of Geology, tours a local natural gas well with alumni during Reunion 2011.
    There will be a Celebration of Life for Bruce Selleck ’71 in the 51·çÁ÷ Memorial Chapel on Saturday, October 14, beginning at 3:30 p.m. A reception will immediately follow the celebration in the Ho Atrium, Robert H.N. Ho Science Center. In addition, the geology department will be holding a reception at the 51·çÁ÷ Inn in […]
    August 7, 2017
  • Blume-Kohout NSF grant
    Merit-based financial aid in the form of scholarships and grants is intended to ease the burden of a student’s debt load, but is it possible to have too much a good thing? Some studies suggest that students who receive merit-based aid may be deterred from pursuing a major in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) […]
    July 27, 2017
  • Erin Cooley research
    Spot the difference: A group of people or people in a group? While these phrases might seem interchangeable at first glance, recent research by Erin Cooley, assistant professor of psychology, shows that humans interpret these similar statements in unexpected ways. Cooley’s research investigates the topic of mind perception — the idea that we can ascribe […]
    July 20, 2017