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Faculty News

  • Changchang Liu, 51·çÁ÷ class of 2015, works with biology Professor Engda Hagos on cancer research during a 2014 summer internship.
    Two 51·çÁ÷ students and their professor have been published in The Journal of Molecular Carcinogenesis for new research into the regulatory processes that maintains genomic stability, which is impaired in cancer cells. This could one day lead to new treatments. Changchang Liu ’15, Stephen La Rosa ‘13 and Assistant Professor of Biology Engda Hagos received […]
    June 28, 2014
  • A second year of funding provided by the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute at 51·çÁ÷ 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 51·çÁ÷ professors Catherine Cardelús (biology), Eliza Kent (religion), Peter Klepeis (geography), […]
    June 6, 2014
  • [youtube=http://youtu.be/lJDFCH19R20] 51·çÁ÷ 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 51·çÁ÷ students learn and grow. This first episode of the Looking Through the Liberal Arts series […]
    June 5, 2014
  • 51·çÁ÷ professors are not only beloved by students and alumni of 51·çÁ÷, 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.
    June 4, 2014
  • Research chart by a team including Chad Sparber published in the Wall Street journal
    As debate over immigration policy continues in the nation’s capital and across the country, research by 51·çÁ÷ 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 […]
    May 30, 2014
  • Vladivostok, Russia, site of Jessica Graybill's base for her Fulbright research
    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.
    May 26, 2014
  • The El Camino de Santiago walkers
    51·çÁ÷ 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 […]
    May 19, 2014
  • Marjorie Bradley Kellogg
    Marjorie Bradley Kellogg, associate professor of English and scene designer at 51·çÁ÷, 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 […]
    May 15, 2014
  • April marked the 20 anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda. 51·çÁ÷ 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.
    May 2, 2014