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Stories of Immigration, Set in Song: University Professor Paul Moravec's "A Nation of Others"
CategoriesPublished:"A Nation of Others," the latest work by Pulitzer Prize-winning University Professor Paul Moravec, DMA (left), explores the lives of refugees arriving at Ellis Island on a single day in 1921. It recently premiered at Carnegie Hall.
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Undergraduate Research Enhances Learning and Student Success: A New Office Is Supporting It
CategoriesPublished:Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»is committed to transforming the lives of our students, and conducting research or working in depth on a creative project can be one of the most transformative experiences undergraduates can have at college.
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Published:The Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»community lost a longtime professor, campus leader and student advocate with the death of Regina Axelrod, PhD, on November 3. Colleagues and alumni share their recollections.
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Published:When Deborah Hunt, PhD '12, learned that patient errors are on the rise despite years of new protocols, the dean of the Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» College of Nursing and Public Health decided to provide best practices for all healthcare workers.
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Published:In the Fall 2021 semester, across all of higher education, faculty members sought ways to keep students safe and engaged amid the continuing COVID-19 pandemic.
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Published:As a critical scholar, Eric Knee, PhD, assistant professor of health and sport sciences, often studies how systems of oppression create inequities in society.
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Published:According to the American Heart Association, about 55 percent of Black adults have high blood pressure, also known as hypertension.
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New Scholarly Journal Launched to Improve Equity in Speech, Language and Hearing Science Research
CategoriesPublished:A new interdisciplinary, open access scholarly journal will soon be published—with leadership from Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»Professor Reem Khamis, PhD, and support from Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» Libraries—to bridge the knowledge gap surrounding speech and communications disorders as they relate to marginalized people and groups.
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Grants are a vital source of funding for research and creative work, and an important validation of the significance of faculty scholarship. Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³» faculty members continue to successfully earn grants for important projects, from archaeological exploration and social work education to research on sports sciences and healthcare policy.
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Published:Associate professor of theatre John McDermott has designed sets for more than 250 shows off-Broadway and regionally since 1992.
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Published:Recent works by faculty members Robert Mendelsohn, Joel Weinberger, Jairo N. Fuertes, Jacques Barber and J. Christopher Muran burnish the Derner School’s reputation as a world leader in psychoanalytic research.
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Published:One Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»professor's fight to bring change to her field.
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Published:A collaboration between a Derner professor and a doctoral student of psychology examines the connection between attachment anxiety and loneliness.
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Published:Faculty memoir excavates the trauma of racism.
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Published:Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»students find their voice in the national conversation on criminal justice.
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Published:The McDonell Summer Fellows Program gives budding scientists opportunities, mentorship and a stipend so they can dive into research
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Published:Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»social work professor advocates for better practices and policies after shocking statistics on suicide come to light.
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Published:Shining a light on the struggles of vulnerable healthcare workers.
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Published:The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Adjunct Faculty Development Grant supports the current research of adjunct faculty members with a $500 award.
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Published:The Dean’s Innovation Grant is the result of an Envisioning CAS Implementation Committee recommendation to support faculty who are investing in evidence-based teaching—pedagogy that's based on empirical evidence rather than tradition or personal judgments—as well as faculty investing in developing interdisciplinary work.
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Published:In Fall 2022 Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»opened the new Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works to further our emphasis on and support of student research.
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A response to Howard Marks’ piece “Macro models only provide an illusion of knowledge†in the Fiancial Times from Mariano Torras, PhD.
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Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics, authors a letter on economic forecasting.
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Published:“How do we experience being alive?†That’s the question Igor Webb, PhD, professor in Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»â€™s Department of English, explores in his latest book, Buster Brown’s America: Recollections, Reveries, Reflections—and incorporating This Old Writer: A Journal of a Plague Year. “In everyday life, we don’t experience being alive in the same way,†said Dr. Webb. “It’s not…
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Remembering Abe Shenitzer, PhD: Mathematics Professor and Holocaust Survivor (1921–2022)
CategoriesPublished:Âé¶¹´«Ã½Ó³»recently lost a truly remarkable former member of our faculty: Abe Shenitzer, PhD, professor of mathematics, who survived the Holocaust to go on to a noteworthy career as a mathematician, translator and advocate who spoke publicly about his experience, passed away at the age of 101 in June 2022.