Health & Society
Four Questions with Emily Durand 鈥19 about It鈥檚 On Us Week of Action
The It鈥檚 On Us campus student ambassadors have planned a number of events, programs and awareness activities for It鈥檚 On Us Week of Action from Oct. 23- 27. The It鈥檚 On Us national campaign encourages every member of the community…
Innovation Orange: Associate Professor Luis Columna
Luis Columna is an associate professor in the exercise science department in the School of Education. His research and his Fit Families program are providing new tools for exercise and play involving Autistic Children and their parents. Along with his…
Remembrance Scholar鈥檚 Passion for Medicine Leads Her to Public Health at Falk
There are few things more difficult than walking a loved one through illness. For the caregiver, the challenges can magnify their strength to love, advocate and serve. In the process, some discover a new calling both unexpected and beautiful: the…
Coming Out Month Keynote Speaker Janaya Khan on Oct. 26
A highlight of Coming Out Month every year is the keynote speaker. This year the LGBT Resource Center聽will welcome Janaya Khan for an impactful presentation taking place on Thursday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. in Maxwell Auditorium. Khan is the…
Christopher Barley 鈥89 Puts Heart and Mind into International Relief Work
When Christopher Barley 鈥89 learned a 7.8 magnitude earthquake had hit Nepal in April 2015, he quickly traveled there to provide medical assistance in the region near the capital city of Kathmandu. 鈥淟ittle towns were just rubble,鈥 he says. 鈥淓very…
Power and Responsibility鈥擡thics In Engineering and Computer Science
鈥淲ith great power comes great responsibility.鈥 This is the expression that motivates Spider Man to fight the battle of good and evil in comic books and on the silver screen. Ethics expert聽Professor Dana Radcliffe聽says it is also a fitting principle…
Join the Be Wise Peer Educator Team
The Be Wise peer education team within the Office of Health Promotion in the Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience is recruiting new peer educators for the 2017-2018 academic year. As peer educators, students work with the Office of…
Bridges to Food Quality
As a young man, Minhao Chen G鈥12 began to notice that something wasn鈥檛 right. One by one,聽family friends in Shanghai were being diagnosed with cancer. By the time he had completed his聽undergraduate degree in China, five people he knew had…
Community Input, Student Design Efforts Lead to New All-Gender Restroom Signage
A collaborative campuswide effort, combined with the design prowess of a School of Architecture student, has led to the unveiling of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 new all-gender restroom signage. For months, the Restroom Signage Committee engaged the campus community in conversations about…
Study: Clean Power Plan Replacement Worse than Nothing, Costs More than 3,500 Lives and $33B Yearly
A new map released today by scientists at 黑料不打烊 and Harvard universities shows that, compared to doing nothing, replacing the Clean Power Plan with a narrower option would make air quality worse and endanger more lives, on top of the…