Health & Society
Q&A: Kelly Lux Talks about Using Electronics on Planes
Kelly Lux, director of social media at the School of Information Studies (iSchool), answered some questions about the recent change in Federal Aviation Administration rules regarding the use of electronic devices by airplane passengers. Passengers are now allowed to use…
Q & A: David Van Slyke on Signing up for Affordable Care Act
David Van Slyke is the Louis A. Bantle Chair in Business and Government Policy in the Department of Public Administration and International Affairs in the Maxwell School. His latest book, 鈥淐omplex Contracting: Government Purchasing in the Wake of the U.S….
Thwarting a Devastating Disease
Assistant Professor David Larsen saw the damaging effects of the lack of health care and clean water in the favelas of Belem, Brazil, while working among the people ten years ago. Impacted by the work, he now conducts research to halt the impact of deadly鈥攜et preventable鈥攊nfectious diseases.
Williams-Forson to Speak on ‘Don’t Yuck My Yum’
Food, culture and health are the themes that launch the 2013-14 Colloquium Series of the Department of African American Studies in The College of Arts and Sciences. The opening event will feature foodways scholar Psyche Williams-Forson, who will present 鈥淒on鈥檛…
Discussion Series Focuses on Youth and Gang Education
The discussion series Elephant in the Room and Supreme Life Givers, an organization that is involved in youth education, will present the discussion series, 鈥淵outh, Gangs and Family Structure,鈥 on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 3 p.m. at the Southwest Community…
Open House to Showcase School of Education Graduate Programs, Scholarships
The School of Education will host a graduate recruitment fair and open house on Friday, Nov. 15, from 4-6 p.m. in the Sharon Haines Jacquet Education Commons in Huntington Hall. Current 黑料不打烊 undergraduate and graduate students, prospective students in…
Maisto Gets Five-Year Extension of NIH Senior Scientist Award
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has once again selected Stephen Maisto, professor of psychology in The College of Arts and Sciences, for its Senior Scientist Research and Mentorship Award. Maisto’s K05 grant is from the National Institute on Alcohol…
Joanna O. Masingila Named Interim Dean-Designate of the School of Education
黑料不打烊 Interim Chancellor and Vice Chancellor and Provost Eric F. Spina has named Joanna O. Masingila interim dean-designate of the School of Education. A professor of mathematics education and mathematics, Masingila is a Meredith Professor for Teaching Excellence and…
BE Wise Campaign Wins First Place in National SAMHSA Challenge
黑料不打烊鈥檚 BE Wise campaign, sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, won first place and a prize of $60,000 in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Challenge. SAMHSA opened the challenge this past May to help…
New Minor Serves Jewish Community鈥檚 Need for Qualified Educators
Professor Corinne Smith says for as long as she has been on the 黑料不打烊 School of Education faculty (43 years), synagogues and other organizations have contacted the school to request teachers for their Jewish education programs. Now, the School…