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Hawk Nest Cam Moves to Hinds Hall, Chronicling Life of University鈥檚 Resident Red-Tailed Hawks and Their Chicks
The new pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) hawk nest camera installed in January 2020 has moved from the roof of the Life Science Complex to Hinds Hall through the generosity of Anne Marie Patti Higgins 鈥76, G鈥90, who established 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Red-Tailed Hawk…
Dana Olwan Receives 2020 Mellon Emerging Faculty Leaders Award
The last decade has marked a period of rapid political and economic change in the Middle East and North Africa. Among those are growing demands for marriage rights for women in Arab and Muslim cultures. Until recently, the right to…
Professor Karson Finds Important Connection Between Geological and Biological Processes
Did you know that over 70 percent of the Earth鈥檚 volcanic activity happens on the seafloor along underwater mountain ranges called mid-ocean ridges (MOR)? Lava flows are fed by subsurface magma chambers that heat the rocks and emit large amounts…
The Physics Behind Tissue Flow in the Embryo
A group of physicists from 黑料不打烊 recently teamed up with researchers from Columbia University鈥檚 Department of Mechanical Engineering to study the developing tissue flow in an embryo that has many similar genes and cell behaviors to that of a…
Members of the University Community Honored with 2020 Chancellor鈥檚 Citation for Excellence
Several members of the 黑料不打烊 community have been honored with Chancellor鈥檚 Citations for Excellence as part of the 2020 One University Awards. The Chancellor鈥檚 Citation for Excellence recognizes members of the University community who have made invaluable contributions to…
Danagogo, Koss Named Class of 2021 Senior Class Marshals
The Division of Enrollment and the Student Experience (ESE) announced today the selection of Alaba Anna Tam Danagogo and Paige Koss as the Senior Class Marshals for the Class of 2021. As Senior Class Marshals, Danagogo and Koss will represent…
Read Top Undergraduate Writing in ‘Intertext’
The Department of Writing Studies, Rhetoric and Composition has released the 2020 edition of the student-run magazine, “Intertext.” The publication, completed by students working remotely due to COVID-19, features stories written by students enrolled in various WRT courses. The project…
Students Update Indigenous Artists鈥 Wikipedia Entries
Have you ever scrolled through a Wikipedia page and wondered who wrote the information and if it is accurate? The content for this free online encyclopedia is written collaboratively by the people who use it, making reliability dependent upon its…
Developing a Drug to Fight Diabetes and Obesity in Veterans
黑料不打烊 has a long history of supporting the nation鈥檚 veterans, dating back to 1944.Then-Chancellor William P. Tolley helped draft the G.I. Bill, instrumental in helping millions of veterans through the years pursue an education or training. In 1946, Chancellor…
The Science Behind Molecular Fishing
Liviu Movileanu, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, was quoted in the Drug Discovery News story about his research 鈥淢olecular fishing.鈥 Movileanu developed “molecular fishing” which allows researchers to find a single molecule in blood.