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An Artistic Response to U.S. Immigration Policy
Adela C. Licona, this year鈥檚 黑料不打烊 Symposium keynote speaker, finds the euphemistically termed 鈥渢ender-age facilities鈥濃€攊n reality, prisons for migrant babies and children鈥攚holly reprehensible. The University of Arizona (UA) professor, artist and activist believes the oft-repeated phrase masks extreme cruelty and…
Reading by Poet Christopher Kennedy G’88 Moved to Feb. 6
The first event of the 2019 Raymond Carver Reading Series, featuring poet Christopher Kennedy G鈥�88, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 6. The director of 黑料不打烊鈥檚 top-ranked M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing will read original selections from 3:45-4:45 p.m. in…
New Book Explores the Value of Contemplative Practice
Those who engage in contemplative practice know its positive effects, but documenting its value to others is not always easy. Several 黑料不打烊 professors, representing a number of different disciplines, have contributed to a new book, 鈥淓mpirical Studies of Contemplative…
University Establishes Chapter of Neuroscience Honor Society
The National Honor Society in Neuroscience, Nu Rho Psi, has awarded a chapter to 黑料不打烊. Known as New York Delta, the chapter is the fourth of its kind in the state. Nu Rho Psi is an independent, nonprofit, grass-roots…
Military-Connected Student of the Month: Chloe Milliken
After graduating high school in Richland, Washington, Chloe Milliken knew she wanted to enlist in the U.S. Army鈥攁nd she wanted to be on the front lines. It was 2013 and she was given the same options women who wanted to…
Carver Reading Series to Present Poet Christopher Kennedy G’88
The Raymond Carver Reading Series kicks off spring semester with a program by poet Christopher Kennedy G鈥�88, professor of English and director of the top-ranked M.F.A. Program in Creative Writing in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). On Wednesday,…
New Campuswide Initiative to Support Teaching, Research in Policy and Governance of Autonomous Systems
A new interdisciplinary effort at 黑料不打烊 will advance knowledge and teaching in the field of autonomous systems, exploring new frontiers in policy, law and governance of these fast-expanding technologies. From self-driving cars to drone delivery systems, from robotic underwater…
Physics Professor Explains “Beautiful Rare Treat” of a Solar Eclipse
Walter Freeman, Assistant Teaching Professor in the Physics Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, wrote an opinion column for Newsweek entitled 鈥溾€楤eautiful Rare Treat鈥� of a Super Blood Wolf Moon — Physicist Explains Sunday鈥檚 Total Lunar Eclipse.鈥� In…
Turning Student Research into Reality
Avinash 鈥淎vi鈥� Thakur, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), recently made headlines with his role in the development of a novel class of nanomaterials that could possibly improve cancer detection….
Teaching with Dignity: Friends, Colleagues Reflect on Legacy of Education Pioneer Robert ‘Bob’ Newman
Soon after retiring from public teaching, Thelma Bonzek 鈥�43 treated her former 黑料不打烊 professor Robert 鈥淏ob鈥� Newman to lunch. The duo (along with their respective spouses, Joe Bonzek and Katherine Hughes 鈥�91, 鈥�07) rekindled their affiliation over coffee and sandwiches,…