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Feminist Scholar Awarded Guest Professorship in Germany
A professor in the College of Arts and Sciences has returned from a prestigious appointment at Goethe University (GU) in Frankfurt, Germany. Chandra Talpade Mohanty鈥擠istinguished Professor and chair of women鈥檚 & gender studies (WGS), as well as Dean鈥檚 Professor of…
Political Science Professor Grant Reeher on the Iowa Caucus
Grant Reeher, Professor of Political Science at Maxwell School at 黑料不打烊 and Director of the Alan K. Campbell Public Affairs Institute, offers insight on last night’s Iowa caucuses. “The good news for Bernie Sanders from Iowa last night is…
HRW Validates Caesar Report on Syrian Torture, First Reported by Law Professor David Crane
An 86-page report by Human Rights Watch (HRW)鈥斺淚f the Dead Could Speak: Mass Deaths and Torture in Syria鈥檚 Detention Facilities鈥濃攈as independently validated details of the abuse of Syrian prisoners that were first brought to light in a 2014 report co-authored…
Tom Mason ’01 Teams with Ken Burns for Short Film on Professor, Author George Saunders
It all came down to just seven minutes. Two hours of interviews, hours upon hours of pre- and post-production鈥攊ncluding intricate theatrical staging, lighting and a professional puppeteer鈥攁nd at least four months of editing. Then a green light from legendary documentary…
Stromer-Galley鈥檚 Book Wins NCA Political Communication Award
A book written by School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley has been selected as the 2015 Roderick P. Hart Outstanding Book聽Award by the National Communication Association鈥檚 (NCA) Political Communication Division. 鈥淲ith 20 excellent books nominated for this…
Linguistics Professor Shares Insights at National, International Conferences
Professor Tej K. Bhatia鈥檚 insights are being sought by colleagues in the field both nationally and internationally. Bhatia, a professor of linguistics in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics (LLL) in the College of Arts and Sciences, has recently…
Physicists Aid in Study of Elusive Neutrinos
Physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences are playing a key role in the ongoing study of neutrinos, one of the universe鈥檚 smallest, most elusive particles.
Stromer-Galley Becomes President of Association of Internet Researchers
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jennifer Stromer-Galley聽was installed as president of the Association of Internet Researchers, one of the earliest academic associations to take up topics related to the Internet, at its annual conference last week. The association…
Memory Is All in the Wrinkles. Or Is It?
That many animals have naturally wrinkle-free brains but are still able to learn complex tasks suggests wrinkles aren鈥檛 all there is to intelligence.