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School of Architecture Faculty Receive 2024 Graham Foundation Grants
As part of their 2024 grant cycle funding ideas to expand architecture and design, the Chicago-based Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts recently announced 56 new grants, totaling $519,500, to individuals, including two School of Architecture faculty,…
What if D-Day Had Never Happened?: The Enduring Significance of the Allied Invasion of Europe 80 Years On
Eighty years ago this week the epic invasion of Allied air and ground forces swept across the Normandy peninsula to help defeat Adolf Hitler and his German war machine during World War II. A battle of more than 150,000 Allied…
iSchool Professor Awarded Katchmar Wilhelm Professorship
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Jaime Banks has been selected as this year’s Katchmar Wilhelm Endowed Professor. The professorship lasts for a three-year period and is designed to support an associate professor in achieving their career goals, enhancing…
Physicist Awarded NSF Research Grant to Increase Our Understanding of Gravitational Waves
The Department of Physics at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has long partnered with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) to gain a deeper understanding of the fundamental workings of the universe. In 2015, the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Gravitational Wave Group played a leading…
Wasserstrom Prize for Graduate Teaching Presented to Physics Professor Christian Santangelo
Christian Santangelo, professor and director of graduate studies in the physics department in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) and member of the BioInspired Institute, is the 2024 recipient of the William Wasserstrom Prize in recognition of his exemplary…
Maxwell’s Johanna Dunaway Selected for Prestigious Carnegie Fellowship
Johanna Dunaway, professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and research director of the ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC), has been named a 2024 Carnegie Fellow. She is one of…
Maxwell’s Emily Thorson Receives Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research
Emily Thorson, assistant professor of political science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, has received the 2024 Daniel Patrick Moynihan Award for Teaching and Research, the highest honor the Maxwell School offers to untenured faculty. The award…
Marina Artuso, Qinru Qiu Named Distinguished Professors
Marina Artuso, professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Qinru Qiu, professor of electrical engineering and computer science in the College of Engineering and Computer Science, have been named Distinguished Professors. The distinction is one of…
College of Arts and Sciences Names Inaugural Director of Research Administration
As ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ’s largest school with over 300 faculty spanning the sciences, mathematics and humanities, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is a key contributor to the University’s R1 Carnegie designation, signifying very high research activity. In 2023 alone,…
Physicist Marina Artuso Named Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
College of Arts and Sciences Professor Marina Artuso (Department of Physics) has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). She was elected by the AAAS Council for extraordinary achievements in her field and…