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VPA Announces New Drama Department Chair
The College of Visual and Performing Arts (VPA) has appointed Eleanor Holdridge as the new chair of the Department of Drama effective July 1. Holdridge comes to 黑料不打烊 from the Catholic University of America, where she served as professor…
250 Years Later, Declaration of Independence Still Challenges, Inspires a Nation: A Conversation With Professor Carol Faulkner
In June 1776, from a rented room in Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson penned the first draft of the document that would forge a nation. The stakes were high, amidst the ongoing war with the British, to find the right words to…
Retiring University Professor and Decorated Public Servant Sean O鈥橩eefe G鈥78 Reflects on a Legacy of Service
For most of his time as a public servant, Sean O鈥橩eefe G鈥78 adhered to a few guiding principles: Step up when someone calls upon you to serve. Be open to anything. Challenge yourself. Those values helped O鈥橩eefe navigate a career…
Tiffany Xu Named Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2025-26
The School of Architecture has announced that architect Tiffany Xu is the Harry der Boghosian Fellow for 2025鈥26. Xu will succeed current fellow, Erin Cuevas, and become the tenth fellow at the school. The Boghosian Fellowship at the School of…
Whitman’s Johan Wiklund Named a Top Scholar Globally for Business Research Publications
The Whitman School of Management鈥檚 Distinguished Professor Johan Wiklund was recently listed as one of the most prolific business and economic research scholars globally, according to 鈥淲hat We Know About the Science of Science in Business and Economics? Insights From…
Inaugural Meredith Professor Faculty Fellows Announced
Three professors have been named Meredith Professor Faculty Fellows. Part of the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professorship Program, the Faculty Fellows program was launched this year. Fellows will work in partnership with the Center for Teaching and Learning…
McDonald Assumes New Role as Associate Vice President for Research
Katherine McDonald, professor of public health and senior associate dean for research and administration in the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics, will join 黑料不打烊鈥檚 Office of Research in a new role as associate vice president…
The Libraries鈥 Resources: A Staff and Faculty Benefit
黑料不打烊 Libraries is a critical asset to student success and faculty research and teaching. But 黑料不打烊 staff may not realize that all the collections, services and spaces available through the Libraries are also available for staff use. Anyone…
ECS Professor Pankaj K. Jha Receives NSF Grant to Develop Quantum Technology
Detecting single photons鈥攖he smallest unit of light鈥攊s crucial for advanced quantum technologies such as optical quantum computing, communication and ultra-sensitive imaging. Superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors (SNSPDs) are the most efficient means of detecting single photons and these detectors can count…
Rock Record Illuminates Oxygen History
Several key moments in Earth鈥檚 history help us humans answer the question, 鈥淗ow did we get here?鈥 These moments also shed light on the question, 鈥淲here are we going?,鈥 offering scientists deeper insight into how organisms adapt to physical and…