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A&S Professor Helping Shape Global Environmental Policies
For millions around the world, degradation of their land due to factors like climate change, deforestation, overgrazing and unsustainable farming practices have caused harm to both human health and the environment. Desertification, which is when fertile land turns into desert…
IDJC Launches Fellows Program for Thought Leaders in Journalism and Public Affairs
The Institute for Democracy, Journalism and Citizenship (IDJC) has launched the IDJC Visiting Fellows program, giving experts in the fields of journalism, politics and public affairs an opportunity to deeply explore topics of interest with the support of an academic…
Peptide Drug Advances Being Made on ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Campus Working to Redefine Obesity, Diabetes Care
Over the past 18 months, Robert Doyle, a medicinal chemist and the Jack and Laura H. Milton Professor of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, introduced two new peptide compound discoveries at conferences of the…
Biden, Harris and Trump Campaigns Responsible for More Than 6B Ad Impressions Combined on Meta in ’24 CampaignÂ
The Biden, Harris and Trump campaigns are responsible for more than 6 billion ad impressions combined on Meta Platforms during the 2024 presidential election, according to a new ElectionGraph analysis. Another 5 billion impressions came from 4,377 Facebook pages that…
Registration Open for Spring 2025 National Science Foundation I-Corps Innovation Course
ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is hosting a free, virtual National Science Foundation Innovation Corps (NSF I-Corps) regional course from Feb. 10 to March 12, 2025. Applications are being accepted until Jan. 15, 2025. The course is open to teams from academic institutions,…
A&S Offers More Community Learning Pathways for Arts and Sciences Undergraduates
As the popular adage goes, “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn.” An essential step in preparing students to tackle today’s pressing challenges, like climate change and social and economic inequity,…
New Lender Center – ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Abroad Initiative Expands Student Social Justice Research to Global Locations
The work of the Lender Center for Social Justice will now have a global dimension as the result of a partnership with ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Abroad. Through a new initiative called Lender Global, each year one of the University’s abroad centers will…
Biology Ph.D. Student Awarded Two Prestigious National Scholarships to Study Fungi’s Role in Forest Health
Eva Legge, a first-year Ph.D. student majoring in biology in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), is one of two researchers nationally to be named a Mollie Beattie Visiting Scholar by the Society of American Foresters (SAF). The award honors Beattie,…
Lender Center Postdoctoral Researcher Studies Entrepreneur Attributes, Racial Wealth Gap Concerns
Determining what drives entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups is the focus of Yolanda Christophe’s research. Christophe is one of three Lender Center for Social Justice postdoctoral fellows who are involved in the center’s examination of the racial wealth gap in America….
Applications Open for SOURCE Explore 2025, an Undergraduate Short-Term Research Experience
The ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Engagement (SOURCE) is offering six short-term, hands-on research experiences for first- and second-year undergraduate students on four Fridays from January through February 2025 called SOURCE Explore. SOURCE Explore introduces curious students with…