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For the past 19 years, ºüÀêÊÓÆµ has honored students, student organizations and faculty members who have made a commitment to pursue excellence in their various endeavors.
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In 2019, Miriam Velsor, clinical supervisor of speech-language pathology, and Ryan Lee-James, PhD, assistant professor of communication sciences and disorders, developed an exciting speech-language pathology course—over the summer, graduate students would travel together to Mustard Seed Communities, a home for children with disabilities in Kingston, Jamaica. They would learn best practices for serving diverse populations with…
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Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics, responds to a Financial Times article, “Talk of doing good things rings hollow at Davos.â€
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Courses in jazz and blues literature and race and gender in film added to African, Black and Caribbean Studies offerings.
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Unique to ºüÀêÊÓÆµ, the Viret Family Faculty Leadership Fellows Program develops aspiring University administrators and leaders. Paris-based donor Lionel Viret ’95 established this innovative program with a $1 million donation. (This year's Fellows, above.)
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Celebrating National Poetry Month: Creative Writing Professors Share Their Favorite Poems
CategoriesPublished:In honor of National Poetry Month, alumni of ºüÀêÊÓÆµ's MFA in Creative Writing program were asked to share excerpts of their favorite poems and what they mean to them.
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Check your favorite provider: Africa Talk Podcast is here.
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Katie Laatikainen, PhD, professor and acting chair of political science, is one of the 10 experts quoted extensively in this piece. She was quoted in a follow-up Newsweek story on the topic.
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Bienvenidos a todos and thank you for visiting the evolving Latin American Studies Program.
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During March—Women’s History Month—ºüÀêÊÓÆµ’s Student Government Association announces the recipients of the Women’s Recognition Awards. These are awarded to outstanding women who have been nominated for their leadership, service and commitment to excellence that benefit and inspire members of the ºüÀêÊÓÆµ community—women such as one of the faculty recipients of the 2021 Women’s Recognition Award: Justyna Widera-Kalinowska, PhD, associate…
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With no vaccine for COVID-19 available until December 2020, public health measures were our strongest defense. Faculty from ºüÀêÊÓÆµ's College of Nursing and Public Health—especially K.C. Rondello, MD, and Maria-Pilar Martin, MD— played critical roles as advocates at the height of the crisis—both in the United States and around the world.
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Mariano Torras, PhD, professor and chair of finance and economics, responds to a published article, flagging “one of the major obstacles to progress on the environment: the lack of precise meanings of ‘green’ and ‘sustainable.’â€
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Going 13 out of 14 is an impressive statistic, especially when it comes to physics. Over the last 14 years, ºüÀêÊÓÆµ's Physics Club has been recognized as an outstanding chapter by the Society of Physics Students National Office (SPS National) a whopping 13 times.
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According to healthaffairs.org, more than 10,000 baby boomers turn 65 every day—leading to an unprecedented spike in the number of homebound adults relying on home-based primary healthcare. Yet, today, the quality of home-based care for the nation's older adults is highly inconsistent.
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When Juan Jaramillo, PhD, associate professor of decision sciences and marketing, came to ºüÀêÊÓÆµ in 2018, he brought with him more than just the skills and knowledge to help launch the Master of Science in Business Analytics program in the Robert B. Willumstad School of Business.
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A mother, teacher, mentor, early-childhood-education advocate, lover of the arts and culture and a world traveler, Alice Brown never lost her sense of wonder and the ability to see the world through the eyes of a child.
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Michael D'Emic, PhD, paleontologist and associate professor of biology, worked with the Long Island Children's Museum to build a dinosaur model from replica fossil bones stored in his lab—the result is in the museum's lobby.
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Faculty and Staff Updates
CategoriesPublished:The Robert B. Willumstad School of Business welcomes the following new faculty and staff members. They represent excellence in their various specializations and will provide our students with guidance, mentorship, and academic and career opportunities.
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Cindy Maguire, PhD, associate professor of communications, has been named to the Global Advisory Board for Teachers Without Borders, an organization devoted to closing the education divide through a global teacher network.
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Making art with children who have been affected by conflict has been Cindy Maguire, PhD‘s life’s work. “I work in the United States and internationally with children and youth in conflict-affected communities using arts as a tool for empowerment and teaching,†said Dr. Maguire, associate professor in the Department of Communications at ºüÀêÊÓÆµ.
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Senior adjunct professor of psychology Deborah Serani, PsyD, discusses her new children's book, Sometimes When I'm Mad.
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Jacques Barber, PhD, professor and dean, and J. Christopher Muran, PhD, professor and interim dean while Dr. Barber is on sabbatical, have collaborated on a revised psychodynamic therapy chapter in Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change 7th Edition (Wiley 2021), considered “the bible of psychotherapy." It builds on the original chapter published in 2013, for which they also collaborated.
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In March 2020, as New York entered lockdown and COVID-19 patients overwhelmed area hospitals, Lea Theodore, PhD, Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology professor and director of the Derner school psychology program, received an email out of the blue.
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In an op-ed she co-wrote, Maggie Gray, PhD, associate professor of political science, advocates for agricultural workers.
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Letter in response to the John Gap​per article Online scams and rent extraction go hand in hand from Mariano Torras, PhD.