News at ºüÀêÊÓÆµ
- Academic Distinction
-
Published:
What began in January 2023 as a visit by the ºüÀêÊÓÆµ College of Nursing and Public Health Dean Deborah Hunt, PhD ’12, to Mohammad Yunus in Bangladesh has since led to a lecture by the Nobel Prize laureate on March 21 on the ºüÀêÊÓÆµ campus—and now to a nursing school partnership agreement.
-
Published:
Philosophy may be seen as an area of academic speculation, but Shawn Kaplan, PhD, associate professor of philosophy and director of the Ethics and Public Policy program, researches how moral concerns affect current real-world issues.
-
Published:
ºüÀêÊÓÆµâ€™s annual Scholarship and Creative Works Conference, better known as Research Day, celebrated its 20th anniversary with undergraduates and graduate students presenting their work in each of our Core Four areas of focus: arts and humanities, STEM and social sciences, health and wellness, and the business and education professions.
-
Published:
ºüÀêÊÓÆµ senior Samuel Kang is the winner of two national honors at this year’s Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival for his play, what we will be. He reflects on the continued leadership of ºüÀêÊÓÆµâ€™s theater program.
-
ºüÀêÊÓÆµâ€™s UN Youth Representative: Social Work Graduate Student and “Citizen of the Worldâ€
CategoriesPublished:Master of Social Work student Sarah Delannoy is taking her concerns to a global stage. She’ll join youth representatives from around the world in giving voice to the issues of importance to the rising generation.
-
Published:
Zahin Ritee is a physics scholar, a leader, a high achiever—and an award-winning singer. Now she's been named a Barry Goldwater Scholar for excellence in STEM.
-
Published:
Ryan Wallace, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Studies and Sciences, has received a federal grant to tackle the threats acidification and harmful algal blooms pose to Long Island Sound ecosystems and organisms.
-
Published:
The poet William Blake may have decried how the muses—the "Fair Nine"—have forsaken poetry, but the art form continues to thrive at ºüÀêÊÓÆµ.
-
Published:
When Shana Caro, PhD, joined the ºüÀêÊÓÆµ faculty in Fall 2022 as an assistant professor of biology, she had a pressing priority. “I wanted to locate a place where I could do fieldwork that was close to campus so that I could easily bring students from campus to help with my research.â€
-
Published:
How do you get to Sesame Street? Design your own major in puppetry and take it to your dream career in Broadway’s Winnie the Pooh, on Sesame Workshop—and even on a Super Bowl commercial featuring Cookie Monster.
-
Published:
After 12 years of leadership, groundbreaking research and numerous academic publications and awards, the dean of the ºüÀêÊÓÆµ Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology is stepping down. Please join us in celebrating his extraordinary accomplishments.
-
Published:
The College of Professional and Continuing Studies' Finish Line Program is designed to help students who left ºüÀêÊÓÆµ get back on track to a degree. Dedicated advisers are skilled at meeting the needs of returning students by charting their personalized paths to graduation and future success.
-
Published:
Palliative care focuses on managing the symptoms and stress that accompany serious illnesses. This certificate from the College of Professional and Continuing Studies trains nurses in this fast-growing specialization.
-
Students to Expand Their Knowledge and Connections Under New First-Year Seminar Offerings
CategoriesPublished:Students new to ºüÀêÊÓÆµ will have expanded First-Year Seminar (FYS) options this fall, when a pilot program of interdisciplinary offerings launches. Designed to enhance opportunities for community building and provide a multifaceted approach to subject matter, each course follows a cohort model with classes led by two to four professors from different academic disciplines. Students…
-
Assistant Professor Is Awarded Grant to Study How the Perception of Time Affects Decision-Making
CategoriesPublished:Good things come to those who wait, the saying goes, but our perception of how quickly time passes varies from person to person. Are people who perceive time as passing quickly more willing to delay gratification?
-
Published:
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business alum Jared Mroz ’22 earned his master‘s in business analytics—while working in a leadership position at financial powerhouse Morgan Stanley. See how he managed this dual path.
-
Published:
March 2023 is an exceptional month to view fine art from our community. Faculty and alumni artwork—in oil, sculptures, sketches and watercolor—explore diverse topics and facets of the human experience. Here is your guide to inspiring works of art around the ºüÀêÊÓÆµ campus—as well as online.
-
Published:
First-year students Monish Churaman and Amita Radakichenane’s innovative business idea, SmileLab Printing Technologies, won first place ($5,000) in the latest ºüÀêÊÓÆµ Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Business Plan Competition. All told, the finalists competed for $11,000 in prize money. Their winning idea “eliminates the need for crowns, bridges and dentures being produced in labs…
-
Published:
During the pandemic, Paul Thaler, PhD, professor in the Department of Communications in the College of Arts and Sciences, didn’t set out to write a horror tale that pays homage to the American writer, poet, editor and literary critic Edgar Allen Poe. But as Dr. Thaler delved more deeply into his writing project, he brought…
-
Published:
Robert B. Willumstad School of Business Honored by The Princeton Review The ºüÀêÊÓÆµÂ Robert B. Willumstad School of Business has once again been recognized in The Princeton Review’s Best Business Schools 2023 for its on-campus MBA program. This is based on institutional data the company gathers from administrators at business schools as well as surveys of students attending…
-
Associate Professor's Groundbreaking Discovery Digs Into Why Predatory Dinosaurs Varied in Size
CategoriesPublished:You won't find the dinosaur known as Xixianykus terrorizing people in Jurassic Park.
-
Published:
Bharat Bhisé, MBA ’78, believes ºüÀêÊÓÆµ students should have global exposure to other countries, cultures and economies—and he funded an all-expenses-paid study tour to India to prove it. Meet the students who benefited from this extraordinary inaugural trip.
-
Published:
The ºüÀêÊÓÆµ College of Nursing and Public Health is one of 10 schools in the United States selected by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing to participate in an important initiative on resilience and self-care. Dean Deborah Hunt, PhD ’12, explains—and shares her vision for nursing.
-
Published:
Kirsten Ziomek, PhD, associate professor and director of Asian studies, has been recognized with a fellowship for research on Japan in World War II. Her expertise on forced labor and colonial soldiers brings a new understanding of the Asian-Pacific operations.
-
Published:
The 2022 Commission for Academic Support in Higher Education has awarded ºüÀêÊÓÆµ its Innovative Academic Support Initiative award for new approaches to academic support for students undeclared or undecided on a major. See how our support helps students find success.
-
Published:
A collaboration between two faculty members and 10 undergraduates provides valuable new information about HVI reagents.
-
ºüÀêÊÓÆµ Professor Damian Stanley Publishes Large Dataset Detailing the Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic
CategoriesPublished:A new study co-led by ºüÀêÊÓÆµ Assistant Professor of Psychology Damian Stanley, PhD, provides a window into the psychological, social and emotional impacts of the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.
-
Published:
Sometimes the lessons that educators set out to teach their students turn into an opportunity to share knowledge with a wider audience.
-
Published:
A study outlines ways to encourage student inquiry
-
Published:
In Spring 2022, Associate Professor Jacqueline Olvera, PhD, became director of Latin American Studies. She succeeded Raysa Amador, PhD, now professor emerita of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, who became the first head of the program in the early 1970s. Dr. Olvera began planning a transition for the program, based on review of the program over two…