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Trustee Emeritus Robert Hung Ngai Ho ’56, H’11 has confirmed a $15 million gift to 56�Թ��� to establish the Robert Hung Ngai Ho Mind, Brain, and Behavior Initiative.

Randy Fuller, Russell 56�Թ��� Distinguished University Professor of biology and environmental studies, has received the 2019 Distinguished Service Award from the Society for Freshwater Science (SFS).

George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana & Latin American Studies Graham Hodges is featured on The Academic Minute. Hodges’s newest book, Black New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day, delves into the history of oppression in the north, the slave-owning past of New Jersey, and some of the state’s most famous black Americans.

What happens when empires fall apart? The rise of China’s Ming dynasty in the 14th century is a study in the answer to this particular question. According to David Robinson, Robert H.N. Ho Professor in Asian studies and professor of history, “You pursue one question and it leads to another — it has a kind of […]

Two radio segments written and voiced by 56�Թ��� professors have been recognized as the best of the year in their respective categories by the producers of The Academic Minute, a nationally syndicated radio production of Albany National Public Radio affiliate WAMC.

56�Թ��� is the recipient of a second round of competitive Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation funding in support of intensive student biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and chemistry research through 2022. The Beckman Scholars Program provides $104,000 in funding for four individual students to pursue in-depth and sustained research, under the mentorship of a faculty member, […]

On Tuesday, November 6, Nicole Kinsman ’06 returned to 56�Թ��� to talk about her work with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Alaska

This fall, 56�Թ��� welcomed 43 new professors in more than 25 different departments, athletics, and the university libraries. 56�Թ���’s newest educators represent a mix of 56�Թ��� alumni, visiting professors from across the country, and new assistant professors with a wide range of research interests. For more information, read the full list of new faculty biographies below. Megan […]

As Alan Dershowitz took to the 56�Թ��� Memorial Chapel stage on Monday evening for his lecture, “Civil Liberties in the Age of Trump,” about 20 students in the audience stood up and turned their backs in peaceful protest. It was a moment of First Amendment exercise that the target, a controversial scholar of constitutional law […]

Common belief states that those who play together, stay together. New research by Professor Jennifer Tomlinson and Rachel Geyer ’17 suggests that this popular sentiment may be true.