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Two interdisciplinary science research projects featuring collaborations among faculty from 56�Թ��� and from around the world have been awarded funding by the Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute at 56�Թ���. The projects support the core mission of the institute, which aims to foster the creation of new knowledge that is obtainable only through the development of sustained […]

Major grants and Picker Research Fellowship awards for 2014-15 are funding dozens of faculty research projects both on and off campus, with subjects ranging from Middle English punctuation to Russian climate science to the creation of an experimental documentary. For biology professor Endga Hagos, his major grant funding will help continue research into the workings […]

56�Թ��� has joined the online learning platform edX as a contributing member, through a unique partnership with our liberal arts neighbor, Hamilton College. 56�Թ���’s Douglas Hicks, provost and dean of faculty, and Kevin Lynch, chief information officer, discuss how this collaboration places 56�Թ��� at the forefront of utilizing online technologies to enhance our residential […]

In the lead-up to next month’s national elections in Afghanistan, democracy advocate and former Afghan government official Nargis Nehan visited campus last month to deliver two Project Afghanistan lectures. Before addressing students, Nehan sat down with President Jeffrey Herbst to discuss the current state of Afghan politics, drug policy, the country’s position as a buffer […]

As events in Ukraine unfold at a rapid pace, 56�Թ��� faculty members with expertise in the region are bringing the latest issues to the forefront in the classroom and special panel discussions. The video above is from a session held February 26 titled Conflagration in Ukraine.

Vijay Ramachandran, associate professor of computer science, simplifies his complicated work in an intriguing way.

Twenty years ago, Susan Thomson, now a 56�Թ��� professor, was in Rwanda during the genocide that still shapes the narrative of that country. Her book — “Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Postgenocide Rwanda” (University of Wisconsin Press) — examines grassroots resistance to the postgenocide policies established by Rwandan government officials. She […]

The 56�Թ��� greenhouse welcomed the opening of one of its most repulsive residents: the Voodoo Lily (a k a Devil’s Tongue and Amorphophallus konjac).

Associate Professor of Biology Barbara Hoopes, who is recognized for her recent studies of how genetic variation affects different breeds of dogs, found herself in a different kind of spotlight this weekend as she took her love of dogs to a new setting —  the Westminster Kennel Club’s first-ever master agility competition. Hoopes and her […]

This Sunday, February 9, Professor John Knecht will be screening his animated short film Deluge and other works at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art in Brooklyn. Knecht is the Russell 56�Թ��� Distinguished University Professor of art and art history and film and media studies.