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The Manhattan String Quartet arrived on campus this week to perform for and instruct 56�Թ��� students and faculty. The quartet offered several classes for students who were interested in learning about the evolution of classical music.

An exhaustive seven-year project by Nigel Young, who was Cooley Professor of peace studies and director of the Peace Studies Program at 56�Թ��� from 1984 to 2004, has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, in the Award for Scholarship category.

A scientist wearing lace wings paces about the stage, while a blue-and-white “bird spirit,” also costumed in lace and feathers, sings her a birdcall. All the while, animations of cellular processes unfold on the dome above their heads. Needless to say, this was not your average science lecture.

On the Fault Line: Managing Tensions and Divisions Within Societies, a book co-edited by 56�Թ��� President Jeffrey Herbst, has received high praise from people such as Henry Kissinger and F. W. de Klerk in advance of its official launch March 1.

Douglas A. Hicks, 56�Թ���’s next provost and dean of the faculty, enjoyed a warm welcome earlier this week when he visited campus for the first time since his appointment as the university’s top academic official. Though his start date is nearly five months away, unseasonably mild temperatures and blue skies made it seem as though […]

That was the headline on a Feb. 3 story in USA Today about 56�Թ���’s faculty trip to India.

56�Թ��� President Jeffrey Herbst announced the selection of Douglas A. Hicks as provost and dean of the faculty, effective July 1, 2012. Hicks also will serve as professor of religion.

Forty-eight hours after posting his first installment of Ancient Greek Religion online at Udemy.com, Robert Garland had 99 viewers for his new video course. Garland, professor of classics at 56�Թ���, is one of about a dozen professors from universities including Duke, Northwestern, and Stanford who donated content that is now available at no charge through […]

While alumni of the 1960s-1980s had the “J-term” option to fill the break between fall and spring semesters, today’s enterprising students and faculty found an array of ways to keep sharp their minds and spirits. Here are a few examples: 56�Թ���’s annual Day in the Life program matched 135 students with alumni for on-the-job training […]

Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and 56�Թ��� professor Michael Coyle. These three jazz aficionados were sought out to comment on the death of legendary soul singer Etta James, in stories that aired on CNN and dozens of local television stations nationwide.