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A call to excellence: The hub of General Education

This message is the first in a series this fall on General Education in the College of Arts and Sciences. Paul Reitter, professor in the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures,…

A commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

Janet Box-Steffensmeier, interim executive dean and vice provost, and Wendy Smooth, associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion, shared the following message with Arts and Sciences students…

Lisa Florman

Lisa Florman re-appointed chair of Department of History of Art

Lisa Florman, professor and chair of the Department of History of Art, has been re-appointed as chair of the department, effective through Aug. 31, 2022. 

Florman received her BA from…

Susan Williams

Susan Williams returns to faculty after completing distinguished term as vice dean

Susan Williams, professor of English, ends her term as vice dean of the college on Aug. 31, having completed nine years of exceptional service to the university as vice provost for academic policy…

Karen Hutzel

Karen Hutzel named interim chair of Department of Art

Karen Hutzel, associate professor and chair of the Department of Arts Administration, Education and Policy, was named interim chair of the Department of Art, effective Sept. 1, 2018, through June…

Charles Emery

Charles Emery named chair of Department of Psychology

Charles Emery, professor of psychology and internal medicine, has been named chair of the Department of Psychology, effective Oct. 1, 2018, through June 30, 2022.

Emery received his BS in…

Associate professors Jesse Kwiek (left) of microbiology and Thomas McDow of history at the STEAM Factory for an event that concludes their co-taught course on HIV. Photo courtesy Paul Woo, Wandering Woo Photography

History and microbiology professors co-teach course examining HIV

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It’s best to view a topic as expansive and nuanced as HIV through multiple lenses.

The course HIV: From Microbiology to Macrohistory does just…

Jean-François Lafont

Jean-François Lafont named interim chair of Department of Mathematics

Jean-François Lafont, professor in the Department of Mathematics, was named interim chair of the department, effective Aug. 1, 2018, through July 31, 2019.

Lafont’s areas of expertise…

Cynthia Clopper

Cynthia Clopper named interim chair of Department of Linguistics

Cynthia Clopper, professor of linguistics, was named interim chair of the Department of Linguistics, effective Aug. 15, 2018, through June 30, 2019.

Clopper received her BA from Duke…