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Q&A faculty spotlight: Jan Box-Steffensmeier
Jan Box-Steffensmeier is Vernal Riffe Professor of Political Science, professor of sociology by courtesy and Distinguished University Professor. Professor Box-Steffensmeier received her BA in 1988…

Two Arts and Sciences faculty members named AAAS Fellows
From left: Laura Wagner, Mohit RanderiaThe 2022 class of Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) includes four…

With events in Washington, IDEA workshops help spread and improve democracy
Fixing Congress and making democracy better are lofty goals. But they’re challenges that the Institute for Democratic Engagement and Accountability (IDEA) was made for.
IDEA's Director,…

2022’s Top Stories in the Arts and Sciences
As we turn our calendars to 2023, we take a step back to evaluate the incredible College of Arts and Sciences stories we told in 2022. We are proud to present some of our top stories of the last…

Q&A faculty spotlight: Joel Wainwright
Joel Wainwright is a professor of geography whose areas of expertise include political economy of development, environmental and agrarian change, and social theory. Professor Wainwright…

Q&A faculty spotlight: Shadrick Addy
Shadrick Addy is an assistant professor in the Department of Design and the Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design (ACCAD). Professor Addy graduated with an Associate of Arts…

Matt Anderson receives funding through Chan Zuckerberg Institute
Department of Microbiology Associate Professor Matthew Anderson has been awarded funding through the Science Diversity Leadership Program of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the organization…

Breyfogle wins Feis Award from American Historical Association
Associate Professor Nicholas Breyfogle from the Department of History has been awarded The Herbert Feis Award for distinguished contributions to public history by the American Historical…

Martini named fellow of American Physical Society
Paul Martini, professor in the Department of Astronomy and the Center for Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, has been selected as a fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), the…