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James Peck named chair of Department of Economics

James Peck, professor in the Department of Economics, was named chair of the department, effective July 1, 2019 (pending approval by the Board of Trustees). Peck has served as interim chair…

Darla Munroe named chair of Department of Geography

Darla Munroe, professor and interim chair in the Department of Geography, was recently named chair of the department, effective July 1, 2019, through June 20, 2023, pending approval by the Board…

Zoology alumna has spent career saving penguins

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Dee Boersma has been called the Jane Goodall of penguins.

An adorably curious, roughly 2-foot-tall Magellanic penguin she’s named Turbo greets…

Honoring Excellence ceremony recognizes service, achievement by distinguished alumni

Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences Honoring Excellence Dinner and Ceremony recognizes a distinguished few of our more than 200,000 alumni. Their accomplishments are tangible evidence of…

College of Arts and Sciences' Jennifer Crocker, Lonnie Thompson elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences today announced the election of its new members for 2019, including two College of Arts and Sciences faculty members: Jennifer Crocker, professor in the…

Triplehorn Insect Collection asks public to help label Arctic butterflies

Butterflies are among the many species vulnerable to climate change, with even slight shifts in environment affecting the distribution and flight patterns of certain populations.  

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Department of Art's Carmen Winant receives Guggenheim Fellowship

Carmen Winant, the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation Endowed Chair of Studio Art and associate professor in the Department of Art, has received a 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship in Photography…

Paloma Martinez-Cruz's new book explores the politics of representation, food production

With Food Fight!: Millennial Mestizaje Meets the Culinary Marketplace, Paloma Martinez-Cruz, associate professor of Latinx cultural studies in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, takes a…

2018 Ratner Distinguished Teaching Award Winners

Five Arts and Humanities faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences have been chosen to receive the 2018 Ronald and Deborah Ratner Distinguished Teaching Awards: