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School Teachers to Explore ‘Silk Road’
Scott Levi and a group of 25 middle school and high school teachers – from all over the U.S. – are exploring Central Asia’s Silk Road this summer via a three-week institute.
Margaret Newell Book Wins James A. Rawley Prize
Margaret Ellen Newell, professor and vice chair, Department of History, has received the 2016 James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians (OAH).
History of Art Professor Named 2016 Guggenheim Fellow
History of Art Professor Julia F. Andrews is one of approximately 200 scholars, artists and researchers, nationwide, named 2016 Guggenheim Fellows. An acclaimed scholar, writer, teacher and curator,…
Eleven ASC Scholars and Teachers Receive 2016 Distinguished OAA Awards
Eleven Arts and Sciences scholars and teachers — covering the diverse range of disciplines in arts and humanities, natural and physical sciences and social and behavioral sciences — won top…
AAAS Hosts Black Studies Matters Forum
On Tuesday, March 22, the Department of African American and African Studies hosted a forum entitled "Black Studies Matters!"
Thirty-eight ASC Students Earn Top Undergraduate Research Prizes
Arts and Sciences undergraduates — including aspiring dancers, writers and historians; physicists, Earth scientists and biologists; economists, psychologists and journalists — were among the top…
Fletcher Ponders ‘Myths of the Academy’
Classics professor Richard Fletcher is musing, pondering and asking deep questions as part of his multi-faceted research project centered around the myths of Plato and supported by a generous Ronald…
Arts and Sciences Graduate Programs Rank Among Nation’s Top
Five graduate disciplines within the College of Arts and Sciences are newly ranked among the nation’s top, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2017 edition of “America’s Best Graduate Schools.”
PhD Candidate Receives Grant to Fund Research in Quebec
Elizabeth Willis, PhD candidate in French, Department of French and Italian, has been awarded the Bourse Gaston-Miron grant from the Association Internationale des Études Québécoises and the Centre…