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The journey of a hundred artworks begins with a single person. Ellen Percy Kraly, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of geography and environmental studies, has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Australia’s Curtin University in recognition of her efforts to repatriate an invaluable collection of Noongar aboriginal art to its home Down Under.

Legendary vocalist Aretha Franklin will perform on campus at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 5, in Sanford Field House. Known around the world by her first name, and as the reigning “Queen of Soul,” Franklin’s repertoire spans pop, soul, jazz, rock, blues, and gospel. Her sold-out appearance, part of the Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders […]

Warm congratulations are making their way across campus in the wake of Interim Dean of the Faculty and Provost Constance Harsh’s January 28 announcement of appointments for promotion and tenure. The appointments were approved by the Board of Trustees during their winter meeting and take effect on July 1 of this year. They include: Continuous […]

It’s too early to suggest that NUTS! will be a seminal work in the career of documentary filmmaker Penny Lane, assistant professor of art and art history. But reviews pouring in from the Sundance Film Festival, where Lane recently premiered the story of goat testicle transplant pioneer Dr. John Romulus Brinkley, have roundly praised the […]

��ҹ���� has been named as a Beckman Scholars Program institutional award recipient for 2016. The grant, totaling $104,000, will provide multi-year research funding for students majoring in biology or chemistry. ��ҹ���� joins a distinguished list of universities that received the award from the Irvine, Calif.–based Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation in 2016 — it includes […]

Mining massive amounts of personal data can provide crucial insights into important questions asked by scientists, sociologists, and public policy makers. But behind each data point, there’s a real human, demanding privacy. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded Assistant Professor of Computer Science Michael Hay nearly $500,000 to participate in Project Brandeis, […]

This weekend, January 15–16, SophoMORE Connections returns to ��ҹ����. Keynote speaker Sian-Pierre Regis ’06, Swagger founder and pop-culture/social contributor to CNN/HLN, heads a long list of alumni arriving on campus. They’ll talk with students about life after commencement — and how to take advantage of the full suite of ��ҹ���� resources between now and then to […]

��ҹ���� has taken the No. 8 spot in a recent ranking of top colleges for women who want to play Division I soccer while enjoying a rigorous academic experience. The ranking came from College Factual and appeared on USAToday.com. To create the list, College Factual compared its own Best Colleges ranking to win-loss percentages, […]

According to a recent article by U.S. News and World Report, ��ҹ���� ranks 10th among universities nationwide for four-year graduation rates. The rankings consider undergraduates who started working on their first bachelor’s degree in 2008. With 89.7 percent of its students graduating within four years according to the report, ��ҹ���� joins schools like Carleton College, […]

NUTS!, a new documentary film by assistant professor of art and art history Penny Lane, will premiere at next month’s Sundance Film Festival. NUTS! tells the story of John Romulus Brinkley, who, in 1917, offered a cure for impotence by transplanting goat testicles. “Sundance is by far the premiere venue to launch an American independent […]