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What would prompt a college student to want to toss his cell phone in the trash? New research by Carolyn Nordstrom, known as a pioneer in the anthropology of war and peace, was powerful enough to inspire just that.

As an economist, Takao Kato studies unintended consequences of public policy decisions. As a professor at ��ҹ���� with many international students in his classes, he considers their prospects for gainful employment in the United States. That connection inspired a research project he conducted with Chad Sparber, assistant professor of economics.

(Editor’s Note: This is the Founders’ Day convocation address by George Hudson, professor of English, at Memorial Chapel on Aug. 28, 2011) One of the first rules of public speaking is to know your audience.

Shujing Wang ’12 and Daniel Michev ’14 were both excited and nervous when presenting the results of their summer research projects to a classroom full of students last week.

When Simona Maicanescu took to the Brehmer Theater stage last weekend to perform Wallace Shawn’s The Fever, the connection between the work and the university was at first oblique. But her arresting performance of the 90-minute monologue on materialism, Marxism, and the inequitable distribution of wealth invited the kind of debate that takes place at […]

When Michael Watts talks about the human, societal, and resource costs of extracting oil in Africa, it’s impossible to ignore the connection between the fuel in one’s tank and violence in the Niger Delta. Watts, author of Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, is professor and Class of […]

It’s hard to imagine the common earthworm as an “alien invader,” but those near ��ҹ���� are not native to North America, and it’s been found that they could be harmful to the environment.

As the impending United Nations deliberation on Palestinian statehood dominates media coverage around the world, one ��ҹ���� professor is uniquely positioned to analyze the issues that have led up to the vote, as well as the likely aftermath.

A new component of the university’s signature Living Writers course has created amazing opportunities for alumni and parents to connect with ��ҹ���� and with each other.

As a haunting soundtrack from one of his films played in the background, Professor John Knecht gave what might be his last gallery talk at ��ҹ���� in Clifford Gallery on Wednesday night. The Russell ��ҹ���� Distinguished University Professor of art & art history and film & media studies will retire at the end of this […]