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At ������ϲʹ���, faculty teach all classes. The advantage of that for students becomes clear when it comes to research. Faculty in all departments and programs closely engage students in research projects – sometimes as early as sophomore year. This summer, more than 100 undergraduates returned to ������ϲʹ��� to work one-on-one with faculty mentors on […]

������ϲʹ��� President Jeffrey Herbst joined members of the ������ϲʹ��� community to ring the bell 13 times to open the New York Stock Exchange on ������ϲʹ��� Day, Friday the 13th. The purpose was to raise awareness for the announcement of the results of the $480 million Passion for the Climb campaign. So why Friday the 13th? As you […]

������ϲʹ��� students and faculty continue to conduct research this summer in a wide variety of locations, including one group of geology majors who spent five and a half weeks in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and several national parks.

Professor Julia Martinez is looking forward to July 4, but it’s not necessarily because of the barbecues or fireworks. Actually, it’s what happens at those events that piques Martinez’s interest, because of their effect on her research. Martinez, assistant professor of psychology, studies drinking, specifically in the college-age group. 

This weekend, Marvee Gay Espiritu ’12 will return to campus to share her perspective on student life with incoming first-years enrolled in the Office of Undergraduate Studies (OUS) summer program. That perspective includes her opportunity to conduct intensive neuroscience research and developing a special mentorship with Jun Yoshino, associate professor of psychology. Espiritu herself had […]

English professor Margaret Maurer has nurtured a love of literature in thousands of ������ϲʹ��� undergraduates and has cultivated that love through book club sessions she leads each summer for alumnae.

The annual ������ϲʹ��� Writers’ Conference returns to campus from June 17– 23, and that brings many opportunities to listen in and engage with professional writers as well as those who are learning the craft. 

Photographs by professors Tom Balonek and Roger Rowlett provide a ������ϲʹ��� vantage point of an event that won’t occur again for more than 100 years, the transit of Venus.

In his latest book, Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second World War (Yale University Press), ������ϲʹ��� professor R.M. (Ray) Douglas examines “one of the most significant examples of the mass violation of human rights in recent history.” His related essay appears in the Review section of today’s Chronicle of Higher Education.

Early in her ������ϲʹ��� career, Alison Wohlers ’10 set her sights on earning a Fulbright grant. So she did what the fellowships office recommended.