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JANE WONG
JANE WONG has been named dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at The College of New Jersey. She is interim dean of the College of Science and Technology and head of the psychology...
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Dr. Nina Mahmoudian: A ‘Pioneer’ in Underwater Robotics
Dr. Nina Mahmoudian Dr. Nina Mahmoudian has applied her knowledge about flight in the atmosphere or outer space to the underwater world, designing better unmanned vehicles that take water samples or...
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Skidmore College’s Wiley Embraces Being ‘Professor of Place’
Dr. Amber N. Wiley (Photo by John Spaulding) Dr. Amber Wiley grew up in Oklahoma, but by the time she was in middle school and high school, Las Vegas, San Francisco and a host of other big cities had...
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JESSICA CHEN WEISS has been named an associate professor of government at Cornell University. She was an assistant professor of political science at Yale University. Chen Weiss earned a bachelor’s from...
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EILEEN O’CONNOR has been appointed vice president for communication at Yale University. She was deputy assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia. O’Connor holds a bachelor’s and a juris...
View ArticleANNE EHRLICH
ANNE EHRLICH has been appointed vice president for student development at Knox College. She is dean of students at Woodbury University in California. Ehrlich received a bachelor’s from the University...
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Allen Doing His Part to Change Face of Science
Dr. Antiño R. Allen advises others to “let the research questions guide you throughout your career.” During his quest to earn a Ph.D., researcher in the field of neuroscience Antiño R. Allen was called...
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Iranian-Born Gharipour Building Reputation as Champion of Architecture
Dr. Mohammad Gharipour has balanced teaching and a prolific record of writing and publishing since 2004. (Photo courtesy of Dr. Mohammad Gharipour) For those with an appreciation or interest in...
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VIRGINIA TECH
Virginia Tech SENIOR STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER: Blacksburg, Virginia Dr. Patricia A. Perillo Established: 1872 Vice President for Student Affairs www.vt.edu “The Division of Student Affairs at Virginia...
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LSAMP Students Tackling Problems That Hit Close to Home
Jasmine Jackson, a second-year Ph.D. student of applied mathematics at Arizona State University, shows her poster that details the threat of the deadly “kissing bugs,” which have been spotted in...
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GREGORY E. TRIPLETT
GREGORY E. TRIPLETT has been appointed associate dean for graduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. He was an associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and associate...
View ArticleUniversity of Missouri Announces New Diversity Official
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The University of Missouri has named a diversity official to help the four-campus system recover from racial protests at the flagship campus in Columbia. The school announced Wednesday...
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Final Four of Urban Design Gives Students Real Life Experience
When Meghan McMullen finishes her master’s degree in city and regional planning at Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and interviews for a job in private development, she can always bring...
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SUSAN D. STUEBNER
SUSAN D. STUEBNER has been named president of Colby-Sawyer College, effective July 1. She is executive vice president and chief operating officer at Allegheny College in Pennsylvania. Stuebner earned a...
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RAJ ACHARYA
RAJ ACHARYA has been appointed dean of the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University Bloomington, effective July 1. He is director of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer...
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ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON
ROBERTA DIAZ BRINTON has been appointed director of the UA Center for Innovation in Brain Science at the University of Arizona Health Sciences. She is the R. Pete Vanderveen Chair in Therapeutic...
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Watanabe Dedicates Career to the Advancement of Asian Americans
Dr. Paul Watanabe (courtesy of U.S.-Japan Council) Growing up, Dr. Paul Watanabe saw few people of his ancestry in U.S. professions outside of wage-earning jobs. Tens of thousands of...
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MOHAMED LACHEMI
MOHAMED LACHEMI has been appointed president and vice chancellor of Ryerson University. He was interim president and vice chancellor of Ryerson. Lachemi earned a bachelor’s from l’Université des...
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LATANYA BUCK
LATANYA BUCK has been named dean for diversity and inclusion at Princeton University, effective in August. She was founding director of the Center for Diversity and Inclusion at Washington University...
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Study Shows Computer Science Gap Begins Early
Black students are less likely than White students to have computer science courses in middle or high school — 47 versus 58 percent — and female students are less likely than male students to be told...
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