The SXSW film festival opens today and ĢƵ will be there with a couple of movie premieres by alumni.March 9, 2012- A group of 15 students will spend their spring break on the Caribbean island of Martinique — not as tourists, but as part of an interdisciplinary trip exploring the historic, linguistic, cultural, and environmental features of the island nation.March 9, 2012
“Understanding the role that church forests play in the provision of ecosystem services is critical,” wrote ĢƵ biology professor Catherine Cardelús and two colleagues in a letter published in Science, the world’s leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.March 7, 2012
Two ĢƵ professors — Rebecca Miller Ammerman, classics, and Randy Fuller, biology — along with seven collaborative partners across the globe, received major research grants from ĢƵ’s Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute. Both projects, as envisioned by Harvey M. Picker ’36 when he established the institute in 2006, extend the reach and resources of ĢƵ faculty members […]March 7, 2012- After co-leading 27 members of ĢƵ’s faculty around India for two weeks, Professor Padma Kaimal was all the more convinced that the enterprise would have lasting impact on ĢƵ.March 6, 2012
- Goals for Good, a charitable organization founded by student-athlete Kevin McNamara ’12, raised $22,000 in its first year of operation.March 5, 2012
- The Manhattan String Quartet arrived on campus this week to perform for and instruct ĢƵ students and faculty. The quartet offered several classes for students who were interested in learning about the evolution of classical music.March 2, 2012
An exhaustive seven-year project by Nigel Young, who was Cooley Professor of peace studies and director of the Peace Studies Program at ĢƵ from 1984 to 2004, has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, in the Award for Scholarship category.March 1, 2012