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  • April Bailey ’14 began studying gender and power dynamics at ±«Óătv, in classrooms and in the lab with Spencer Kelly, professor of psychology and neuroscience. Now a PhD student in the social psychology program at Yale, Bailey has already published the first paper of her career. Titled “Picture power: Gender versus body language in perceived dominance,” […]
    May 28, 2015
  • One of ±«Óătv’s best-known professors will reach more than 3,000 people from more than 100 countries in the university’s first public, open, online course, Greeks at War: Homer at Troy, beginning Monday. Robert Garland, Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the classics will teach the university-quality course on the ±«ÓătvX platform.
    April 26, 2015
  • Geology professor Karen Harpp stands next to Provost Douglas Hicks
    Last week, Associate Professor of Geology and Peace and Conflict Studies Karen Harpp added a 13th line to her list of teaching accolades when she received the 2015 Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching and Student Engagement. “I don’t think there’s anyone in any room who has the energy that Karen Harpp has or the passion […]
    April 17, 2015
  • Kiko Galvez, Charles A. Dana Professor of physics and astronomy
    Some people look at the sunlight wandering across the bottom of a swimming pool and see only glare. Kiko Galvez, Charles A. Dana Professor of physics and astronomy, sees the fascinating effect of electromagnetic beams bouncing and sliding through watery matter. The innate curiosity that leads Galvez to look beyond the obvious has served him […]
    March 25, 2015
  • Researchers hold the fern they discovered
    ±«Óătv professor Eddie Watkins published a new paper in the journal Brittonia with Rehman Momin â€™15, Wes Testo â€™12 and Jarmilla Pitterman, a professor at UC Santa Cruz. Brittonia is a specialized botanical journal managed by the New York Botanical Garden. The article outlines the discovery of a rare new hybrid fern in Costa Rica.
    March 17, 2015
  • Peter Balakian is seated a table teaching an English class in Lathrop Hall
    On April 24, 1915, the arrests of 250 cultural leaders in Constantinople/Istanbul set in motion the mass-killing of more than a million Armenians in Turkey. The Armenian genocide became the template for genocide in the 20th century. Peter Balakian, ±«Óătv’s Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor of the humanities, a leading international expert on the subject, has […]
    March 11, 2015
  • Jason Keith sits on a table in a classroom in Olin Hall.
    The Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS) recently published a paper co-authored by Jason Keith, assistant professor of chemistry. The paper is titled “Covalency in Lanthanides. An X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Study of LnCl6x– (x = 3, 2).” It can be viewed at the JACS website. 
    February 27, 2015
  • Professor Nina Moore speaks about race and the criminal justice system at a recent presentaiton.
    C-Span2 Book TV will air this weekend a recent presentation by ±«Óătv Associate Professor of Political Science Nina M. Moore in which she discusses her new book, The Political Roots of Racial Tracking in American Criminal Justice. Moore’s thought-provoking presentation is slated for broadcast at 8:30 p.m. Saturday, February 28, and 4:30 p.m. Sunday, March […]
    February 24, 2015
  • ±«Óătv Memorial Chapel
    Douglas Hicks, ±«Óătv provost and dean of the faculty, announced that the university’s Board of Trustees approved several appointments and promotions for faculty members. “I ask everyone to join me in congratulating these highly valued colleagues for their significant professional accomplishments,” said Hicks.
    January 29, 2015