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Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research November 21, 2020

Professor Helen Tilley receives research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Helen Tilley, professor of history, has been awarded a prestigious research grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

The National Endowment for the Humanities promotes excellence in the humanities and works to spread lessons of history …


Professor Perry

Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research November 17, 2020

Professor Sylvia Perry awarded 2020 SAGE Young Scholar Award

Professor Sylvia Perry, professor in the Department of Psychology, has been awarded the 2020 SAGE Young Scholar Award by the Society for Personality and Social Psychology.

The Sage Young Scholar Awards recognize outstanding achievements by young scholars who …


arina Henke and Dean Adrian Randolph

Faculty, Podcasts and Videos, Research November 15, 2020

“Conversation with the Dean” lecture series featuring Professor Marina Henke

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences’s “Conversation with the Dean” is a faculty speaker series designed to deliver insights into the cutting-edge research and teaching from faculty experts around the College. The series is offered live to Weinberg College leadership …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research November 2, 2020

Professor Eric Zaslow named a 2021 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society

Eric Zaslow, professor and chair of the Department of Mathematics has been named a 2021 Fellow of the American Mathematical Society.

The Fellows of the American Mathematical Society recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, …


André de Gouvêa

Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research October 25, 2020

Professor André de Gouvêa elected 2021 fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

André de Gouvêa, Professor of Physics, has been elected a 2021 fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS). Professor de Gouvêa was elected for his contributions to the understanding of the physics of …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research October 25, 2020

Professor William Dichtel elected 2021 fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences

William Dichtel, Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry, has been elected a 2021 fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.

The American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS) is the world’s largest general …


Awards and Honors, Faculty October 16, 2020

Professor Timothy Kovachy receives a 2020 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Timothy Kovachy, professor of physics and astronomy in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, has received a 2020 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering, along with 19 other of the nation’s most innovative scientists and engineers.

This fellowship includes …


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Alumni and Students, Awards and Honors, Faculty October 14, 2020

Professor Mayda Velasco elected to serve on the Governing Board of the University of Puerto Rico

Mayda Velasco, (PhD, Northwestern University, 1995), professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the international COFI Institute, has been elected to serve on the Governing Board of the University of Puerto Rico by the …


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Awards and Honors, Faculty, Research October 10, 2020

Professor Thomas Meade awarded 2020 Gold Medal from World Molecular Imaging Society

Professor Thomas Meade, Eileen M. Foell Professor of Cancer Research and Professor of Chemistry, Molecular Biosciences, Neurobiology, Biomedical Engineering and Radiology, has been awarded the 2020 Gold Medal from the World Molecular Imaging Society (WMIS).…


Podcasts and Videos October 8, 2020

31st Annual Richard W. Leopold Lecture: Anne Applebaum, Twilight of Democracy

Pulitzer Prize winning historian, journalist and commentator on geo-politics, Anne Applebaum examines the challenges and opportunities of global political and economic change through the lenses of world history and the contemporary political landscape.

Informed by her expertise in Europe and …


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