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Economics major sees Asia in different way
Each year, many 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 students study abroad and return with a memorable experience and a new world view. But how does study abroad could affect a student's understanding of the world economy?
On to Greenland, glaciers and MIT
Like many an 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 student before him, Matt Osman took a geosciences course and unexpectedly found himself falling in love with the discipline.
Hasselmo winner Wood fascinated by human conflict
The global world is top of mind for Joseph Wood, this year's Hasselmo Prize winner, whose primary concern is in “reducing the factors that push people toward violence.”
Dr. Kivisto to get honorary degree, link to family
365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播's Dr.Peter Kivisto has a couple of firsts awaiting him in the next few weeks: He will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Turku in Finland, and he will step into the childhood home of his Finnish grandfather.
Student earns $5,000 Hasselmo Prize
An 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 junior with a lifelong love of nature and a double major in biology and environmental sciences, Carlisle Evans Peck, of Geneseo, is this year’s winner of 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播’s Hasselmo Prize for Academic Pursuit.
Lee named first Cannon Professor of the Humanities
365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 announced Dr. Dan Lee, professor of ethics and director of the 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 Center for the Study of Ethics, is the inaugural holder of the Marian Taft Cannon Endowed Chair in the Humanities. As the college’s first Cannon Professor of the Humanities, Dr. Lee has the unique opportunity to shape the way this endowment will impact 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 faculty, and influence the transformative educational experience they provide students.
Making it count in Texas
Alongside peers from top research schools in the country, 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 students are making a name for themselves and their college a thousand miles from campus.
Synopsis of Neil Armstrong's address at 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 in 1972
A commemorative booklet was published by 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 after its Seminar on Space Exploration Feb. 10-12, 1972. The following account of Neil Armstrong's address is one of several in the booklet.
Hammer adds another dinosaur to his collection
Paleontologist and professor of geology Dr. William Hammer has found a new type of dinosaur in a recent expedition to the Central Trans-Antarctic Mountains. The newly discovered species, a four or five-foot ornithischian or bird-hipped dinosaur, is on its way back to the United States in about 5,000 pounds of rock.
The family that cites together, writes together
If your father is a professor, you might share an interest in academic publishing.
Former Deere CEO and alumnus donates $8 million to name Science Building
Former Deere CEO and 1948 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 alumnus Robert Hanson and his wife, Patricia Hanson, have generously given $8 million, the largest single gift in the history of 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播, to name the Science Building and the building's lecture hall wing at 365体育滚球-滚球体育app-投注*直播.
