Take a Stand Rally

The Take a Stand Rally, encouraging students to be advocates for social change, was held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Sept. 11 in the Danforth University Center courtyard. More than 20 student groups involved in election issues, politics and voting will presented and discussed what they do.

A dog’s life

Photo by David KilperUno, winner of Best in Show at last spring’s Westminster Kennel Club dog show, makes an appearance on campus to celebrate the opening of the Danforth University Center.

Law school welcomes first Faculty Fellows

Maggi Carfield, J.D., and Jennifer Carter-Johnson, J.D., Ph.D., are the School of Law’s inaugural Faculty Fellows. The goal of the Faculty Fellows Program is to train talented law graduates for success in the entry-level law teaching market by providing intensive feedback and assistance in developing academic legal scholarship. It also provides an opportunity for the fellows to gain teaching experience with the mentoring of experienced faculty.

Groups work together to provide debate programs

This fall, a host of programs, projects and panels have been developed by the VP Debate Program Planning Committee, in collaboration with other groups on campus, to engage students, faculty, staff, alumni, friends, and neighbors in the electoral process.

Transforming business

Photo by Robert BostonTodd Zenger, Ph.D., sets a standard for excellence both inside and outside the classroom.

Zacks receives $1.5 million grant to understand event memory

Jeffrey M. Zacks, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology in Arts & Sciences, has received a five-year, $1,548,619 grant from the National Institute on Aging for research titled “Encoding and Remembering Events Across the Life Span.” The research, also supported by the School of Medicine’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, will test how people’s understanding of everyday […]
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