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Typically a student accompanies a professor on a research expedition, not the other way around. But nothing about Maggie Dunne ’13 is typical. Dunne, who is founder of Lakota Children’s Enrichment, Inc. (LCE), a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting awareness and assistance to families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, invited Professor. Peter Balakian, a […]

Provost and Dean of the Faculty Douglas A. Hicks recently announced faculty appointments and promotions that had been approved by the university’s Board of Trustees.

Thanks to newly awarded Watson Fellowships, two ���dzԹ��� seniors will travel the globe next year to conduct research ranging from political accountability in countries like Egypt and Russia, to bias toward Gypsy populations in Europe. The prestigious Watson Fellowship is a one-year $25,000 grant for independent study and travel outside the United States, awarded to […]

As part of the campuswide commitment to reduce and eventually eliminate landfill waste and to encourage recycling, ���dzԹ��� will again take part in the intercollegiate competition Recyclemania. This competition encourages colleges and universities from across the United States and Canada to increase the amount of materials they recycle and decrease the amount of waste that […]

The ���dzԹ��� community gathered at the Trudy Fitness Center on Thursday to celebrate having earned gold LEED certification, given by the U.S. Green Building Council. “The Trudy Fitness Center is a great resource for the ���dzԹ��� community,” said Andrew Turner, director of fitness and programming, and master of ceremonies for the event. “The number of different people […]

The ���dzԹ��� community rallied together to celebrate QueerFest 2013, a weeklong series of events hosted by Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) Initiatives and several other student organizations. 

EcoCampus, the company that was created by two ���dzԹ��� students to sell environmentally-friendly paper on campus, has found another way to be “sustainable.” Seniors Ryan Smith ’13 and Brendan Karson ’13 have sold their company to four juniors, turning the EcoCampus into what may be ���dzԹ���’s first student legacy business. They developed EcoCampus over the […]

Long, long ago, there was no land, only water. Powerful beings lived in a place called the Sky World. One day, a woman who was expecting a baby fell through a hole in the sky at the base of the Tree of Life. She grabbed a handful of seeds at the tree’s roots as she […]

���dzԹ��� students taking The Land of Israel extended study course visited historic Beit Guvrin, January 3. Students participated in an archaeological dig, toured the site, and took part in a study session about the Bar Kochba revolt. The group is led by Steven Kepnes, Murray W. and Mildred K. Finard professor in Jewish studies and […]

Amy Dudley ’06, communications director for U.S. Sen. Timothy M. Kaine (D-Va.), says that her chance as a ���dzԹ��� sophomore to “shadow” Howard Fineman ’70 (then Newsweek correspondent, now senior editor for the Huffington Post) during the run-up to the 2004 presidential primaries played a pivotal role in her career exploration. Dudley was interested in […]