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Phillips, Grad Students Present at Peer Tutoring Conference

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Dr. Talinn Phillips, Assistant Professor of English Rhetoric & Composition, and graduate students Yavanna Brownlee, Stephanie Cheslock, and Elise Dixon present next month at the National Conference on Peer Tutoring in Writing in Tampa, FL. Phillips is making a joint presentation on “Designing Support for Graduate Students” with Ohio University […]

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October 11, 2013 at 10:10 amAlumni Research

Grad Student Earns Outstanding Poster in Low-Energy Nuclear Science

Grad Student Earns Outstanding Poster in Low-Energy Nuclear Science

Dr. Carl Brune,  Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and graduate students Youngshin Byun, Sushil Dhakal, Cody Parker, and Anthony Ramirez attended the 2013 Stewardship Science Academic Programs (SSAP) Annual Review Symposium June 27-28 in Albuquerque, NM. All of the students presented posters at the meeting. These posters were judged by […]

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October 8, 2013 at 8:54 amResearch

Sandal on Two Panels, Religious Freedom and Political Change

Sandal on Two Panels, Religious Freedom and Political Change

Dr. Nukhet Sandal, Assistant Professor of Political Science, is a panelist at two conferences in October, including a Religious Freedom Project conference at the Berkley Center for Religion, Peace & World Affairs at Georgetown University Oct. 9-10. The conference addresses the question: “Freedom to Flourish: Is Religious Freedom Necessary for Peace, […]

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October 7, 2013 at 9:06 amResearch

Ulloa and Sandler Present at Physics Workshops in Brazil

Ulloa and Sandler Present at Physics Workshops in Brazil

Dr. Sergio Ulloa, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Dr. Nancy Sandler, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, traveled to Brazil during the 2013-14 academic year to participate in several conferences.: They will give several lectures at conferences in Brazil in September 2013. They co-organized several of the events, including a […]

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September 30, 2013 at 11:18 pmResearch

Jellison Explores WWII Poster Girls in Wartime Propaganda

Jellison Explores WWII Poster Girls in Wartime Propaganda

Pin-up girls or women embodying FDR’s Four Freedoms worth fighting for—World War II poster girls had little control in propaganda, said Dr. Katherine Jellison, Professor and Interim Chair of History, at a recent conference at Lancaster University in the United Kingdom on “Lessons of War: Gender History and the Second […]

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September 20, 2013 at 2:31 pmNews Research

DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants to Help Prevent Misidentification

DNA Barcoding of Medicinal Plants to Help Prevent Misidentification

What would happen if a Pakistani consumer thought she was buying chamomile to help her sleep or hyssop to help with a cough, but instead the herbs were misidentified? “In Pakistan, herbal products are a primary source of medicines, yet quality control for raw plant material sold to individuals or […]

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September 20, 2013 at 8:52 amAlumni Research

Neiman: Spontaneous Oscillations and Sensory Information Coding by Peripheral Receptors

Alexander Neiman

Dr. Alexander Neiman, Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy, presented at a conference on “Emergent and Adaptive Behaviors in Soft Matter and Living Systems” Sept. 16 at Ximen University in Xiamen, China. His talk was on “Spontaneous Oscillations and Sensory Information Coding by Peripheral Receptors.” “Self-sustained oscillations have been observed in […]

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September 16, 2013 at 6:50 pmResearch