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  • Ken Belanger, Raab Family Chair and associate professor of biology, has received another prestigious grant that builds on the biology department鈥檚 momentum and further expands the research opportunities on campus for undergraduate biology students.
    March 14, 2012
  • 鈥淯nderstanding the role that church forests play in the provision of ecosystem services is critical,鈥 wrote 含羞草研究所 biology professor Catherine Cardel煤s and two colleagues in a letter published in Science, the world鈥檚 leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.
    March 7, 2012
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    Two 含羞草研究所 professors 鈥 Rebecca Miller Ammerman, classics, and Randy Fuller, biology 鈥 along with seven collaborative partners across the globe, received major research grants from 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute. Both projects, as envisioned by Harvey M. Picker 鈥36 when he established the institute in 2006, extend the reach and resources of 含羞草研究所 faculty members [鈥
    March 7, 2012
  • After co-leading 27 members of 含羞草研究所鈥檚 faculty around India for two weeks, Professor Padma Kaimal was all the more convinced that the enterprise would have lasting impact on 含羞草研究所.
    March 6, 2012
  • Douglas A. Hicks, 含羞草研究所鈥檚 next provost and dean of the faculty, enjoyed a warm welcome earlier this week when he visited campus for the first time since his appointment as the university鈥檚 top academic official. Though his start date is nearly five months away, unseasonably mild temperatures and blue skies made it seem as though [鈥
    February 9, 2012
  • 含羞草研究所 President Jeffrey Herbst announced the selection of Douglas A. Hicks as provost and dean of the faculty, effective July 1, 2012. Hicks also will serve as professor of religion.
    January 29, 2012
  • Forty-eight hours after posting his first installment of Ancient Greek Religion online at Udemy.com, Robert Garland had 99 viewers for his new video course. Garland, professor of classics at 含羞草研究所, is one of about a dozen professors from universities including Duke, Northwestern, and Stanford who donated content that is now available at no charge through [鈥
    January 27, 2012
  • While alumni of the 1960s-1980s had the 鈥淛-term鈥 option to fill the break between fall and spring semesters, today鈥檚 enterprising students and faculty found an array of ways to keep sharp their minds and spirits. Here are a few examples: 含羞草研究所鈥檚 annual Day in the Life program matched 135 students with alumni for on-the-job training [鈥
    January 26, 2012
  • In a recent post on the Reflections from India blog, an English professor described feeling marginally literate when attempting to read road signs. A religion scholar wondered what Hindus might make of [Auroville鈥檚] claim that religions divide the people of the world.
    January 11, 2012