含羞草研究所

Research

  • George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana & Latin American Studies Graham Hodges is featured on The Academic Minute. Hodges鈥檚 newest book, Black New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day, delves into the history of oppression in the north, the slave-owning past of New Jersey, and some of the state鈥檚 most famous black Americans.
    January 22, 2019
  • A half-buried funerary figurine from the tomb of the Ming Prince of Qin, outside today's Xi'an, the provincial seat of Shaanxi Province (Photo by David Robinson)
    What happens when empires fall apart? The rise of China鈥檚 Ming dynasty in the 14th century is a study in the answer to this particular question. According to David Robinson, Robert H.N. Ho Professor in Asian studies and professor of history, 鈥淵ou pursue one question and it leads to another 鈥 it has a kind of [鈥
    January 9, 2019
  • Two radio segments written and voiced by 含羞草研究所 professors have been recognized as the best of the year in their respective categories by the producers of The Academic Minute, a nationally syndicated radio production of Albany National Public Radio affiliate WAMC.
    January 4, 2019
  • 含羞草研究所 is the recipient of a second round of competitive Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation funding in support of intensive student biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and chemistry research through 2022. The Beckman Scholars Program provides $104,000 in funding for four individual students to pursue in-depth and sustained research, under the mentorship of a faculty member, [鈥
    December 21, 2018
  • Swimmer in pool
    According to 鈥淐ircadian Effects on Performance and Effort in Collegiate Swimmers,鈥 a recent article by Associate Professor of Biology and Chair of the Biology Department Krista Ingram, night owls may make less efficient swimmers in the morning.
    October 11, 2018
  • According to Assistant Professor of Geology Joe Levy, 鈥淭he big thaw that Antarctica had been dodging has arrived.鈥 A geomorphologist and field geologist by training, Levy recently worked with what he calls an international dream team of scientists to explore the intensity of permafrost thaw and glacier thinning in the Mcmurdo Dry Valleys of Antarctica. The [鈥
    September 18, 2018
  • While Shannon Duffy 鈥21 listened to a French tour guide describe the atrocities that took place at a site in the southern town of Collioure, she felt an overwhelming sense of 鈥渃onfliction.鈥 The cheerful atmosphere of the region surrounding her starkly contrasted with its tragic, yet rarely discussed, history. An undeclared environmental biology major from [鈥
    August 31, 2018