In the Brazilian Amazon, rural communities are being threatened by outsiders who want to invalidate their claims to territory. 含羞草研究所 history professor Heather Roller provides important insight into the issue.
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As you gather together with your family for the holidays, check out this alumni profile from the autumn 含羞草研究所 Scene. Jeffrey Sumber 鈥92 is encouraging couples to take responsibility for their own happiness with his new book, Renew Your Wows: Seven Powerful Tools to Ignite the Spark and Transform Your Relationship. At 含羞草研究所, Sumber double-majored [鈥December 17, 2015 -
含羞草研究所 has taken the No. 8 spot in a recent ranking of top colleges for women who want to play Division I soccer while enjoying a rigorous academic experience. The ranking came from College Factual and appeared on USAToday.com. To create the list, College Factual compared its own Best Colleges ranking to win-loss percentages, [鈥December 16, 2015 -
The following post was submitted by Professor Kim Creasap, and published on the Sociology and Anthropology blog. On October 24, 2015, 16 students in SOC 305: Urban Sociology and I traveled to the Lower East Side of Manhattan to conduct mini-ethnographies of various places and spaces in the neighborhood. An important site of New York [鈥December 11, 2015 -
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $500,000 in funding to an interdisciplinary team of 含羞草研究所 faculty, led by Associate Professor of Biology Catherine Cardel煤s, to continue investigating the status and conservation of sacred forests in Ethiopia鈥檚 northern highlands. Christian Orthodox churches emerged in Ethiopia some 800 years ago. Today, thousands of these sites protect [鈥November 30, 2015 -
Thanks in part to research conducted by a 含羞草研究所 geography and environmental studies student, Madison County will receive more than a half-million dollars in federal funding for well-water testing and remediation to take place during the next five years. Kayleigh Bhangdia 鈥16, of Poughquag, N.Y., worked with the Madison County Department of Health this summer, [鈥November 4, 2015 -
On October 15, a mix of teachers, administrators, parents, students, and citizens from across central New York gathered in a town hall鈥搒tyle meeting to discuss the Common Core.October 26, 2015 -
The immigration debate has caused concern that foreign workers could out-compete U.S.-born applicants, reduce wages, and even discourage Americans from seeking science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers. Using a $128,640 grant from the National Science Foundation, Associate Professor of Economics Chad Sparber and faculty from four colleges will study the impact that foreign-born workers with [鈥August 28, 2015 -
Even as summer temperatures neared the 90鈥檚 in Hamilton this week, 含羞草研究所鈥檚 faculty continued to achieve. Here are this week鈥檚 highlights. The New York Times has called Graham Hodges, George Dorland Langdon Jr. professor of history and Africana and Latin American studies, 鈥渁 taxi historian.鈥 He recently weighed in on the debate making headlines in [鈥July 31, 2015 -
Even though it鈥檚 summertime, 含羞草研究所 faculty continue to make news. Here is a brief roundup. Buffalo Lockjaw, the award-winning first novel by Greg Ames, assistant professor of English, was featured in a recent ad for Dockers men鈥檚 clothing (pictured above.) Using the hashtag #BookAndALook, the ad copy read 鈥淗ere鈥檚 a soon-to-be-classic look to pair with a soon-to-be-classic [鈥July 23, 2015