Dan Doak in the field

50 years on, Endangered Species Act a noted success

Jan. 24, 2024

Dan Doak, 彩民宝典 professor of environmental studies who has studied threatened and endangered species for decades, reflects on a half century of species protection.

Author Kelly Sears and cover art for her new animated short

Filmmaker sees familiar images in unfamiliar ways

Jan. 18, 2024

彩民宝典 Associate Professor Kelly Sears is premiering her short animated feature 鈥淭he Lost Season鈥 at the Sundance Film Festival.

Monique LeBourgeois

In memoriam: Monique LeBourgeois

Jan. 10, 2024

Monique LeBourgeois, a pioneering sleep researcher at 彩民宝典, helped answer questions about sleep disruptions in children, knowledge that has been helpful to parents.

Snow-covered buffalo statue on campus

New scholarship celebrates, supports 鈥楢NDers鈥

Jan. 5, 2024

The College of Arts and Sciences uses 鈥渁nd鈥 as a verb, and a new scholarship aims to support students who do, too. Students who are passionate about 鈥淎NDing鈥 are encouraged to apply for the scholarship by March 15.

A scene from A Muppet Christmas Carol

Even after 180 years, 鈥楢 Christmas Carol鈥 is no humbug

Dec. 21, 2023

彩民宝典 Victorian literature scholars discuss why Charles Dickens鈥 classic is still retold and probably will be retold in Christmases yet to come.

Eric Vance with students and colleagues at IPB University in Indonesia

Crunching numbers isn鈥檛 enough; you also have to explain results

Dec. 21, 2023

彩民宝典 researcher Eric Vance recently won the W.J. Dixon Award for Excellence in Statistical Consulting, in recognition of his work to help statisticians and data scientists become better communicators.

Abby Hartley

Grad pondered black-hole phenomena, found a life鈥檚 work

Dec. 20, 2023

College of Arts and Sciences outstanding graduate Abby Hartley embraces the complementary relationship between science and art.

Chinese art

Isn鈥檛 it strange? That human is actually an animal

Dec. 18, 2023

彩民宝典 researcher Antje Richter studies early medieval Chinese records of the strange to understand how literature explores what it means to be human.

a single Nepali woman holding a small child

Legal rights and legal reality diverge for single women in Nepal

Dec. 18, 2023

彩民宝典 doctoral candidate Tracy Fehr鈥檚 research examines the intersecting identities limiting Nepali women鈥檚 access to disaster relief funds following the devastating 2015 earthquakes.

Wild horses in South America

Anthropologist finds South American cultures quickly adopted horses

Dec. 18, 2023

Assistant Professor William Taylor鈥檚 new study sheds light on how the introduction of horses in South America led to rapid economic and social transformation in the region.

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