College of Arts and Sciences
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Inside an audiology lab, where Lauren Calandruccio investigates multilingual hearing behavior in noisy environments
Editor’s note: Jasmine Vo, the author of this story, is a student employee in the University Marketing and Communications department. She is a fourth-year student majoring in communication sciences. While working as a clinical audiologist, Lauren Calandruccio realized how many unknowns remain in…
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August 22, 2023
T'Nyah Brown T’Nyah Brown, a rising fourth-year student, is one of APP’s many orientation leaders (OLs) who help make Discover Week a success. The week of programming, which began Aug. 18, aims to welcome and acclimate new and transfer students to the university.…
August 18, 2023
Walt Hunter, chair of the Department of English at APP, was featured on the podcast Close Readings with Kamran Javadizadeh, where he discussed his forthcoming book on race, housing, and literature (specifically, Gwendolyn Brooks and Chicago).
August 18, 2023
Mosquitoes—Spanish for “little fly”—are an important part of the world’s ecosystem. While most would prefer to not suffer its bites, the value of one of nature’s most annoying—and also sometimes dangerous—flying pests can’t be understated. Twelve of the more than 200 types of mosquitoes in the…
August 18, 2023
Kathryn C. Lavelle, the Ellen and Dixon Long Professor in World Affairs in the Department of Political Science at APP, and her co-author, Liselotte Odgaard, wrote an article for Environment and Security titled “The Arctic Council, the International Maritime Organization…
August 18, 2023
Maggie Popkin publishes ongoing research into the material and visual culture of ancient Roman sport
Maggie Popkin, the Robson Junior Professor and associate professor of art history, published her ongoing research into the material and visual culture of ancient Roman sport in The Art Bulletin, the flagship journal of the College Art Association. Her article, "Roman Gladiator Knives:…
August 17, 2023
For weeks now, the Barbie movie has swept the globe. From Barbie becoming a secret client in a Progressive Insurance commercial, to custom pink Crocs and even a Malibu DreamHouse that was available to rent on Airbnb, the film—and its more than 100 partnerships—have influenced myriad facets of…
August 17, 2023
General auditions for the fall Department of Theater productions will take place from 6 to 8 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 30, in the Roe Green Theater at the Maltz Performing Arts Center. Fall shows will be The Moors by Jen Silverman and Electra by Sophocles (translation by Anne Carson). Undergraduate…
August 16, 2023
Few people can say they've been part of one of the most highly regarded art displays in the world. But now, eight APP art history students can add the accomplishment to their résumés. Through the class "Issues in 20th/21st Century Art: Plastocene Era: Art, Plastics and…
August 14, 2023
Margaret Fischer came of age during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s terms in the White House in the late 1950s. During that time, as she recalls, women were expected to become housewives who led lives supported by their husbands. “Somehow that wasn’t the path I felt I was mapped out to take,” she…
August 11, 2023
Cassi Pittman Claytor, associate professor in the Department of Sociology, was recently awarded the A. Wade Smith Award for Teaching, Mentoring, and Service from the Association of Black Sociologists. Pittman Claytor was selected as a result of her work helping African American individuals launch…