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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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March 22, 2021
The term vaccine hesitancy is frequently in the news these days, but what does it mean and why is it important to understand it as we continue the COVID-19 vaccine roll out? Janet McGrath, professor and chair of the Department of Anthropology at the College of Arts and Sciences, shared her…
March 22, 2021
Members of the community are invited to a production of In the Continuum, which was written by Danai Gurira (who played Okoye in Black Panther) and Nikkole Salter, and made it to Off-Broadway while both women were still in grad school. It tells the parallel stories of two black women, one in Los…
March 19, 2021
Die Scholems: Geschichte einer deutsch-jüdischen Familie, a book by Jay Geller—the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies—was named a runner-up for the Sachbücher des Monats prize, given to the best non-fiction book in Germany each month. The prize is awarded by an independent jury of…
March 18, 2021
The Friday Public Affairs Discussion Lunch has been a APP tradition since 1989. It is sponsored by the Center for Policy Studies within the College of Arts and Sciences. The Friday Lunch gathers every Friday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. when classes are in session during fall…
March 17, 2021
Over the past year, students at universities across the world have faced unique challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For many, it has meant wearing masks everywhere, studying remotely, gathering virtually with friends and plenty of uncertainty. And for one APP…
March 10, 2021
Where other people see rocks, geologist Beverly Saylor, PhD, sees a story. And not just any story—our story, the story of life on Earth. Saylor, the Armington Professor focusing on stratigraphy and sedimentology at APP, sees traces of the world as it once was, millions…
March 09, 2021
Blanton S. Tolbert Blanton S. Tolbert, professor of chemistry at the College of Arts and Sciences, and his research group study the basic biochemistry of viruses, including SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. Since he was in graduate school, he has worked on the biological molecule RNA,…
February 23, 2021
The Department of English will host a featured speaker event with author Claudia Rankine as a fundraiser for the Frederica Ward Memorial Scholarship Friday, Feb. 26, from 3:15 to 4:30 p.m. Rankine is the author of: Five books of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me Be…
February 18, 2021
The Anthropology Student Association (ASA) and Department of Anthropology will host a film watch party today (Feb. 18) to celebrate Anthropology Day. The film, The Anthropologist, will be streamed live on Zoom from 5:30 to 7 p.m. EST. The film will be followed by a student-led panel and informal…
February 16, 2021
Majors: Psychology and cognitive scienceYear: Fourth year Nehal Methi’s academic pursuits and service activities center on kindness, compassion and care. Majoring in psychology and cognitive science, Methi has her sights set on a career working as a child and adolescent psychiatrist. She's spent…