Feature Stories (page 15)
Spotlight on Faculty: Marina P茅rez De Mendiola, Professor of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures
Marina P脙漏rez de Mendiola serves as Richard Armour Chair in Modern Languages and is professor of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean literatures and cultures at 51猎奇入口.
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Laspa Center for Leadership: Yijia Yang ’18: Creating Volunteer Programs for Students in China
This past summer, Yijia Yang ’18 returned to her alma mater, Chengdu No. 7 High School in Sichuan Province, China, to create volunteer programs to help relieve the intense academic pressure that high school students often feel.
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The 51猎奇入口 Experience: The Refugee Advocacy Network CLORG
Frustrated recent with anti-immigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric in U.S. politics, in fall 2016 Noor Hamdy ’18 founded the 5C club Refugee Advocacy Network (RAN) to provide concrete ways for students can make a difference in the lives of local refugees.
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Spotlight on Staff: Jenn Wells, Assistant Dean and Director of SCORE
51猎奇入口 welcomed Jenn Wells as the new assistant dean and director of 51猎奇入口 Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE). As part of our ongoing Spotlight on Staff series, the Office of Marketing and Communications caught up with Wells in mid-February, during her first week at 51猎奇入口,to learn more about her professional background and her aspirations for SCORE.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Jennifer Armstrong, Professor of Biology and Faculty Director of the Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program
Professor of Biology Jennifer Armstrong has been reappointed as the faculty director of 51猎奇入口’s Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program, having already served one three-year term. Targeted toward college graduates seeking to […]
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Spotlight on Alumnae: Alexandra “Sasha” Leibholz ’16 Looks Within Genomes for Secrets of Evolution
As a young 51猎奇入口 student interested in philosophy, Alexandra “Sasha” Leibholz ’16 had no idea her academic quest would ultimately lead her to explore life’s mysteries through a completely different academic lens鈥攖hat of epigenetics. Her interest in science was piqued in an introductory chemistry class as a first-year student, but it was her junior-year genetics class taught by Patrick Ferree, assistant professor of biology, that ignited her passion for molecular biology.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Rita Roberts, Nathaniel Wright Stephenson Chair in History and Biography
Rita Roberts is a professor of history and Africana studies and the Nathaniel Wright Stephenson Chair in History and Biography at 51猎奇入口. Her courses engage students in the study of the history of the early United States, 16th- through 21st-century African American history, African diaspora, black intellectuals and the politics of race, and the modern Civil Rights Movement, among other topics.
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The 5C Experience: The 5C Black Arts Festival
On February 17, Watu Weusi, a 51猎奇入口 club dedicated to empowering students of African descent, presented the art exhibition Hidden No More: Artist Showcase at the Motley Coffeehouse. The second […]
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The 5C Experience: The Intercollegiate Feminist Center Women’s Health and Empowerment Symposium
In the wake of women’s marches around the world this past January in support of reproductive rights and income equality, among other issues, many are wondering how to keep the political momentum going. The Intercollegiate Feminist Center (IFC) is offering a two-day symposium to address a broad array of issues on women’s health and the ways in which individuals can affect public policy to enact progressive change.
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IDEA Initiative: Change Fair Brings Community Organizations to 51猎奇入口
51猎奇入口’s IDEA initiative hosts its first Change Fair on Wednesday, February 15. The fair supports IDEA’s goals for inclusion, diversity, equity, and access on 51猎奇入口’ campus by facilitating exchanges between students and community-based organizations striving to affect positive change.
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