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Patricia Kelley, Geography and Geology, and co-PI Gregory Dietl, Cornell University, received $119,999 from NSF for "REU Site: Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Biodiversity Conservation."

 

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The Indomitable Spirit of Africa

"Race is at the center of all my courses," says art historian Amy Kirschke, "the history of race relations, study of prejudice and discrimination and how artists deal with these issues. We also discuss the responsibility of the artist: for example, does an African American artist have a responsibility to create 'racial' art?"

In the summer of 2006, Kirschke traveled to Africa to work with graduate students at the Senegalese French-speaking Universite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar. read more...

 

Kirschke was also awarded the Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) 2007 Book of the Year Award for Excellence in Scholarly Research and Publication, for Art in Crisis: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle for African American Identity and Memory. read more...

 

Inaugural issue of Studies in American Naturalism published by the Department of English

This peer-reviewed scholarly journal is published in conjunction with the International Theodore Dreiser Society. The new Studies in American Naturalism meets the needs of a wider audience and expanded interest in the genre by including all writers in the American naturalist tradition, featuring works from writers such as Stephen Crane, Edith Wharton and Upton Sinclair, and later writers as diverse as John Dos Passos, Richard Wright and Joyce Carol Oates. read more...

 

For the Love of Books

The word "laboratory" often conjures up images of arcane chemical combinations and scientists in white lab coats. The Creative Writing Department's Publishing Laboratory offers a far different experience. In this unique lab, the essence of crispy cut paper and the staccato rhythm of students typing on keyboards lingers in the air as machinery offers a curiously comforting warmth. read more...

 

Imagination Research Archives

 

2006: iPods and Xylophones

Daniel Johnson, assistant professor in the Department of Music, studies ways that music can foster students' critical thinking skills. Two particular research projects exemplify his research on music instruction via technology enhancements. read more...

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