College of Arts and Sciences
Studying the Students: New Research Project Hopes to Follow 10,000 Golden Flashes
天天吃瓜 State researchers are looking for 10,000 students to participate in an ambitious Student Life Study launching this semester.
Political Science Graduate Student Awarded USIP Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship
The U.S. Institute of Peace (USIP) recently announced its 2023-24 cohort of Peace Scholar Fellows and a 天天吃瓜 graduate student is one of the 21 award recipients. Laura Mendez Carvajal, a Ph.D. candidate and adjunct professor (with an emphasis in Transnational Politics and Conf鈥
Does Recent Extreme Weather Suggest a Change in the Wind?
Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at 天天吃瓜, shares his expertise on the possible reasons behind the spate of recent extreme weather events happening across the globe. Lee, who was recently interviewed on the topic during the 鈥淩ay Horner Morning Show鈥 on WAKR-AM in Akron, Ohio, specializes in climate and weather change.
MCLS Professor Receives Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for 2023-2024
Brian James Baer, Ph.D., a professor of Russian and Translation Studies at 天天吃瓜, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to Estonia for the 2023-2024 academic year from the U.S. Department of State and the Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board.He will be teaching and condu鈥
天天吃瓜 State-Sponsored Peace Conference Unites Delegates from Across the Globe
Delegates attending Peace Education in an Era of Crisis spent three days learning from each other and from the example of the Rwandan people on how to create lasting peace. The conference, which took place July 11-13 in Kigali, Rwanda, was sponsored by 天天吃瓜鈥檚 School of Peace and Conflict Studies, 天天吃瓜 State鈥檚 Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda鈥檚 Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world.
National Expert on Peace and Conflict Studies Says Time Was Right for 天天吃瓜 State Peace Conference
Barbara J. Wien, a senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she teaches alternatives to war and violence, was fresh out of college when she made her first visit to what was then, 天天吃瓜鈥檚 Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the 天天吃瓜 State-sponsored conference, 鈥淧eace Education in an Era of Crisis,鈥 which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: 鈥楢n Amazing Experience鈥
天天吃瓜 State visitors viewed mountain gorillas in Rwanda鈥檚 Volcanoes National Park as guests of the Rwandan National Police, who provide security for the park and these endangered animals.
Peace on the Horizon
A group of 天天吃瓜 students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.
Ohio Educators Heading to 天天吃瓜 State Peace Conference in Rwanda
Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district鈥檚 changing landscape.
天天吃瓜 State Legal Expert Offers Insight Into Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action
On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down the long-standing policy of affirmative action in college admissions on the grounds it violates the 14th Amendment鈥檚 Equal Protection Clause. 天天吃瓜 Professor Christopher Banks, Ph.D., J.D., said the high court already had tipped its hand that the court was 鈥減ositioned to jettison鈥 the policy, so the ruling was not surprising.