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In the lead-up to next month’s national elections in Afghanistan, democracy advocate and former Afghan government official Nargis Nehan visited campus last month to deliver two Project Afghanistan lectures. Before addressing students, Nehan sat down with President Jeffrey Herbst to discuss the current state of Afghan politics, drug policy, the country’s position as a buffer […]

As events in Ukraine unfold at a rapid pace, �ؾ��� faculty members with expertise in the region are bringing the latest issues to the forefront in the classroom and special panel discussions. The video above is from a session held February 26 titled Conflagration in Ukraine.

Vijay Ramachandran, associate professor of computer science, simplifies his complicated work in an intriguing way.

Twenty years ago, Susan Thomson, now a �ؾ��� professor, was in Rwanda during the genocide that still shapes the narrative of that country. Her book — “Whispering Truth to Power: Everyday Resistance to Reconciliation in Postgenocide Rwanda” (University of Wisconsin Press) — examines grassroots resistance to the postgenocide policies established by Rwandan government officials. She […]

The �ؾ��� greenhouse welcomed the opening of one of its most repulsive residents: the Voodoo Lily (a k a Devil’s Tongue and Amorphophallus konjac).

Associate Professor of Biology Barbara Hoopes, who is recognized for her recent studies of how genetic variation affects different breeds of dogs, found herself in a different kind of spotlight this weekend as she took her love of dogs to a new setting —  the Westminster Kennel Club’s first-ever master agility competition. Hoopes and her […]

This Sunday, February 9, Professor John Knecht will be screening his animated short film Deluge and other works at UnionDocs Center for Documentary Art in Brooklyn. Knecht is the Russell �ؾ��� Distinguished University Professor of art and art history and film and media studies.

According to The New Republic, when a team uncovers the oldest known temple in the Roman world, it’s a Big Deal (caps intended). For �ؾ��� archaeologist Albert Ammerman to be part of the discovery is a Really Big Deal. Read more about the excavation of the waterlogged Sant’Omobono site here. A story on NPR also touted Ammerman’s work. […]

Douglas Hicks, �ؾ��� provost and dean of the faculty, announced Monday that the university’s Board of Trustees  approved several tenure appointments and promotions for faculty members.

�ؾ��� professor Peter Balakian’s essay about the villa where Nazi SS leaders made the plan to annihilate the Jews of Europe was published this week in the Chronicle of Higher Education. The essay comes as events are scheduled around the world in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is January 27. That day recognizes the […]