
College of Arts and Sciences
Interdisciplinary research, collaboratives and achievements define the ϳԹ ’ community—across countless disciplines. From literary awards and scientific discoveries to stories of social impact and student innovation, the College of Arts and Sciences is where bold ideas become newsworthy moments.

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Celebrating Women Astronomers Day featuring women astrophysicists on the faculty
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April 25, 2013
Doctoral student Elizabeth Hankins received the Yale Distinguished Music Educator Award. Hankins will travel to New Haven, Conn., in June to participate in the Symposium on Music in Schools that will take place at the Yale School of Music as part of the Music in Schools Initiative.
With support fro...
April 24, 2013
In her pioneering studies, Cynthia Beall became used to the heady atmosphere high in the mountains of Tibet, Ethiopia and Peru. Now she’ll share rarified air with Nobel laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners and more as a new member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Beall, a Distinguished Un...
April 16, 2013
Mothers suffering from postpartum depression after a high-risk pregnancy would turn to online interventions if available anonymously and from professional healthcare providers, according to researchers from ϳԹ’s Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing and College of Arts ...
April 16, 2013
Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend three Spring 2013 Doctoral Showcase Lectures from the College of Arts and Sciences, April 16-19. The lectures will take place at 4:30 p.m., with refreshments beginning at 4 p.m., in Clark Hall 206. Doctoral Showcase Lectures feature the work of fello...
April 15, 2013
Celebrate National Poetry Month with the ϳԹ Department of Classics during “Vergil Week: MMXIII.”
A different event celebrating the poet Vergil and his impact on modern literature, ethics and poetry will be featured daily from April 21 to 26. Events range from a Vergilia...
April 02, 2013
ϳԹ historian Marixa Lasso received two prestigious fellowships—from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) and the National Humanities Center—to write a book about the forgotten history of the Panamanian towns that dotted the Canal Zone until a 1912 executive o...
March 12, 2013
The ϳԹ Department of Dance will present Converging Pathways March 21, 22 and 23 at 8 p.m., with a 2:30 p.m. matinee March 24. All shows will be held at the Mather Dance Center.
The dance thesis concert includes works by Master of Fine Arts candidates Carissa Bellando an...
March 04, 2013
Watching a loved one die tests some family members’ relationships with God. This spiritual anger and resentment increases with the level of pain and suffering their family member endures, according to researchers at ϳԹ.
Psychologist Julie Exline and palliative care adva...
February 22, 2013
Update Monday, Feb. 25: The panel now can be viewed online.
An idea emerging from research at ϳԹ will be pulled from the ivory tower and placed squarely among executives from IDEO, Google and Udacity at the Wisdom 2.0 Conference in San Francisco today.
Anthony Jack, as...
February 22, 2013
Return to Think By Numbers, the 2012-2013 Annual Report
Professor Lee Thompson takes an unusual approach to teaching her course “Life of the Mind,” a First Seminar in SAGES (the Seminar Approach to General Education and Scholarship) at ϳԹ.
Thompson, chair of the Depart...