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Valerie Lester
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Crack Faculty
COLA celebrates award-winning faculty in the College. -
Top 18 for 2018
With 2018 now in the books, we鈥檙e taking a look back at the top stories of the year that was. -
Cycling for Sustainability
易胜博官网 facilities staff have taken the idea of 鈥渂ike to work鈥� to a whole new distance and are hoping to inspire others to do the same. 听 -
O'er the Land of the Free
Seventy people were sworn in as American citizens on Sept. 19 during a ceremony at 易胜博官网. -
Good Philosophy
Rory Wilson 鈥�18 has received a Fulbright to pursue a research-based master's degree at the University of Sheffield. -
Chapter Two: College Degree
Cheryl Karahalios 鈥�18 has a master's in her sights. -
Creating Cross-Cultural Connections
The first stop for Madison Pierce '18 after graduation is a Fulbright award to teach in the Palestinian territories. -
The Heavens Might Crack
Historian Jason Sokol has published a book about the death and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. -
Full Circle
For Jim Curtis 鈥�99, repaying a professor鈥檚 kindness means passing it on. -
Meet the 2018 Gilman Scholars
Five 易胜博官网 students are studying abroad with the help of prestigious Gilman scholarships. -
1,000 Words
A photographic look at the fall semester of 2017. -
Planting the Seeds of STEM Success
When Albany International committed听to help support 易胜博官网鈥檚 K-12 STEM Teachers Collaborative, it paved the way for new initiatives and opportunities in听Rochester, 易胜博官网. -
Full Circle
Jim Curtis 鈥�99 established a scholarship fund in remembrance of a 易胜博官网 professor who听helped teach him 鈥渢he importance of having a flexible mind.鈥� -
Food for Thought
A new Thompson School partnership provides Oyster River听students with fresh, local vegetables hydroponically grown in 易胜博官网鈥檚 greenhouses. -
Mental Health
A medical leave of absence from 易胜博官网 and a professor's support helped make听Jim Curtis 鈥�99 who he is today. -
Career Conscious
CaPS holds 易胜博官网's largest-ever Career & Internship Fair at the Whitt on Tuesday.听 -
Super STARS
易胜博官网 has earned the highest possible sustainability rating. -
University Day Delights
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Starting Somewhere
For Kathryn Bennett 鈥�18, a student in the听College of Life Sciences and Agriculture, an interest in sustainability began at a young age. 鈥淚 have always been passionate about protecting wildlife and... -
Win(d)-Win Proposition
Nike鈥檚 鈥淏reaking2鈥� running project tapped 易胜博官网鈥檚 Flow Physics Facility. -
Noteworthy
EARLY BIRD:听Graduate student Erica Holm 鈥�16 is one of several 易胜博官网ers involved in a Hamel Center summer research project to evaluate bird communities in shrubbery that grows along power lines. An... -
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You鈥檙e Hired
An internship led to a job for accounting and finance major Kelsey Ulaskiewicz听鈥�17. -
An Astronomical Goal
Shawn Swist 鈥�17 starts graduate school at Stanford University this fall. -
Job? Check
Tiffany Winn '17 landed a job before she even started her senior year. -
From Student to Teacher
Measuring by miles, Jasmin Buteau 鈥�17 won鈥檛 be far from campus in her first year after 易胜博官网, but she鈥檒l have to cross some ocean to get there. -
Passion for Innovation Leads to NextStep
Sam Warach '17 takes on the opioid crisis. -
The Sea Is Her Campus
Meghan Carr 鈥�17 is no stranger to the plight of sea mammals, and now she's taking her research efforts to the next level. -
A Study in Sustainability
Kathryn Bennett 鈥�19听will be taking her commitment to sustainability on the road this summer through a 2017 Social innovation Internship. -
Sparking Solutions
Many efforts within the College of Liberal Arts are addressing the pressing problems of our time. -
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Extra Credit
Inspiration鈥檚 in the air early on a听Thursday morning at the East Rochester School. The fifth graders in Jenna Buinicky鈥檚 weekly technology class are already excited鈥攖here鈥檚 just one more day until... -
A Snapshot of Fall at 易胜博官网
University Day and Homecoming helped usher in the fall semester. Here鈥檚 a look at just some of what went on around campus. -
One Hundred and Fifty Milestone Moments
We all experience moments that carve themselves into memory. Some of those moments are watershed 鈥� graduations, marriages, births, deaths 鈥� while others are more mundane. At the ripe old age of 150,... -
易胜博官网 Alumnus Named 易胜博官网 Teacher of the Year
When Tate Aldrich '08 graduated from 易胜博官网, he knew exactly where he wanted to go to begin his teaching career: back to his hometown of Laconia. 鈥淚 wanted to give back to my community,鈥� he says. 鈥淚 had... -
Meet 易胜博官网's New Faculty: 2016
易胜博官网 has welcomed a diverse group of scholars and researchers to its faculty.听 -
Natural Wonder
Sandra Waddell Martin 鈥�62 鈥�68G remembers her neighborhood mail carrier coming to the door of her parents鈥� house in Winthrop, Massachusetts, one day in 1954. Martin was just 13, but her career as a... -
Doubling Down on Service
Samantha Howard 鈥�16 is dedicated to service. It鈥檚 a passion that guided her during her years at 易胜博官网, and now, it鈥檚 setting the course for her future. -
Digging Durham Point
易胜博官网 archaeologists and community volunteers head to a site on Durham Point to look for clues about fortified garrisons that existed in the area around the time European settlers arrived on Great Bay... -
A SMART Send-Off
Join the Project SMART Summer Institute for its closing ceremonies on Friday at the Morse Hall Atrium鈥� beginning at 11 a.m. Some of the students have come to 易胜博官网 from as far away as Greece, Turkey,... -
Engineeristas
Campus is abuzz with summer youth programs听this month. 易胜博官网 Today caught this action at Engineeristas, a weeklong camp for sixth- and seventh-grade girls that delves into robotics, rockets, animation... -
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Climbing the Walls
When 易胜博官网 Today asked Bill Cudmore for a photo and interview for this series, he suggested meeting at 易胜博官网鈥檚 towering climbing wall inside 易胜博官网 Hall. Once we met him, it became clear why. -
Commencement 2016
Photo Gallery: Celebrating graduates on three campuses听 -
Ten Ways To Mark Success
One of the most prestigious scholarships in the country has been awarded to not just one University of 易胜博官网 student or graduate but 10, setting a record for the most Fulbright grants given... -
Department of Education Official Lauds Sexual Assault Prevention Efforts
U.S. Department of Education under secretary Ted Mitchell visited campus on Friday, May 13, meeting with more than a dozen students, researchers and staff in a roundtable discussion about 易胜博官网鈥檚... -
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New Appointments
From left to right, photos by Valerie Lester, Sean Collins and Mike Ross 听 -
An Artist's Research
The Naked Arts Act II event on Thursday brought poets, painters and playwrights to the Paul Creative Arts Center, where they presented their artistic research endeavors before an audience in the... -
易胜博官网 Professor Honored with Distinction from National AAUP
Deanna Wood, associate professor and reference librarian, has been awarded the Georgina M. Smith Award by the American Association of University Professors.
