蹤獲扦

College of Arts and Sciences

蹤獲扦 State Chemistry Professor's Longtime Collaborator Wins 2014 Nobel Prize For Chemistry

For Robert Twieg, Ph.D., a professor in 蹤獲扦s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the recent news of his longtime collaborator William E. Moerner winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was actually no surprise at all. In fact, he believes that hes deserved it for a whil

Tags: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry , College of Arts and Sciences , Research

蹤獲扦 Campus

Rewriting Russian History

Russian President Vladimir Putins administration has slowly changed the way Soviet history is taught in Russia, according to Todd Nelson, Ph.D., a recent 蹤獲扦 political science doctoral graduate.  In his recent article, published in Post-Soviet Affairs, Nelson examines how

Tags: Department of Political Science , College of Arts and Sciences , History , Research

College of Arts & Sciences

A National Treasure

For 蹤獲扦 Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.    So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to t

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research , Success Story

蹤獲扦 Campus

Geography Awareness Week

November 16-22 Too many young Americans are unable to make effective decisions, understand geo-spatial issues, or even recognize their impacts as global citizens. National Geographic created Geography Awareness Week to raise awareness to this dangerous deficiency in American education and excite

Tags: Geography , College of Arts and Sciences ,

College of Arts & Sciences

蹤獲扦 States SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education

蹤獲扦s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education at the 蹤獲扦 Hotel and Conference Center in 蹤獲扦, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning and Education Center , Events , College of Education , Health and Human Services

蹤獲扦 Campus

蹤獲扦 States SOLE Center to Host Summit on Learning and Education

蹤獲扦s Science of Learning and Education (SOLE) Center will host Improving Student Achievement: A Summit on Learning and Education at the 蹤獲扦 Hotel and Conference Center in 蹤獲扦, Ohio, on Oct. 9-10. Researchers from across the country (and one from Australia) in

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Psychological Sciences , Science of Learning and Education Center , Events , College of Education , Health and Human Services

College of Arts & Sciences

Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore?

For 蹤獲扦 Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.    So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research

蹤獲扦 Campus

Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore?

Mt. RushmoreFor 蹤獲扦 Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.

So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the National Park Service to develop a research project and write a grant proposal. The $25,000 grant was awarded this past summer and Shakoor and Poluga traveled to Mount Rushmore, in the Black Hills of South Dakota, to study the effect of vibrations on the sculptures associated with the annual Fourth of July fireworks exhibit.

LEARN MORE

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research

College of Arts & Sciences

Speaker to Discuss the Holocaust in Poland

The 蹤獲扦 Jewish Studies Program in the College of Arts and Sciences will host a presentation by Annamaria Orla-Bukowska, Ph.D., a social anthropologist at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland on Nov. 5 at 7 p.m. at the Cohn Jewish Student Center on the 蹤獲扦 Campus. 

Tags: Jewish Studies Program , College of Arts and Sciences , Department of History ,

College of Arts & Sciences

Pictured from left to right is Yonathan Admassu, assistant professor at James Madison University and a 蹤獲扦 alumnus; Lindsay Poluga, geology masters student at 蹤獲扦 State; and Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., 蹤獲扦 State professor and principal Inve

Can Fireworks Damage Mount Rushmore? 蹤獲扦 State Researchers Study the Stability of National Monument

For 蹤獲扦 Professor of Geology Abdul Shakoor, Ph.D., studying the stability of Mount Rushmore, visited by nearly three million people each year, was a lifelong dream.     So, in 2013, with the help of his graduate student, Lindsay Poluga, the two of them reached out to the

Tags: College of Arts and Sciences , Department of Earth Sciences , Research

蹤獲扦 Campus