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Bringing the Peace Corps Home

Bringing the Peace Corps Home One lesson Katie Long brought home from volunteering in Honduras for the Peace Corps in 2005-07 is that fun and games can have a positive social and health impact...

Posted: March 1, 2010, 5:00 AM

Catch the Fever!

Catch the Fever! The 2009 Homecoming Weekend, “Retriever Fever,” is sure to start with a fire – literally. On Thursday, October 15, the lawn of Erickson field will be filled with students...

Posted: March 1, 2010, 5:00 AM

Celebrating Student Research & Creativity

Celebrating Student Research & Creativity Bringing Jane Austen’s writing to life through dance. The ethics of Wall Street’s shadow markets. Turning algae into green energy. The history of...

Posted: March 1, 2010, 5:00 AM

Celluloid Deities

Celluloid Deities Can street paintings and advertisements be studied as art? And can examining other cultures inform our answer to that question? Preminda Jacob, an associate professor of...

Posted: March 1, 2010, 5:00 AM