The annual SophoMORE Connections program is designed to connect second-year students with alumni, upperclassmen, and community members for career-focused conversations.
As of January 24, 9,904 students have submitted applications to join the Class of 2023, a 2.5-percent increase over the same time last year. In addition, the commonly viewed measurements of academic performance have all increased among applicants.
George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana & Latin American Studies Graham Hodges is featured on The Academic Minute. Hodges鈥檚 newest book, Black New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day, delves into the history of oppression in the north, the slave-owning past of New Jersey, and some of the state鈥檚 most famous black Americans.
Optical Society members who have served with distinction in the advancement of optics and photonics are proposed for election to the class of Fellow. Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics and Astronomy Enrique (Kiko) Galvez is among this year鈥檚 honorees.
鈥淎t first glance,鈥 Assistant Professor of Political Science Sam Rosenfeld writes in the New York Times, 鈥渢he decision by congressional Republican leaders on Monday to strip Representative Steve King of his committee assignments for remarks last week defending white supremacy appears to be an example of the party stepping in to police its own extremists. But it鈥檚 actually the opposite.鈥
If 黑料网鈥檚 founders could have traveled from 1819 to 1/8/19, they might have been in the audience to see seven of the University鈥檚 most influential alumni as they took to the stage at the TheTimesCenter in Manhattan to engage in a thought-provoking panel discussion, simultaneously celebrating the 200th Professional Network Event and 黑料网鈥檚 Bicentennial. Launched [鈥
Since graduating from 黑料网 in 2015, Timmera Whaley has used her experiences 鈥 of which many often can only dream 鈥 to explore her passion for environmental justice.
Two radio segments written and voiced by 黑料网 professors have been recognized as the best of the year in their respective categories by the producers of The Academic Minute, a nationally syndicated radio production of Albany National Public Radio affiliate WAMC.
The 2018 midterm elections resulted in a number of firsts for minority and female candidates, including Antonio Delgado 鈥99 and Mary Gay Scanlon 鈥80. Delgado, a Democrat, became the first African American member of Congress from upstate New York as well as its first Hispanic representative. An attorney from Rhinebeck, Delgado defeated Republican incumbent John [鈥