ºÚÁÏÍø

  • Name: Kalani Byrd Hometown: Los Angeles, Calif. Major/Minor: Peace & Conflict Studies/Psychology Campus activities: Research assistant for Professor Jennifer Tomlinson in the psychology department Student caller for the Office of the Annual Fund Student employee in the merchandising department of the ºÚÁÏÍø Bookstore Member of Kappa Kappa Gamma with service on its philanthropy committee Vice president of […]
    May 12, 2016
  • MQ-9 Reaper drone flying over Afghanistan
    On March 21, more than 200 students, faculty, and community members gathered at the Palace Theater to discuss Drone Warfare: The Implications for Upstate New York. Valerie Morkevicius, assistant professor of political science, and Jacob Mundy, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies, organized the event. Presenters represented a breadth of ideologies on the topic. […]
    April 5, 2016
  • Jeffrey Sumber ’92 stand in front of a cityscape
    As you gather together with your family for the holidays, check out this alumni profile from the autumn ºÚÁÏÍø Scene. Jeffrey Sumber ’92 is encouraging couples to take responsibility for their own happiness with his new book, Renew Your Wows: Seven Powerful Tools to Ignite the Spark and Transform Your Relationship. At ºÚÁÏÍø, Sumber double-majored […]
    December 17, 2015
  • Alexandria Dyer '14
    Alexandria Dyer ’14, of Portland, Ore., has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to travel to Ghana to study public health. Dyer will conduct research on the empowering social space of women’s hair salons and will then develop a pilot women’s health workshop for these informal settings.
    May 6, 2015
  • Students in class with ºÚÁÏÍø professor Peter Balakian
    As the world commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide today, ºÚÁÏÍø professor Peter Balakian continues to press the U.S. government to join a growing number of nations and dignitaries, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Pope Francis, to publicly denounce and formally brand the killings as genocide. Balakian, a descendant of survivors of […]
    April 24, 2015
  • Jacob Stoil finishes explaining the rules of engagement to the teams
    Two teams of students, one armed with phones and the other commanding flying drones, squared off in a simulated strategic battle of quick thinking versus in-depth planning and technology at the ºÚÁÏÍø Bewkes Center, a space designed for science and study.
    November 24, 2014
  • Two students examine a commemorative Berlin Wall in Lawrence Hall at ºÚÁÏÍø
    A symbolic Berlin Wall, set up by the ºÚÁÏÍø German Club in the foyer of Lawrence Hall, commemorates the 25th anniversary of the November 9, 1989, conclusion of the separation between East and West Berlin. Spray-painted with the German words, Kein Ausgang, meaning no exit, and the opposition statement, Wir Sind Ein Volk, meaning, we are one […]
    November 17, 2014