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From left to right: Mandy Munro-Stasiuk, Char Factor, President Todd Diacon, Chaya Kessler, Erika Gold and Sol Factor

Honoring Retiring Director Kessler and Celebrating 50 Years of Jewish Studies

On the evening of May 16, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University celebrated and honored the career of Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the retiring director of Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Jewish Studies Program (JSP), with a special event held at the Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Hotel and Conference Center. With a theme of “Getting to Now …

Tags: College of Sciences and Humanities , School of Multidisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities , Jewish Studies , Porthouse Theatre

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Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., is finishing his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University.

New Professor Completes His ‘Freshman’ Year

Freshman year can be a little stressful, even for a faculty member. But Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University, is feeling content and excited for the next academic year.

Tags: Research & Science , Profiles , Department of Computer Science , College of Sciences and Humanities , Department of Mathematical Sciences , Student Life , Global Reach

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Today

Roger Mac Ginty gives his remarks at the open house of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies renovated space on March 20, 2024

Author of Everyday Peace Visits Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State; Reflects on May 4 and School of Peace and Conflict Studies

Roger Mac Ginty, Ph.D., Professor in Defense, Development & Diplomacy at Durham University (UK), recently visited Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University as an invited colloquium speaker of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies. On March 12, Mac Ginty gave a presentation titled “Two Cheers for Ignorance: The M…

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Senior Hannah Fender graduates.

She's Staying for Graduate School!

As a high school senior just three years ago, Hannah Fender was not overly excited about attending Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University. Now, she loves it so much, she’s staying for graduate school.

Tags: Research & Science , Student Life , Profiles , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , College of Honors and Global Education

Honors Education

Sydney stands in front of her research board

Sydney Gallagher's College Career as an Exceptional Honors College Student

Sydney Gallagher, an Honors College senior graduating in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Arts in biology, has had a college career chock-full of activities, learning experiences, and extraordinary accomplishments. Originally from Hudson, Ohio, Sydney decided to attend Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Universit…

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Honors Education

Quark-gluon plasma visualization

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University Physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Tags: Center for Nuclear Research , Department of Physics , College of Sciences and Humanities

Physics

Angela Neal-Barnett, Ph.D. (right), is pictured at the Doula and Community Expo hosted by Birthing Beautiful Communities in April 2024. (Photo provided by Angela Neal-Barnett)

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Awards Additional $300,000 to Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s Spirit of Motherhood Program to Combat Infant Mortality and Prevent Preterm Births

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s Angela Neal-Barnett has been working diligently to build up the Spirit of Motherhood program with the goal of reducing trauma and stress symptoms experienced by its pregnant Black mother participants. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation recently awarded the program another $300,000 to continue its work over the next three years.

Tags: Community & Society , Community Impact , Department of Psychological Sciences , College of Sciences and Humanities , Division of Philanthropy and Alumni Engagement

Alumni and Giving

Two students conversing on a stairs with a banner celebrating 35 years of translation at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State

Translation Studies Program Set to Celebrate 35 Years of Success

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s Translation Studies program will be celebrating its 35th anniversary on April 12-13 and the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies with a full schedule of festivities and programming for its students, faculty, and alumni. â€œWe have the most comprehensive tran…

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Image 5: Clovis fluted points hafted onto wooden handles by Michael Wilson. (Images credit: Metin I. Eren)

Experimental collaboration between archaeologists and MeatEater highlights the prevalence of equifinality in archaeological interpretation

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’s experimental archaeologists, along with those from several other universities, joined forces with the popular hunting, outdoors, and conservation media platform, MeatEater, Inc., for a unique animal processing experiment, shedding new light on ancient stone knives and showcas…

Tags: Department of Anthropology , Experimental Archaeology , College of Sciences and Humanities , Research & Science

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