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College of Arts and Sciences

College Spotlight - May 2016

With 24 departments in our college, there are always big things happening. Take a look at some of the highlights for May 2016:

Biology

Division of Biology

For her Ph.D. project at Nome, Alaska, Dr. Kwon marked Western Sandpipers with geolocator tags to track the annual movements of small-bodied migratory birds. Read more.

Chem

Chemistry

The Chemistry Department welcomes 11 students to its 2016 NSF-REU Program. Read more

English

English

English faculty and graduate student alumni presented their research at the 43rd Annual Children's Literature Association Conference. Read more

Geog

Geography

Doctoral candidate Gabriel Granco was one of only 8 graduate students from the Americas to receive the James J. Parsons PhD field study award. Read more.

JMC 

Journalism & Mass Communications

World Media Economics and Management Conference participation, journal publication and a faculty named Humanities Scholar. Read more

MTD

Music, Theatre, and Dance

Craig Weston's composition Perpetual Mobile was performed by the Athens Saxophone Quartet at the "Wind Orchestras in Cyprus and Greece: Reality and Prospects" conference. Read more

Physics 

Physics

Physics names outstanding graduate student awardees. Read more

PolSci

Political Science

The Political Science hosted a conference on Middle East politics and benefited from General Richard Myers co-teaching a course on American Foreign Policy. Read more

Stats

Statistics

Audrey Chang received an Undergraduate Research Award for her work on Kansas tornado touchdowns. Read more