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The Physics of Us

Physicists are studying how living matter works, and find that it breaks the standard rules and produces fascinating new phenomena.

Monday, December 5, 2022

By Susan Ahlborn

Illustrations by Marina Muun

A Model for Refugee Hosting

Guy Grossman, Professor of Political Science, investigates the effects of Uganda’s refugee-hosting reforms on preventing public backlash.

Wednesday, March 15, 2023

By Katelyn Silva

OMNIA Q&A: Beyond the Bodies

David Young Kim, Associate Professor of History of Art, encourages art historians and enthusiasts to look beyond the figures in Renaissance art to notice the richness of the groundwork.

Friday, February 17, 2023

By Katelyn Silva

Socializing With Science

More than 150 alums gathered for Ben Talks in NYC

Friday, February 10, 2023

By Susan Ahlborn

Photography by Alex Schein

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Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times

A fateful trip to Eastern Europe in 1989 inspired Kristen Ghodsee, Professor and Chair of Russian and East European Studies, to pursue a career studying the impact of the Cold War and its aftermath on the lives of ordinary people.

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

By Duyen Nguyen

Illustrations by Mariya Pilipenko

Office Artifacts: Justin McDaniel

Discover the stories behind the Edmund J. and Louise W. Kahn Term Professor of Religious Studies’ office items—in his own words.

Friday, February 3, 2023

OMNIA Q&A: Statute of Limitations Reform

Marci Hamilton, Professor of Practice in Political Science and Fox Family Pavilion Non-Resident Senior Fellow in the Program for Research on Religion, discusses how the newly formed Global Statute of Limitations Reform Task Force will work to bring justice to victims of child sexual abuse.

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

By Duyen Nguyen

Making Music

A concert with the theme Re-Imagining was the culmination of two music classes taught by Tyshawn Sorey, Presidential Assistant Professor of Music.

Friday, December 16, 2022

By Susan Ahlborn. Audio recordings by Alexey Alexandrov. Photography by Brooke Sietinsons.

 

Cognition Feels

In his new book, Donovan Schaefer, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, argues that there is no thinking without feeling.

Thursday, June 2, 2022

Katelyn Silva

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Beyond the Margins of Land and Water

Nikhil Anand, Associate Professor of Anthropology, leads two interdisciplinary research initiatives that provide insight on worldwide climate disasters and water crises.

Friday, December 2, 2022

By Duyen Nguyen

Tree Wisdom

In his new book, Jared Farmer, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, examines what trees can teach us about the climate crisis and our relationship with time.

Thursday, October 27, 2022

By Kristen de Groot
Adapted by Katelyn Silva

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