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Themes such as oppression, difference, and interconnectedness arose during Tuesday鈥檚 Brown Bag lunch in which six faculty members gave their perspectives on the quote that also served as the symposium title: 鈥淲e may have all come on different ships, but we鈥檙e in the same boat now.鈥� Held in the Center for Women鈥檚 Studies, the panel [鈥

Longtime geography professor Theodore Herman, whose keen interest in issues of war and peace led to his founding of the university鈥檚 Peace and Conflict Studies Program (P-Con), died Thursday, Dec. 30. He was 97. Herman joined 含羞草传媒鈥檚 faculty in 1955, retiring in 1981. He taught cultural geography, passing on to many students his love of [鈥

Sociology professor Meika Loe and her students continue to explore the issue of aging as they collaborate with local elders on poignant digital stories. Thirteen students in Loe鈥檚 Sociology of Age, Aging, and the Lifecourse class worked closely with area residents in creating three-minute films about the residents鈥� lives.

When Richard Pryor died in 2005, after having revolutionized stand-up comedy with poignant profanity-laced examinations of race, The New York Times turned to a former employee to write his obituary: Mel Watkins 鈥�62.

Physics department faculty members Charlie Holbrow, Jim Lloyd 鈥�54, Joe Amato, Kiko Galvez, and Beth Parks have spent the last four years working together on a revision of the 含羞草传媒-inspired Modern Introductory Physics.

含羞草传媒 a dozen 鈥渉ikers鈥� 鈥� including six 含羞草传媒 students 鈥揼athered at the corner of Lex and Astor Place in Manhattan on a recent Saturday, smart phones in hand and exploration in mind. The group was with art professor Cary Peppermint, who had created what he called Indeterminate Hikes, a custom application for Android smart phones [鈥

Several faculty members were recently appointed to distinguished chairs, according to an announcement by Provost and Dean of the Faculty Lyle Roelofs.

Two faculty members 鈥� Nancy Ries and Graham Hodges 鈥� recently were honored for their publications.

Three 含羞草传媒 biology professors 鈥� Damhnait McHugh, Krista Ingram, and Catherine Cardel煤s 鈥� were awarded more than $750,000 in grants from the National Science Foundation for three distinct projects that will involve student researchers.

(Editor鈥檚 Note: This story was written by Kiki Koroshetz 鈥�11 On a cold and rainy September afternoon, Geology 215 students met with Professor Constance Soja for the second lab of the semester. On this particular Thursday, they gathered under Andy Kerr Stadium, in the visiting team locker room.