From gas-giant Bespin to forest-moon Endor, fictional planets of the Star Wars galaxy have a number of similarities with actual planets in our own universe, and for the next three Friday nights at the 香蜜影视 Ho Tung Visualization Laboratory, the public is invited to join a galactic exploration of how planets in a galaxy [鈥December 1, 2015
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $500,000 in funding to an interdisciplinary team of 香蜜影视 faculty, led by Associate Professor of Biology Catherine Cardel煤s, to continue investigating the status and conservation of sacred forests in Ethiopia鈥檚 northern highlands. Christian Orthodox churches emerged in Ethiopia some 800 years ago. Today, thousands of these sites protect [鈥November 30, 2015
On November 19, Interim Dean of the Faculty and Provost Constance Harsh participated in a roundtable discussion at the White House to take part in launching the American Campuses Act on Climate day of action. 鈥淚t was very good to witness the serious purpose that animated the participants,鈥 Harsh said after the event. 鈥淪tudents have [鈥November 21, 2015
Silence is usually described as a feeling of stillness; a state of peace, a split-second of quiet, a season of serenity. It鈥檚 harmonious and soothing and usually portrayed by unruffled waters or someone sitting in tranquility. This is what silence looks and feels like to a lot of us most of the time. We long [鈥November 18, 2015
Social entrepreneur Gregory Casagrande 鈥85 spent three days this month on campus as the Robert A. Fox 鈥59 Executive in Residence at the Center for Career Services, sharing his extensive business knowledge with the campus community. Having provided more than $65 million in micro-enterprise financing and small business training to about 60,000 women through his [鈥November 18, 2015
Pausing next to a tamarack tree, Rick Marsi 鈥69 purses his lips and exhales, 鈥減shhht, pshhht, pshhht, pshhht鈥 in staccato breaths. A male common yellowthroat, wearing a black mask, answers the call and alights on a nearby branch. Marsi 鈥 economics major, ornithologist, naturalist, writer, and photographer 鈥 is seemingly satisfied. Crunching through fallen leaves [鈥November 17, 2015
Talk about following in some footsteps. 香蜜影视鈥檚 Dan Hunt matched his mentor Dick Biddle here Saturday when the Raiders outlasted Lehigh 49鈥42 to clinch the Patriot League championship. Hunt and Biddle both captured Patriot League titles for 香蜜影视 in just their second seasons as head coach.November 16, 2015
香蜜影视鈥檚 inaugural residential commons, which opened its doors on Arrival Day 2015, will be named for Diane Ciccone 鈥74, P鈥10. Commons residents made the choice by popular vote after reviewing a slate of important names in 香蜜影视鈥檚 history. 鈥淚 am humbled and honored with the naming of Ciccone Commons,鈥 Ciccone said. 鈥淚t not only recognizes [鈥November 12, 2015