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Assistant Professor of Biology Natalie Nannas along with collaborators at the University of Georgia recently won a four-year National Science Foundation Grant for a project titled "Rebuilding a kinesin-based meiotic drive system from defined component."

“The effects of body mass on immune cell concentrations of mammals,” led by Assistant Professor of Biology Cynthia Downs, was recently published online by The American Naturalist.

“I absolutely do not think we would have found each other (if we’d been allowed to choose),” said Rachel Harshaw ’17 in an interview in The Atlantic titled Colleges would rather freshmen not choose their roommates.

In a letter with the headline Intellectual Diversity in College, Wippman discussed political polarization on campuses and the importance of “encouraging students to develop certain habits of mind, habits that include testing their ideas, searching for evidence and learning to construct, critique and defend arguments, all of which require thoughtful consideration of opposing viewpoints.”

The Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College will present the work of contemporary Ethiopian artist Elias Sime (b. 1968) in an exhibition titled Elias Sime: Tightrope opening Saturday, Sept. 7, through Sunday, Dec. 8.

President David Wippman and Glenn C. Altschuler, the Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University, co-wrote an essay for The Hill outlining 10 recommendations for first-year students.

In an opinion piece published by Inside Higher Ed, Doran Larson, the Walcott-Bartlett Professor of Literature, discusses the value of allowing the incarcerated to study in prison.

Sanju Koirala ’19, who wants to be a role model for aspiring young scientists in her home country of Nepal, is starting a fellowship in computational neuroscience at Emory University.

Three faculty members, Professor of Economics Ann Owen, Professor of History Maurice Isserman, and Associate Professor of Religious Studies Quincy Newell – were featured in national media outlets on July 31.

An exhibition of paintings by Professor of Art Bruce Muirhead opens Friday, Aug. 2, at the Arkell Museum in Canajoharie, New York.