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woman and child at lemonade stand
University News
June 5, 2014 | 02:09 pm

Lemonade sale fights childhood cancer

Danielle Benoit and her fellow researchers will be serving lemonade and explaining their research in childhood cancer therapies at the 5th Annual Benoit Laboratory Lemonade Stand.

topics: cancer, Danielle Benoit,
Doris Kearns Goodwin
University News
May 28, 2014 | 12:52 pm

Goodwin, Cox headline Meliora Weekend 2014

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Meliora Weekend. Goodwin is the author of six best-selling books.

topics: Meliora Weekend,
University News
May 21, 2014 | 08:13 pm

Weix honored with chemistry award

Daniel Weix, assistant professor of chemistry, has been selected as one of 14 Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholars for 2014, an award given to faculty members in the chemical sciences who are within the first five years of their academic careers and who have demonstrated outstanding scholarship and commitment to education.

Rush Rhees Library and the city skyline
University News
May 15, 2014 | 07:48 pm

New report details economic reach of University

A new report by the Center for Governmental Research (CGR) shows that the University is directly and indirectly responsible for supporting an estimated 50,300 jobs in the region. The report also finds that the new Institute for Data Science will create 460 jobs, and with 22,451 full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees, the University is the eighth largest private sector employer in the state.

topics: community, economy,
Joanna Olmsted
University News
May 7, 2014 | 06:00 pm

Joanna Olmsted steps down as Dean of Arts and Sciences

Joanna Olmsted will step down as dean of the School of Arts and Sciences on July 1 after two decades of University leadership.
“Joanna has contributed immeasurably to the progress that has been made in strengthening arts, sciences, and engineering, and we are hugely in her debt,” says Peter Lennie, provost and the Robert L. and Mary L. Sproull Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Sciences, and Engineering.

topics: announcements, School of Arts and Sciences,