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University News
October 25, 2022 | 02:40 pm

Three professors honored for undergraduate teaching innovations

The recipients of this years Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching all have reshaped departmental programs focused on experiential learning.

topics: Ajay Anand, Arts Sciences and Engineering, awards, Chris Muir, Department of History, Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Goergen Institute for Data Science, Hajim School of Engineering, Pablo Sierra Silva, School of Arts and Sciences,
In Photos
September 18, 2020 | 02:34 pm

An adapted classroom: Students and faculty find new ways to engage in teaching and learning

Students and faculty members adapt to new—and safety-conscious—ways of interacting as teachers, scholars, and researchers.

topics: Chris Muir, Department of Art and Art History, Department of Biology, Department of Chemistry, Department of Conducting and Ensembles, Department of English, Department of Environmental Medicine, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Eastman School Symphony Orchestra, Fana Bangoura, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, JC Olsen, Joan Saab, Joanna Scott, Katrina Korfmacher, Program of Dance and Movement, Robert Minckley, William Miller, William Weinert,
Campus Life
December 3, 2019 | 01:21 pm

How do you bring a castle home with you?

How do you convey a 91,000-square-foot castle with more than 160 rooms on the Ghana coast, back to Rochester, so at any time you could take a virtual tour as if you were really there? Or study the castle’s structure brick by brick?

topics: Chris Muir, Department of History, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ghana, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary, Michael Jarvis, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, School of Arts and Sciences,
In Photos
December 20, 2018 | 11:54 am

‘I am more prepared to work as an engineer’

Mechanical Design, also known as ME 204, has a reputation for being one of the toughest courses mechanical engineering students experience. And thanks to professor Chris Muir’s approach to the class, it is also one of the most rewarding. In one of the final competitions, seniors Haley Wohlever, Leo Liu, and Crystal Kim must “walk the plank” to see how much weight their balsa wood structure can bear before it snaps into pieces.

topics: Chris Muir, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Uncategorized
July 11, 2018 | 04:29 pm

Testing my ethnographic mettle in Elmina

I learned about the process, etiquette, and household names of ethnography in the classroom, and so I was ecstatic about the opportunity to test my know-how out in the field and conduct a study for myself.

topics: Chris Muir, Department of Mechanical Engineering, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Renato Perucchio,
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July 6, 2018 | 11:16 am

Fate of historic forts rests in connecting them to the communities around them

The most help I can do for the preservation and heritage of Elmina castle, Fort Amsterdam, and the other slave castles along of the coast of Ghana is to teach others how they can study and care for the castle tomorrow.

topics: Chris Muir, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ghana, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michael Jarvis, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, Renato Perucchio,
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June 25, 2018 | 11:59 am

Surveying the castle is ‘an honorable mission’

“Since arriving at Elmina, my heart has been flooded with sorrowful thoughts that fly back to the colonial period, when elegant pieces of architecture such as Elmina Castle were built to house pillaged materials such as gold and ivory, as well as human beings.”

topics: Chris Muir, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ghana, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michael Jarvis, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, Renato Perucchio,
Campus Life
June 18, 2018 | 02:39 pm

Students share research experiences in Ghana

Hear from eight Rochester students spending this summer at a field school in Ghana. Led by Professors Renato Perucchio, Michael Jarvis, and Chris Muir, the students are studying the engineering, historical, and cultural aspects of the country’s historic coastal forts.

topics: Chris Muir, Ghana, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Michael Jarvis, Program in Archaeology Technology and Historical Structures, Renato Perucchio, research finding,