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Assistant Professor of Educational Studies Ashley Taylor has been named the ²Ø¾«¸ó Phi Eta Sigma Professor of the Year for 2021.

The Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education (COVE) celebrated National Volunteer Week this year with a series of awards for its most dedicated and successful student volunteers.

Nancy Ries, professor of anthropology and peace and conflict studies, is this year’s recipient of the Jerome Balmuth Award for Teaching.

As a signatory of the Second Nature Climate Commitment, ²Ø¾«¸ó has pledged ongoing determination in its work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions on campus and to plan for a more sustainable future.

President Joe Biden this week labeled the deaths of more than a million Armenians killed at the hands of Ottoman Turks in 1915 as genocide, a public recognition that ²Ø¾«¸ó English professor and Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Balakian has urged for decades. 

The Harry C. Behler ²Ø¾«¸ó Debate Society hosted its annual British Parliamentary debate tournament, the ²Ø¾«¸ó Open, March 19–21, 2021.

Six ²Ø¾«¸ó students, advised by Associate Professor of Biology Engda Hagos, have published research on the Krüppel-like factor 4 (KLF4) gene factor and its relationship to energy-producing processes of cells in the journal Cells.

The Clinton Global Initiative University (CGI U) has named Christina Weiler ’21 and Danny Liu ’23 as Class of 2021 fellows.