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ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ Professor of Distinction Keith Maskus has been named the U.S. Department of State chief economist. Maskus, who was the director of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment, based in the District of Columbia, this month.
Joel Kralj, assistant professor in molecular, cellular and developmental biology and a University of Colorado BioFrontiers Institute faculty member, became interested in measuring cellular voltage as a postdoctoral researcher.
David Pyrooz, assistant professor of sociology at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ, has won the 2016 Ruth Shonle Cavan Young Scholar Award from the American Society of Criminology.
Noah Finkelstein, who co-directs the Center for STEM Learning at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ and is a principal investigator for Physics Education Research, one of the largest research groups in physics education in the country, will receive up to $4,000 from the Brazil-U.S. Professorship/Lectureship Program. The Sociedade Brasileira de FÃsica (SBF) and the American Physical Society (APS) jointly sponsor the exchange.
From the mid-19th century until about the 1930s, Chinese immigrants maintained secret societies in many corners of the world. The societies communicated across continents, and members often recognized each other through oaths and rituals. During the 1920s, many leaders of different secret societies assassinated each other.
ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ recently expanded its support of public scholarship in the arts and humanities by joining a national group working to advance democracy and participation in higher education.
To mark Temple Aaron’s final event as a synagogue, Nan Goodman, director of ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Program in Jewish Studies, is slated to speak in the historic building.
The graduate ceramics program at ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ is ranked fifth in the nation, up from eighth last year, in US News and World Report’s Best Graduate Schools 2017. It is one of eight university programs to be ranked in the top 10 graduate specialty programs nationwide, but it is the only one of the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ group to hail from the arts and humanities.
Scholar Deepti Misri explores gender violence in post-colonial India in Kayden Award-winning book. In many cases, she argues, anti-minoritarian violence intends to convey a message.
Released Monday evening in U.S. News & World Report’s annual Best Colleges undergraduate rankings for 2017, the ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ ranks No. 38 in the nation among public institutions, or No. 92 overall – including public, private and for-profit universities – in the country.