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Board approves faculty appointments May 26, 2021 11:52 a.m. Photo by Denise Applewhite, Office of Communications The Princeton University Board of Trustees has approved the appointment of faculty members, including one full professor, one associate professor and eight assistant professors. Professor Emily Greenwood, in classics and the University Center for Human Values, specializes in ancient Greek prose literature and classical receptions. Her appointment is effective July 1, 2021...

ROCHESTER, NY (WXXI) – Cornell University’s prison educational programs have been on hold during the pandemic, but a theater professor has found a way to keep connected with incarcerated people. For decades, performing arts professor Bruce Levitt has used theater as a way to engage with people who are incarcerated. A student stands in front of a videocamera during a recording of her performance in the play Credit provided by Bruce Levitt “To see people discover themselves in front of you ...

The driver behind Eastern’s down-to-earth approach to social justice could be called simply “the Campolo effect.” Tony Campolo, a seemingly indefatigable whirlwind of canny idealism, came back to his alma mater in 1964 as a professor of sociology. He was soon appointed chaplain as well. Campolo rallied undergraduates at Eastern—and before long, from across the country—to venture outside their classrooms and into the most economically disadvantaged areas of America’s cities. “What ...

The University of Oregon has received a $4.52 million grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support a new initiative envisioning a transformative...