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New Interdisciplinary BA and BS Programs in Neuroscience Launched

Neuroscience is now providing new insights into the biological basis of behavior and thought, as well as the role of the brain in mediating healthy outcomes. Over the past several years, an...

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Paul Wahlbeck Named CCAS Interim Dean

Paul Wahlbeck, CCAS vice dean for programs and research and professor of political science, will serve as CCAS interim dean following the departure of Dean Ben Vinson...

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Art + Science = A Hybrid Project Combining Politics and Dance

Student hybrid project combining politics and dance

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In Engaged Liberal Arts Classes, Students Combine Scholarship With Professional Development

When sophomore Carley Christerson enrolled in Columbian College’s Public History class last fall, she was looking forward to a curriculum that included discussions on urban...

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Exploring the Frontier of the Periodic Table

Professor of Chemistry and International Affairs Christopher Cahill has spent most of his academic and research career at the bottom of the Periodic Table. There—far below such...

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Dean Vinson Departing CCAS to Become Provost of Case Western Reserve University

Ben Vinson will be leaving his role as dean of the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences to serve as the next provost and executive vice president of Case Western Reserve...

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Plato and Policing: Alumnus’ Unique Class for Cops

At a Baltimore City police precinct, Detective Edward Gillespie, BA ’92, leads a classroom of officers through a lesson on procedural justice. But the text he uses isn’t a police...

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From Taiwan, Dance Students Look to the Future

For eight days last summer, senior dance and international affairs majors Marlee Grant and Hana Springer lived out a cultural and artistic dream. The pair...

MIA: Chronicling the Long Journey Home

Anthropology Professor and Guggenheim Fellow Sarah Wagner’s research on the recovery and identification of MIA service members has taken her from Vietnam battlefields to forensic science labs to the...

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Economics in the Real World

Economics' Joann Weiner shares her thoughts on tax policy, global markets, the ride-share economy and inspiring her students to think like economists in an insightful conversation with Columbian...