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Natalie Boyle holding a certificate showing her first place win at the 3MT 2025 competition

Beat the Clock: Students Fast Track in Speed-Thesis Contest

Neuroscience PhD candidate Natalie Boyle sprinted to victory in the Three-Minute Thesis Competition.

Jimmy Saw (left) and Zhengtian Xu received CAREER awards from the National Science Foundation.

Biology’s Saw, Engineering’s Xu Win CAREER Awards

Microbiology professor Jimmy Saw and civil and environmental engineering professor Zhengtian Xu were recognized with the National Science Foundation honor.

AI's Role in the Humanities

In a video conversation with CCAS Dean Wahlbeck, History's Katrin Schultheiss discusses the challenges and opportunities regarding the use of AI in the humanities.

A road built on thawing permafrost with logs used to stabilize frozen ground.

Study: Arctic Permafrost Rapidly Sinking

Geography’s Dmitry Streletskiy is tracking the alarming deterioration of frozen permafrost as it sinks in areas of the Arctic.

Illustration of early tetrapods and tetrapod-like fishes that lived near the time of the evolutionary transition from water to land.

Fish Out of Water: Keck Grant Helps Biologist Wade into Evolution Pool

With a new grant, Biology Professor Sandy Kawano will take giant leaps toward understanding how amphibious ancestors took small steps onto land.

"Ethics" spelled out in Scrabble tiles

Life-or-Death Decisions: Philosophy Student Weighs Ethics of Organ Transplants

Luther Rice Fellow Seyeon Moon is applying philosophy and bioethical standards to understanding who receives organ transplants—and who doesn’t.

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A Man for All Seasons

From a controversial civil rights figure to an American icon, History Professor Eric Arnesen explains how Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy has shifted over time.

The Ancient World: Collapse and Resilience

In a video conversation with CCAS Dean Wahlbeck, Professor Eric Cline discusses the collapse and resilience of the ancient world, and lessons for today.

Fighting Human Pathogens

In a video conversation with CCAS Dean Wahlbeck, Chemistry's Cindy Dowd discusses her work to fight disease through the development of inhibitors to human pathogens.

Former President Jimmy Carter appearing at Lisner Auditorium in 2007.

Former President Carter Remembered as Humanitarian, Visionary

In the wake of the 39th president’s death, CCAS historians examined Jimmy Carter’s complicated legacy.