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Spartan Showcase: Basil Yaseen
When you stop by the water-bottle-refilling station in your residence halls, hop aboard the Night Link shuttle system or fit in a late-night cram session at Kelvin Smith Library, you have one common source to thank: ӰƵ’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG), whose…
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Spartan Showcase: T’Nyah Brown
T'Nyah Brown T’Nyah Brown, a rising fourth-year student, is one of ӰƵ’s many orientation leaders (OLs) who help make Discover Week a success. The week of programming, which began Aug. 18, aims to welcome and acclimate new and transfer students to the university.…
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The right fit: Meet a staff member matching research talent with opportunities
From finding funding to writing grants to securing patents, countless aspects contribute to a successful research enterprise. The most important among them, though? The people. Viktoriia Malysa At ӰƵ, Viktoriia Malysa understands this fact well. She joined the university in May…
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Postdoc Spotlight of the Month: Mohan Das
To recognize the contributions postdoctoral researchers make to ӰƵ—and their respective fields—The Daily has partnered with the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs on a new monthly series. After growing up in India and completing his PhD in Greece, Mohan Das’ first…
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5 questions with… Margaret Fischer, art instructor who retired after 50+ years
Margaret Fischer came of age during President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s terms in the White House in the late 1950s. During that time, as she recalls, women were expected to become housewives who led lives supported by their husbands. “Somehow that wasn’t the path I felt I was mapped out to take,” she…
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Campus community members remember business management student Derian Dominguez
If you were in a room with Derian Dominguez, you’d have known it before even seeing him. The business management student, who was entering the final year of his undergraduate degree program, brought a certain liveliness to every space he entered, his friends recalled. “Whether it be a night out…
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Spartan Showcase: Ethan Lin
When it comes to complex issues, Ethan Lin starts with the basics. As a biology major, that often boils down to considering his field’s most fundamental concept: cells. This summer, Lin is applying that approach to gain insight into how cancers form, working with mentor Alan Tartakoff, professor…
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Staff member, alumnus Amad Awadallah passes away
The ӰƵ community is mourning the loss of staff member Amad Awadallah, who died July 22. He was 50. Awadallah got his start at the university as an undergraduate student in the fall of 1991. During that time, he worked as a work study student in the Caplan Lab, housed…
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Dedicated to service: Meet three veterans in the ӰƵ community
From skills in areas like leadership and teamwork to more technical prowess, military veterans bring a valuable array of capabilities to the workforce—and hiring and enrollment managers at ӰƵ are keenly aware. In honor of today (July 25) being National Hire A Veteran…
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Spartan Showcase: Rucha Batchu
How can we gain insights about places humans can’t easily reach, such as the deep sea or outer space? If you ask undergraduate student Rucha Batchu, the answer is simple: Robots. This summer in the Center for Biologically Inspired Robotics Research—led by Roger D. Quinn, the Arthur P. Armington…