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As debate over immigration policy continues in the nation’s capital and across the country, research by °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê professor Chad Sparber and two colleagues continues to add to the dialogue. In 2013, Sparber began research showing that an increase in H-1B visas — a program for U.S. companies to bring in skilled immigrants — did not […]

Jessica Hall ‘14, of Gallatin, Tenn., has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to South Korea. Hall, a double major in English literature and anthropology, has had a strong interest in South Korean music and theater since high school. Her senior thesis in anthropology focused on Korean popular music and the fan communities […]

Emma Ellis ‘14, of Northwood, N.J., has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Mongolia. Ellis, an English major with a concentration in creative writing, was a peer consultant at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s Writing and Speaking Center, where she found helping students to effectively communicate their thoughts to be inspiring and personally gratifying. Ellis said […]

Jessica Graybill, associate professor of geography, is heading to Russia. The winner of a Science and Innovation Fulbright award, Graybill will spend a year studying the social and cultural geographies of climate change in Vladivostok.

Margaretta Burdick ‘14, of Bedford, N.Y.,  has been awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) to Turkey, where she will serve as an English teaching assistant in a university setting. A double major in political Science and psychology, Burdick first experienced Turkish culture during a brief trip to Istanbul while she was on °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s Geneva […]

Neal Barsch ‘14, of Englewood, Colo., has been awarded a Fulbright research grant to travel to the Philippines to study the use of mobile banking technologies for rural populations. An economics major with a minor in music, Barsch will examine the feasibility of bringing mobile financial services, such as branchless banking, to the rural poor […]

Video of the commencement keynote address by CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger ’74 P’10.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5LCtErh42Y] Torchlight is one of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê’s most time-honored traditions. See it in an all-new light in this time-lapse video by Brian Ness.