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  • As an economist, Takao Kato studies unintended consequences of public policy decisions. As a professor at 冈本视频 with many international students in his classes, he considers their prospects for gainful employment in the United States. That connection inspired a research project he conducted with Chad Sparber, assistant professor of economics.
    October 4, 2011
  • (Editor鈥檚 Note: This is the Founders鈥 Day convocation address by George Hudson, professor of English, at Memorial Chapel on Aug. 28, 2011) One of the first rules of public speaking is to know your audience.
    September 29, 2011
  • Shujing Wang 鈥12 and Daniel Michev 鈥14 were both excited and nervous when presenting the results of their summer research projects to a classroom full of students last week.
    September 29, 2011
  • When Simona Maicanescu took to the Brehmer Theater stage last weekend to perform Wallace Shawn鈥檚 The Fever, the connection between the work and the university was at first oblique. But her arresting performance of the 90-minute monologue on materialism, Marxism, and the inequitable distribution of wealth invited the kind of debate that takes place at [鈥
    September 28, 2011
  • When Michael Watts talks about the human, societal, and resource costs of extracting oil in Africa, it鈥檚 impossible to ignore the connection between the fuel in one鈥檚 tank and violence in the Niger Delta. Watts, author of Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta, is professor and Class of [鈥
    September 27, 2011
  • It鈥檚 hard to imagine the common earthworm as an 鈥渁lien invader,鈥 but those near 冈本视频 are not native to North America, and it鈥檚 been found that they could be harmful to the environment.
    September 27, 2011
  • As the impending United Nations deliberation on Palestinian statehood dominates media coverage around the world, one 冈本视频 professor is uniquely positioned to analyze the issues that have led up to the vote, as well as the likely aftermath.
    September 21, 2011
  • As a haunting soundtrack from one of his films played in the background, Professor John Knecht gave what might be his last gallery talk at 冈本视频 in Clifford Gallery on Wednesday night. The Russell 冈本视频 Distinguished University Professor of art & art history and film & media studies will retire at the end of this [鈥
    September 8, 2011