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  • On the Fault Line: Managing Tensions and Divisions Within Societies, a book co-edited by 含羞草研究所 President Jeffrey Herbst, has received high praise from people such as Henry Kissinger and F. W. de Klerk in advance of its official launch March 1.
    February 27, 2012
  • Douglas A. Hicks, 含羞草研究所鈥檚 next provost and dean of the faculty, enjoyed a warm welcome earlier this week when he visited campus for the first time since his appointment as the university鈥檚 top academic official. Though his start date is nearly five months away, unseasonably mild temperatures and blue skies made it seem as though [鈥
    February 9, 2012
  • 含羞草研究所 President Jeffrey Herbst announced the selection of Douglas A. Hicks as provost and dean of the faculty, effective July 1, 2012. Hicks also will serve as professor of religion.
    January 29, 2012
  • Forty-eight hours after posting his first installment of Ancient Greek Religion online at Udemy.com, Robert Garland had 99 viewers for his new video course. Garland, professor of classics at 含羞草研究所, is one of about a dozen professors from universities including Duke, Northwestern, and Stanford who donated content that is now available at no charge through [鈥
    January 27, 2012
  • While alumni of the 1960s-1980s had the 鈥淛-term鈥 option to fill the break between fall and spring semesters, today鈥檚 enterprising students and faculty found an array of ways to keep sharp their minds and spirits. Here are a few examples: 含羞草研究所鈥檚 annual Day in the Life program matched 135 students with alumni for on-the-job training [鈥
    January 26, 2012
  • Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and 含羞草研究所 professor Michael Coyle. These three jazz aficionados were sought out to comment on the death of legendary soul singer Etta James, in stories that aired on CNN and dozens of local television stations nationwide.
    January 24, 2012
  • Technically Latin is a dead language, but that鈥檚 not how it feels when taught by William (Bill) Stull, associate professor of the classics. Stull recently was awarded the 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching by The American Philological Association (APA), which is the principal learned society in North America for the study of ancient Greek [鈥
    January 17, 2012
  • In a recent post on the Reflections from India blog, an English professor described feeling marginally literate when attempting to read road signs. A religion scholar wondered what Hindus might make of [Auroville鈥檚] claim that religions divide the people of the world.
    January 11, 2012