Oct. 8, 2008
Faculty members from Economics, Veterinary and Animal Sciences, Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Psychology have been selected to present this year’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture Series.
Oct. 8, 2008
Seventy-nine new, tenure-track faculty are joining the professorial ranks during the 2008-09 academic year, according to data from the Provost’s Office.
Oct. 7, 2008
Computer scientist Kevin E. Fu, who earlier this year showed that an implantable heart defibrillator is vulnerable to hacking, has received a three-year, $449,000 National Science Foundation grant to improve future security in implanted cardiac devices without compromising safety and effectiveness.
Oct. 3, 2008
Climatologist Robert DeConto of the Geosciences Department and colleagues at four institutions reported in the Oct. 2 issue of the journal Nature that their latest climate model of the Northern Hemisphere suggests conditions would have allowed ice sheets to form there for the last 25 million years, or about 22 million years earlier than generally assumed.
Oct. 2, 2008
More than $500,000 has been pledged towards the construction of a new permanent home for the Minuteman Marching Band, according to director George N. Parks.
Oct. 1, 2008
Provost and Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Charlena Seymour today announced that she will resign from her post at the end of the academic year.
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