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Professor Julia Knowlton to be President of the GA Poetry Society
Professor and poet Julia Caroline Knowlton was invited to serve as the next President of the Georgia Poetry Society and was duly elected. She will step into this role at an honorary ceremony in January 2022. She will initially focus on youth programs and a commitment to diverse voices in…
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Viniece Jennings Featured Recently in Nature Communications
An article by Assistant Professor of Public Health, Viniece Jennings was recently featured in the premiere scientific journal, Nature Communications. Jennings’ piece was also selected for the Editor’s Highlights which are aimed to showcase the best papers that have been recently published. The article discusses how green infrastructure can combat the…
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What Are the Chances? Why We Believe in Luck by Barbara Blatchley
Dr. Barbara Blatchley recently published her second book, “What are the Chances? Why We Believe in Luck” through Columbia University Press. The book has already been reviewed favorably by multiple sources, including Inside Higher Ed and Dr. Blatchley was also interviewed by GQ Magazine. “Witty in tone. Psychology and neuroscience…
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Folk Stories from the Hills of Puerto Rico: a conversation with Rafael Ocasio
It’s 4:00 on a Thursday afternoon the week before spring semester finals as a familiar face appears on my computer screen. Rafael Ocasio is smiling back at me in front of a virtual background of Old San Juan. His eyes are tired, filled with the same Zoom-induced fatigue we all have at…
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Learning through Lacquer: A Conversation with Katherine Smith
Katherine Smith, Professor of Art History at Agnes Scott College, has been working on her new book for over a decade. Shaped by conversations with students and the title artist alike, The Accidental Possibilities of the City: Claes Oldenburg’s Urbanism in Postwar America explores the influences of environment on the…