Spotlight

CLAS professors Jeff Knight (Chemistry), Chris Miller (Integrative Biology) and Hai Lin (Chemistry) published a collaborative paper in the January issue of Protein Science on research conducted with Professional Research Associate Nara Chon (MS Chemistry ‘18 and first author on the study) and recent graduate Sherleen Tran (BS Biology ’20)...

Andrea Velasquez, Associate Professor in the Department of Economics, was awarded a Russell Sage Foundation Award . Andrea Velasquez and Duncan Thomas (Duke University) will examine the selectivity of Mexican immigrants and their socioeconomic integration, comparing those staying in the U.S. and those returning to Mexico. The research is co-funded...

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences selected the following students for the Fall 2023 Outstanding Awards: Outstanding Bachelor of Arts: Ali Alnazzal, Political Science Outstanding Bachelor of Science : Benjamin Peter Denker, Integrative Biology Outstanding Master of Arts : Tyrel Seward Sorensen, Anthropology Outstanding Master of Science : Jessica...

Asma Al-Masyabi, Creative Writing student in the Department of English, has won the 2023 Emerging Poet Award from the Ruth Weiss Foundation for her poem “The Future I Feed My Brother.” The award comes with a $1,500 grant. The Ruth Weiss Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization whose mission is...

Dr. Kathryn Hamilton, Assistant Professor in Physics, and Dr. Julien Langou, Professor in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, toured SC23 (Supercomputing International Conference 2023) with several students. SC23, established in 1988 by the Association for Computer Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society, is a large annual conference for High Performance Computing,...

Hani Mansour and Andrea Velásquez write about the adverse employment effects of Chinese import competition in Peru in VoxDev , a platform for economists, policymakers, practitioners, donors, the private sector, and others interested in development to discuss key policy issues and a collaboration among the Centre for Economic Policy Research,...

Chloe East, Associate Professor of Economics; Hani Mansour, Professor of Economics; and Andrea Velásquez, Associate Professor of Economics have recently published an article, "The Labor Market Effects of Immigration Enforcement," in the highly ranked Journal of Labor Economics . They study the labor market effects of Secure Communities, a police-based...

Gabriella Mayne, PhD student in the Department of Health & Behavioral Sciences, published a paper in Obstretrics & Gynecology , entitled “Why Causation Matters: Rethinking ‘Race’ as a Risk Factor.” This paper forms the impetus for what she and her co-author will present next month at the American Society for...

James Walsh, Clinical Teaching Track Assistant Professor in Political Science, has done significant research on Irish immigrants in Leadville, which was celebrated in two events. The first event, which took place on Friday, September 15 at the Healy House in Leadville, was the opening of a new museum exhibit on...

The CLAS Office of Research and Creative Activities (ORCA) has two new grant programs that are currently accepting applications from faculty: First, is a Presentation and Publication grant that provides up to $1,000 to assist with sharing completed (or near-completed) research and creative work with other scholars via conference presentation...