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Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs Staci Simonich named new Associate Vice President for Research, effective January 1, 2018.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) announced Sally D. Hacker, professor of integrative biology, as a 2017 Fellow last week.

Chemist May Nyman is part of a five-year, $12.5 million National Nuclear Security Administration grant to study nuclear stewardship.

After graduating with a degree in mathematics, Judy Faucett (B.S.'70) enjoyed a successful career as an actuary in some of the country's top firms.

Twenty five percent of freshmen are the first in their family to attend college, 23 percent are underrepresented minorities, and the College has the highest ever number of high achieving students in this incoming class: 37.6 percent.

Math alumna Suzanne McGrath will receive the College of Science's 2017 Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award for her achievements and leadership.

The College of Science supported eight students at the 2017 Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science conference last week in Salt Lake City.

Congratulations to Heidi Schellman, physics department head, for being chosen as Chair of Commission 11 of the International Union for Pure and Applied Physics!

Half a world away in Australia, Milan Sengthep, a Wei Family Foundation Scholar, studied with world-renowned marine scientists at James Cook University.

A free public lecture will untangle the role faith and values play in shaping our attitudes and reactions to the complex science behind global warming.

Ph.D. student Nicole Hams selected as Western Representative to the National Black Graduate Student Association, the nation’s largest interdisciplinary graduate organization for students of African descent.

Carrion, the decaying flesh of dead animals, is a key nutrient for vertebrates worldwide but little is known about how the interplay works. Until now.