2021
30 faculty took a winter-break challenge: learn to solve the Rubik's cube in five minutes or less and learn to become better instructors.
Date: February 26, 2021
NASA will land the most sophisticated rover ever on Mars this week; prof. Erik Klemetti lays out an agenda to map the history of the red planet.
Date: February 16, 2021
Prof. Shiri Noy recently was awarded a $12,500 grant to examine how religious and secular Americans view kindness in the context of COVID-19.
Date: February 16, 2021
Lava lakes, Lava flows, Lava domes, Prof. and vulcanologist Erik Klemetti waxes poetic on the mysteries of lava.
Date: January 21, 2021
Faculty
Christian Faur, Director of Collaborative Technologies in the Fine and Performing Arts, was awarded a $4000 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
Date: January 18, 2021
Prof. Karen Powell Sears explains the history behind racist practices in real estate and banking industries that restrict Black home ownership.
Date: January 13, 2021
In “Fat,” professor Hanne Blank explores the historical and cultural history of fatness.
Date: January 7, 2021
2020
"Midland: Reports from Flyover Country," by profs Michael Croley and Jack Shuler is lauded for making reporting with ongoing value more accessible.
Date: December 18, 2020
Faculty
An effective college education requires a robust conception of trust, says Prof. Jeff Kurtz in an Inside Higher Ed essay.
Date: December 18, 2020
"I definitely try to be a strong mentor for all my women students," says math and computer science professor Sarah Wolff.
Date: December 12, 2020
"Volcanoes can be somewhat unpredictable, even with the best monitoring," says Prof. Erik Klemetti in an article about New Zealand's White Island.
Date: December 7, 2020
Learning about racism and white privilege can make us better, says Prof. Karen Powell Sears.
Date: November 23, 2020
"Understanding things on an atomic level truly allows you to better understand how the world and the body works," says Asso Prof Rachel Mitton-Fry.
Date: November 21, 2020
Broadway may be closed, but performing and other arts are thriving at some colleges, writes Professor Margot Singer.
Date: November 19, 2020
Denison professors co-edit new book, "Midland: Reports from Flyover Country," a collection of essays that negates stereotypes of the Midwest.
Date: November 18, 2020
Denison Professor Jack Shuler has published a new book, "This is Ohio: The Overdose Crisis and the Frontlines of a New America."
Date: November 18, 2020
COVID-19 presents new opportunities for teamwork in academic settings write Global Commerce directors Karen Spierling and Jane Palmer.
Date: November 6, 2020
Faculty
Questions of race and identity are at the heart of a controversy over casting a new production of the famous Cleopatra. Classics has an answer.
Date: November 5, 2020
Faculty
How we train business leaders needs to change—and higher education needs to step up.
Date: October 26, 2020
Enjoy an excerpt from Prof Jack Shuler's recent book, "This is Ohio”: A New Way of Thinking About Addiction.
Date: October 14, 2020
Scholarship and teaching are enriched via intellectual community, says Prof. Adam Davis, sharing ways to enhance dialogue in today's environment.
Date: October 8, 2020
Denison University announces the creation of the William Payne Innovation Lab for Racial, Social, Political, and Communal Sustainability.
Date: October 7, 2020
Study by DU Faculty Robert Bennett III notes that Black athletes' potential to connect with voters can be larger than that of politicians.
Date: October 5, 2020
Announcements & Updates
Global Commerce's Executive in Residence program gives students sustained connections with experienced, successful business and nonprofit execs.
Date: September 29, 2020
Research & Internships
A new partnership with Columbus Public Health offers internships and opportunities to uncover issues of racism in public health.
Date: September 24, 2020
Faculty
DU Prof. Jack Shuler’s new book reveals courageous men and women combating the overdose crisis in Newark, Ohio.
Date: September 17, 2020
Faculty
A recent article spotlighting Biology Professor Jessica Rettig highlights a surprising range of interests.
Date: August 27, 2020
Assistant Professor Belinda Andrews-Smith has won the American Prize for directing the student performance of 'Chicago.'
Date: August 21, 2020
Faculty
An article about communication modes references Professor Lisbeth Lipari's work.
Date: July 28, 2020
Faculty
Prof. Omedi Ochieng was a guest of David Rutledge's ABC radio' show "The Philosophy Hour" to discuss nihilism and utopia.
Date: July 28, 2020
