2022

Awards & Honors
Fall 2021 Dean's list
The list of students achieving Dean's list status in the Fall of 2021
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Ching-chu Hu
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Professor Ching-chu Hu named director of Vail Arts Series
Denison University announces Professor Ching-chu Hu has been named director of the much-admired Vail Series.
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Buddhist nuns
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Buddhist nuns gain leadership roles following historic precedent
Prof. Jue Liang: Buddhist nuns are becoming equal members in their communities, a tradition that began with Buddha’s foster mother's ordination.
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Volcano eruption
In the News
Prof. Erik Klemetti: Tonga eruption won't affect climate
Professor Erik Klemetti says the sulfur emitted by the Tonga eruption is below the threshold to have a "significant impact on climate in general."
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2021

Denison Chapel Walk
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Denison professors receive $386,000 NSF grant
A three-year, $386,277 NSF grant will fund faculty and student research on interactions of photons with negative ions.
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In the News
Coach Gregg Parini teaches life lessons through swimming
Early on Coach Gregg Parini knew he was called to work with young people. "Coaching and swimming were simply the vehicles to channel the calling.”
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connected world
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New book by Denison Prof. explores power behind digital platforms
Prof. Sangeet Kumar's book, The Digital Frontier: Infrastructures of Control on the Global Web, questions the reach of big technology companies.
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hands
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Antiracism is deeply embedded: people can begin where they are now
Anti-racist work requires everyday practice,” says Professor Christine Pae in a NBC news article. “We have to start from where we stand."
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Tunisia
Faculty
Economics fuel politics in Tunisia
Prof. Fadhel Kaboub comments on the effect of overlooked economic problems on the political landscape of Tunisia.
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Denison professor and student in a chemistry lab
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Denison receives $650,000 NSF grant to aid low-income STEM students
The National Science Foundation has awarded Denison $650,000 to enable talented low-income students to pursue majors and careers in STEM fields.
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Professor Wes Walter honored with 2021 Bonar Award
Denison University honors Professor Wes Walter with the prestigious Bonar Family Mentorship and Teaching Excellence Award.
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Brickman Teaching
Professor Matt Neal honored with 2021 Brickman Award
Denison University honors Professor Matt Neal with the prestigious Charles A. Brickman Teaching Excellence Award.
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Prof. Christine Pae
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The intersection of purity culture and anti-Asian racism
Prof. Christine Pae notes, "the Western church has long held up two images of women — the Virgin/Whore dichotomy."
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2021 President's Medalists with Denison President Adam Weinberg
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Denison celebrates student excellence
Each year, Denison University celebrates the accomplishments of its outstanding seniors.
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Prof. Karen Spierling
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The ROI of getting out of comfort zones
Prof. Karen Spierling shares an op-ed about the value of embracing liberal arts skills while stepping into professional settings.
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Denison Professor and author Peter Grandbois
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DU Prof. Peter Grandbois releases two volumes of poetry
Author and Professor Peter Grandbois releases two new collections of poetry about mental illness and aging.
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Prof. Julie Mujic
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Prof. Julie Mujic on finding surprising moments of productivity
For academic parents and other busy faculty members, Denison Prof. Julie Mujic shares some productive ways to spend those precious free moments.
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Faculty op-ed addresses cancel culture and structural injustice
Cancel culture emerges to "takedown" behaviors that represent implicit bias, but research shows we all carry bias, says Prof. Toni King.
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Olin Hall
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Denison faculty publish new data science textbook
Denison faculty Thomas Bressoud and David White announce the publication of a new data science textbook, titled “Introduction to Data Systems.”
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Historic Sundial in Front of Swasey Chapel
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Denison welcomes newly tenured faculty
Denison University has awarded tenure to John McHugh, Emily Nemeth, Omedi Ochieng, Hyun Woong Park, Luis Villanueva, Sarah Wolff, and Hoda Yousef.
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Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas ’79
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Keynote by nationally recognized theologian Kelly Brown Douglas
Author and nationally recognized theologian Kelly Brown Douglas will serve as Denison’s 2021 Commencement speaker.
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Lew Ludwig teaching
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Puzzle challenge shows profs what it’s like to be a new learner
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.
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Mars
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DU Prof looks at the geology of a formerly wet planet: Mars
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.
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Shiri Noy, assistant professor of anthropology and sociology
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Kindness during COVID-19: Science, Religion, and Uncertainty
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.
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Erik Klemetti
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Hot topic: The fascinating variations of lava
Lava lakes, Lava flows, Lava domes, Prof. and vulcanologist Erik Klemetti waxes poetic on the mysteries of lava.
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Faculty
Christian Faur awarded $4000 Award Ohio Arts Council
Christian Faur, Director of Collaborative Technologies in the Fine and Performing Arts, was awarded a $4000 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
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2020

Midland
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Journalism profs commended
"Midland: Reports from Flyover Country," by profs Michael Croley and Jack Shuler is lauded for making reporting with ongoing value more accessible.
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Prof. Sarah Wolff
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Prof. Sarah Wolff on teaching the complexities of mathematics
"I definitely try to be a strong mentor for all my women students," says math and computer science professor Sarah Wolff.
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Volcano
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Prof. Erik Klemetti on volcano tourism
"Volcanoes can be somewhat unpredictable, even with the best monitoring," says Prof. Erik Klemetti in an article about New Zealand's White Island.
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Prof. Rachel Mitton-Fry
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Prof. Rachel Mitton-Fry solves puzzles in chemistry
"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.
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