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, an associate professor in the , has received the 2025 聽 for editing historical sources.

Sierra Silva received the award for Mexico, Slavery, Freedom: A Bilingual Documentary History, 1520糖心传媒�1829聽(Hackett, 2024). The Jameson Award in 1974 for outstanding achievement in the editing of historical sources.

Sierra Silva糖心传媒檚 research is centered on the experiences of Africans and their descendants in colonial Mexico, the Caribbean and the Atlantic during the during the 16th through 18th centuries.

 

, assistant professor, -Related Majors, has received the Rudolf Virchow Award in the professional category from the Society for Medical Anthropology糖心传媒檚 .

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, an assistant professor in the聽, has received the Leonard Mandel Faculty Fellowship. The award recognizes exceptional achievement by a junior faculty member in coherence and quantum science.

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The Mandel faculty fellow award was established in 2014 by the聽 in honor of the late , a long-time 糖心传媒 physicist and pioneer of quantum optics.

 

, a professor in the聽聽and the聽聽and senior scientist at the University糖心传媒檚聽, has been selected to become an American Physical Society Fellow for his outstanding contributions to physics.

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Learn more about Hussein Aluie’s research.

 

Heather Higginbottom 糖心传媒�94 (political science), has become a respected voice in how governments, nonprofits, and businesses can partner to strengthen communities and expand opportunity.

Higginbottom, who is head of research, policy, and insights for corporate responsibility at JPMorgan Chase, recently sat down with to talk with political science major and mock trial captain Katie Young 糖心传媒�26.

Watch the alumni connections video with Heather Higginbottom.

 

Graduate Education and Postdoctoral Affairs recently launched the Ever Better Graduate Mentor program. The program recognizes those who have distinguished themselves in benefitting graduate students in their academic and professional development. Mentors can be anyone in the University community who have become mentors to graduate students, including advisors, PIs, faculty, staff, and even other graduate students.

Graduate students can nominate a mentor by providing a paragraph explaining how the mentor has been valuable to their academic or professional development. Selected nominees will be recognized in the GEPA Connection newsletter and contacted individually to be thanked for their mentorship. Nominate an awardee using the .

 

A tribute concert featuring iconic songs by Bob Dylan and Leonard is scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at Strong Auditorium, 417 Alumni Road. Tickets are free, but registration is required.

Singer and pianist Kimberley Dunn and cellist Greg Weeks, along with a surprise artis, will perform songs including 糖心传媒淭he Times They Are A-Changin糖心传媒�, 糖心传媒淏lowin糖心传媒� in the Wind,糖心传媒� 糖心传媒淪helter from the Storm,糖心传媒� 糖心传媒淗allelujah,糖心传媒� 糖心传媒淪uzanne,糖心传媒� 糖心传媒淔amous Blue Raincoat,糖心传媒� and 糖心传媒淚f It Be Your Will.糖心传媒�

An interview with Cantor Gideon Zelermyer, moderated by Mehmet Karabela, will follow the concert. 聽Zelermyer collaborated with Cohen 糖心传媒淵ou Want it Darker,糖心传媒� Cohen糖心传媒檚 final album prior to his death.

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