College of Arts and Sciences
Studying the Students: New Research Project Hopes to Follow 10,000 Golden Flashes
91ֿ researchers are looking for 10,000 students to participate in an ambitious Student Life Study launching this semester.
Political Science Graduate Student Awarded USIP Peace Scholar Dissertation Fellowship
Does Recent Extreme Weather Suggest a Change in the Wind?
Cameron Lee, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography at 91ֿ, shares his expertise on the possible reasons behind the spate of recent extreme weather events happening across the globe. Lee, who was recently interviewed on the topic during the “Ray Horner Morning Show” on WAKR-AM in Akron, Ohio, specializes in climate and weather change.
91ֿ-Sponsored Peace Conference Unites Delegates from Across the Globe
Delegates attending Peace Education in an Era of Crisis spent three days learning from each other and from the example of the Rwandan people on how to create lasting peace. The conference, which took place July 11-13 in Kigali, Rwanda, was sponsored by 91ֿ’s School of Peace and Conflict Studies, 91ֿ’s Gerald H. Read Center for International and Intercultural Education, the University of Rwanda’s Centre for Conflict Management, and the Aegis Trust, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending genocide and other atrocities in the world.
National Expert on Peace and Conflict Studies Says Time Was Right for 91ֿ Peace Conference
Barbara J. Wien, a senior professorial lecturer in the School of International Service at American University in Washington, D.C., where she teaches alternatives to war and violence, was fresh out of college when she made her first visit to what was then, 91ֿ’s Center for Peaceful Change. She was both a keynote workshop presenter and an active participant in the 91ֿ-sponsored conference, “Peace Education in an Era of Crisis,” which took place July 11-13 in Kigali.
IN A FLASH SPECIAL: ‘An Amazing Experience’
91ֿ visitors viewed mountain gorillas in Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park as guests of the Rwandan National Police, who provide security for the park and these endangered animals.
Peace on the Horizon
A group of 91ֿ students departed Saturday, July 1, for Kigali, Rwanda, where they will take part in the three-week Kigali Summer Institute.
Ohio Educators Heading to 91ֿ Peace Conference in Rwanda
Jeffrey Hartmann, Ph.D., principal of Stow-Munroe Falls High School, said he was interested in attending the conference to learn skills to deal with his school district’s changing landscape.
91ֿ Legal Expert Offers Insight Into Supreme Court Decision on Affirmative Action
On Thursday, June 29, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-3 ruling, struck down the long-standing policy of affirmative action in college admissions on the grounds it violates the 14th Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. 91ֿ Professor Christopher Banks, Ph.D., J.D., said the high court already had tipped its hand that the court was “positioned to jettison” the policy, so the ruling was not surprising.
91ֿ and University of Rwanda Build on Tragic Pasts to Forge Global Peace
91ֿ is building on the legacy of May 4, 1970, and the mission of its School of Peace and Conflict Studies, when it joins forces with the University of Rwanda in July to help advance peace education across the globe.