Family Studies Grows Up
On the first day of class in Family Communication, students encounter their first assignment: Visually define who counts as their own “family.”
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2014 Spring
Q-and-A With David Billingsley
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David Billingsley knows the arts can save lives. He’s helping Twin Cities youth overcome poverty, hopelessness and gun violence through music, dance, theater and art.
India Changes With the World
My research agenda focuses on examining changes in Indian politics since the end of the Cold War. I analyze changes observed in the country’s foreign policy since the Cold War years, and in describing India’s case, I attempt to demonstrate how globalization presents opportunities for countries to build strong relations with each other and overcome old hostilities and suspicions.
Arts and Sciences Faculty ‘Graduate’
After teaching thousands of students, 17 professors retire from the College of Arts and Sciences.
From the Dean: Calculating the Return on Investment: Part 3
Higher education is not only about preparation for a career, it is about preparation for life.
Mathematics Through the Lens of Biology
Until recently, many biologists also viewed themselves as pure experimentalists with no need for mathematics in their field, but advances in experimental techniques have generated huge amounts of data, and without mathematical modeling and analysis it would be impossible for biology to make sense of all these data.