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Saving research connected to Open Access Week

By Hany Abdel | October 24, 2013

With advancements in technology, digital formats are subject to media obsolesce and bit rot, rendering information irretrievable, as an Open Access Week speaker addressed Wednesday.Jaime Schumacher, director of the Digital POWRR Project, said digital...

Tuition waivers discussed in Faculty Senate

By Kia Clair | February 20, 2013

The Faculty Senate discussed types of tuition waivers at its meeting Wednesday. Attendees were informed of the potential changes in tuition waiver funding and recommended changes to budget priorities. “What I heard was that each graduate assistant comes...

End of world dating sites draw in survivalists

End of world dating sites draw in survivalists

By Mary Diamond | April 24, 2012

It may be the end of the world as we know it - but you don’t have to face it alone. With the last recorded Mayan calendar cycle approaching its final day on December 21 of this year, survivalists who believe that late 2012 will bring catastrophic change...

Research Rookies explore ruins of San Marcos Pueblo

By Lauren Dielman | April 17, 2012

San Marcos Pueblo, a village now in ruins, left behind many unanswered questions. The pueblo was located in New Mexico. In the seventeenth century, Spanish Jesuits constructed a two-story church and a convent for priests. The mission lasted 70 years until...

More to the job than professing

By Zachary Brictson | November 17, 2010

Not everyone is able to see what professors do outside the classroom and how they must balance between a variety of responsibilities that go well beyond the chalkboard. "We do a lot of hidden work that you don't see, but it's essential to keeping the...