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Love and the liberal arts

Posted in Academics & Research on February 15, 2012

Six professors weigh in on how their disciplines deal with the ultimate affection.

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Skeletons in the room

Posted in On Campus on December 9, 2011

Paleontologist Donald Johanson talks with students and faculty about “Lucy,” a hominid skeleton about 3.2 million years old.

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Wired for blogging

Posted in Academics & Research on September 29, 2011

Geoscience Professor Erik Klemetti’s popular “Eruptions” blog has found a glitzy new home at Wired.

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The Great East Coast Earthquake of 2011

Posted in Voices of Denison on August 29, 2011

A geosciences professor blogs about the rare quake that hit just days before Irene raced up the coast.

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A match made in the heavens

Posted in Academics & Research on July 18, 2011

Ever wonder how the moon got there? Here’s an idea that may soon come to the scientific forefront.

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Hidden in plain sight: no stone left unturned

Posted in On Campus on July 13, 2011

What’s bigger than a breadbox, erudite, and looks like it might have been a prop from an episode of Lost?

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Erik Klemetti, assistant professor of geosciences

When volcanoes are overblown

Posted in Voices of Denison on March 11, 2011

Volcanoes are hot news these days. But when the media sensationalizes science, Erik Klemetti gets a little steamed.

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iTunes U: Learning on demand

Posted in Academics & Research on December 2, 2010

Visit Denison on iTunes U for podcasts and recent lectures by Erik Klemetti, Mary Tuominen, Robert Malcuit, and others.

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Blinding with science

Posted in Academics & Research on September 3, 2010

It was all about nucleotides, polymerases, and PR2 yesterday, as students showcased their summer research at the Science Scholars Research Symposium. Get yourself photoexcited by our Flickr slideshow!

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Ch-ch-ch-changes

Posted in On Campus on August 20, 2010

While students were away working summer internships and jobs, traveling near and far, and, we hope, catching a little R & R, Denison’s campus was undergoing more than the normal amount of summertime changes.

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