Faculty-Staff Edition - Dec. 20, 2018
Wishing you time for relaxation and reading for pleasure, University Libraries shares its recommendations for fun and captivating reads, plus a podcast, to sink into this winter.
Campus Community
Faculty in Focus: Examining the flip side of happiness
We stock our shelves with books and pills intended to make us happy, but ¶¶ÒõÂÃÐÐÉä psychologist June Gruber warns that too much of a good thing can backfire.
Student constructs gender-inclusive Hebrew language rules
Lior Gross and Jewish Studies instructor Eyal Rivlin publicly launched their new gender-inclusive Hebrew language—the Nonbinary Hebrew Project—in late October. Ìý
Pushing Boundaries: ROTC cadets become ‘Army Strong’ with help from mentors
The Golden Buffalo Battalion Army ROTC mentorship program provides freshman and sophomore cadets with leadership opportunities to learn from junior and senior cadets.
Research News
Chemical synthesis breakthrough holds promise for future antibiotics
Chemistry researchers have developed a novel way to synthesize and optimize a naturally-occurring antibiotic compound that could one day be used to fight lethal drug-resistant infections.
Longer growing seasons complicate outlook for coniferous forests
Will a longer, climate-induced growing season ultimately help coniferous forests to grow or hurt them?
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