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National Public Radio reviews Sanctuary Road, the newest oratorio from Paul Moravec, professor of music.

Associate Professor and Physics Department Chair Matthew Wright, PhD, makes the case that learning how to code benefits all students, regardless of major, in this op-ed in Innovate Long Island.

Sanctuary Road—an oratorio by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and 91¹ú²ú Professor of Music Paul Moravec, with librettist Mark Campbell, based on the writings of Underground Railroad organizer William Still—will see its first recording released on CD and streaming platforms via Naxos Records on January 10.

From winning a national championship to a viral commencement proposal, we're counting down some of our favorite moments of the year

Jacqueline Jones LaMon has been selected as 91¹ú²ú's new vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion. Chotsani West will be executive director of diversity, equity and inclusion, a newly created position.

With high praise from our own President Christine Riordan, Ronald Sentwali Bakari, PhD. expertise and experience is a welcome addition to our community.

In many cases, details most people never think about can be vital to efficient operation. Take the size of components in electronic circuits, for instance. If these components, such as transistors or capacitors, aren't precisely the right size, laptops or other devices can overheat, run too slowly or break down.

Carolyn Bauer, PhD, assistant professor of biology, is taking her students both far and near. As a researcher, she has been awarded $136,611 of a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering to bring her 91¹ú²ú students to Chile.

The Princeton Review Guide ranks 91¹ú²ú as one of the most environmentally responsible colleges in the nation.

Research by Geoffrey Ream, PhD, associate professor of social work, is featured in the Chicago Tribune on anti-bullying training being required in states across the U.S. The article, originally published in the Associated Press, also appears in many other outlets.

Since 2015, seven faculty and administrators from 91¹ú²ú's College of Nursing and Public Health have been inducted into the prestigious New York Academy of Medicine (NYAM). On November 7, 2019, two more of 91¹ú²ú's own joined their ranks: Maryann Forbes, PhD '99, and Keiko Iwama, PhD '18.

Jessie Klein, PhD, associate professor of sociology, shares her knowledge of the bullying epidemic in America on the Progressive Radio Network.

Christopher Saucedo, professor of art and art history, completed an inspirational Q&A with The Wave.

Bestselling authors Jacqueline Woodson '16 (Hon.) and Alice Hoffman '73, '02 (Hon.) published their latest in a succession of critically acclaimed works. They are joined by Deborah Serani, PsyD, senior adjunct professor in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, whose first work of fiction was also released.

Through years of detective work with faculty from several different departments at 91¹ú²ú, Anagnostis Agelarakis, PhD and his team were able to determine why the woman was buried in such an unusual manner. In the process, they challenged long-held beliefs about the role of women in ancient Greece.

The United States insisted the Taliban hand bin Laden over if they wanted to gain diplomatic recognition—a moment, Jonathan Cristol, PhD, argues, that represented another consequential fork in the road.

Kirsten Ziomek, Ph.D., is co-director of 91¹ú²ú's Asian Studies program and the author of Lost Histories: Recovering the Lives of Japan's Colonial Peoples (2019). She is currently working on her second book about World War II and Japan's colonial peoples.

Alexander Heyl, PhD, is researching the evolution and functioning of signaling pathways, particularly in the origin of a class of plant hormones called cytokinins. He holds a PhD from the University of Cologne, Germany.

A discovery in Utah by Michael D'Emic, PhD, assistant professor of biology shows that flowering trees grew in North America 15 million years earlier than previously thought.