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Faculty-Staff Achievements

September 6, 2023

Lia Ball, associate professor of chemistry, received a three-year research grant renewal from the National Science Foundation for her project, "Biophysical investigation of SH3 domain binding partners." Her research will take place in collaboration with Skidmore students.

Jordana Dym, professor of history, organized the ISHMap II Workshop and VII Symposium at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, as part of Dym’s role as chair of Trustees of the International Society of the Map (ISHMap). The events took place Berlin, Germany with local hosts Vera Dorofeeva-LIcthmann and Diana Lange.

Hajar Hussaini, visiting assistant professor of English, was an honorable mention for the inaugural Mo Habib Translation Prize in Persian Literature, awarded by the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures at University of Washington in Seattle.

Jamie Parra, assistant professor of English, published his article "The Desire for Lawlessness: Law, Freedom, and the Aesthetic in The Bondwoman’s Narrative" in Nineteenth-Century Literature

Jeff Segrave, professor of health and human physiological sciences, published his article "Bravo Segrave! Sir Henry Segrave and the Meaning of the World Land Speed Record" in the Journal of Sport History.


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