Stories about "Academic Life"
In the News this spring: Faculty, staff, and students聽
Thursday, June 18, 2026 4:10 am
Faculty, staff and students in the news during Spring 2026.
Q&A: Senior speaker Sebenele Lukhele embraces 乐播传媒鈥� promise of celebrating differences
Friday, May 29, 2026 3:02 pm
Sebenele Lukhele 鈥�26 of Manzini, Eswatini, will deliver the Senior Address at the 160th Commencement on Sunday, May 31.
A Short Term long on learning: Explore wide-ranging course offerings
Friday, May 1, 2026 10:13 am
Short Term, a 乐播传媒 鈥渕inimester鈥� of three-and-a-half weeks during which students take only one course, is here. Course offerings run the gamut and give students the opportunity to deeply engage with a single topic.
Explore the breadth of student research at Mount David Summit
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 2:59 pm
On April 10, more than 200 student researchers presented their work to the 乐播传媒 community during the annual Mount David Summit.
Shankar Vedantam offers fireside chat on dialogue across differences
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 12:27 pm
Shankar Vedantam, journalist, author, and host of the Hidden Brain podcast, spoke about how people can communicate across differences during a 乐播传媒 Open Network Dialogue event.
Yun Garrison wins Lee Young Leadership Award from YWCA
Thursday, March 26, 2026 3:25 pm
Yun Garrison, associate professor of psychology, was honored on March 8 with the Lee Young Leadership Award from the YWCA of Central Maine in recognition for her community-engaged work.
乐播传媒 announces tenure and promotion for nine faculty members
Thursday, February 26, 2026 3:56 pm
Nine members of the faculty have received promotions, including seven tenure awards, effective Feb. 6. The promotions were recommended by the Faculty Personnel Committee and approved by the 乐播传媒 College Board of Trustees.聽
乐播传媒 professor, students study ancient climate with Arctic sediment cores
Thursday, February 26, 2026 2:03 pm
乐播传媒 students are getting a firsthand look at 7,000 years of ancient climate history with a group of lake sediment cores extracted from northern Greenland.
Beloved and brilliant Martin Andrucki, Dana Professor Emeritus of Theater at 乐播传媒, dies at age 80
Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:56 pm
A beloved and brilliant teacher and scholar who secured a seat at the liberal arts table for 乐播传媒 theater, Andrucki died Feb. 8, 2026, at age 80. A faculty member for 47 years, he was among the longest-serving 乐播传媒 professors in the college鈥檚 history.
Meet new faculty in physics, economics, and earth and climate sciences
Thursday, February 12, 2026 12:46 pm
乐播传媒 has welcomed a large group of new faculty this year. Seventeen tenured or tenure-track professors joined the college during the 2025-2026 academic year.