Day: February 13, 2026
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Faculty Spotlight: Erik Gulbranson
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Erik Gulbranson (Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences) published a paper with former student Dr. Julia McIntosh entitled “Estimating paleotemperature using stable isotopes of soil-formed phyllosilicates from paleosols: A review” in the journal Earth-Science Reviews. This work represents 19 years of method development and refinement by the authors at the University of California Davis and Gustavus…
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Faculty Spotlight: Marta Podemska-Mikluch
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Marta Podemska-Mikluch (Business and Economics) received the 2025 Duncan Black Prize from the Public Choice Society for a co-authored article, “Bespoke science: the use of ad hoc scientific advisory committees in the Covid-19 pandemic,” published in Public Choice. The paper examines why governments across countries relied on temporary scientific advisory committees during the COVID-19 pandemic…
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Faculty Spotlight: Sharon Marquart
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Sharon Marquart (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures & Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies) gave an invited talk at the Department of French and Italian at the University of Minnesota. Titled “Situating Care with Agnès Varda,” the talk drew from her new book that is under contract with McGill-Queen’s University Press.