Author: snowell
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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.
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What are you reading?
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“This is just so biased!” I (Kate) overheard a student say in a small group discussion about an assigned op-ed. When pushed to explain how and why they thought it was biased, the student noted that the author was making an argument, and that while it was supported by evidence, a “newspaper article” should be…
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Faculty Spotlight – Aaron Dysart
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Aaron Dysart (Art and Art History) presents a new exhibition, Phase Transition, in the Schaefer Gallery. This show runs from January 20 to February 15. The opening reception will take place January 21 from 4-6 p.m., with an artist talk in the art building lecture hall at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be provided.
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Faculty Spotlight – Christopher Flynn
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Christopher Flynn (History) was awarded a travel grant from the Medieval Academy of America to present a paper entitled, “The Imperial Worldview of the Annals of Xanten, 831-873,” at the Medieval Academy of America annual meeting in Amherst, Massachusetts, March 19-21.
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Faculty Spotlight – Kristen Lowe
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Kristen Lowe (Art and Art History) invites the Gustavus community and public to a reception for her exhibition, Waterways and Prairies, on January 24 from 3-5 p.m. at the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge’s Confluence Gallery. Drawing inspiration from local rivers, owls, herons, and coyotes, Lowe uses intricate layers of charcoal, Japanese wood, and natural…
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Faculty Spotlight – Kathy Lund Dean
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Kathy Lund Dean (Business and Economics) and the E. Terry Skone Investment Club executive leadership team of Nhyira Gamhrah ’26, Evan Ressler ’26, Josie Woldemar ’26, Cooper Ptacek ’27, Melora Lee ’27, Kieran Anders ’28, and Will Lawhead ’28, continued the Club’s philanthropic activities with its $13,148 FY 2026 scholarship donation. Scholarship money supports two…
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Faculty Spotlight – Betsy Byers
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Betsy Byers (Art and Art History) and Emily Dzieweczynski ’19 will present Accumulative Reductions, a collaborative exhibition at Rosalux Gallery in Minneapolis, from January 10 – February 1. The opening reception is Saturday, January 10 from 6-8 p.m. Review the artist statement, learn more about the exhibition, and make plans to visit at the Rosulux…
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Faculty Spotlight – Denis Crnkovic
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Denis Crnković (Modern Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, Retired) had an article, “Orality and Meaning in the Clozianus Methodian Sermon,” appear in Slovo (No. 75, 2025), the journal of the Croatian Church Slavic Institute in Zagreb.