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  • Faculty Spotlight: Jeff La Frenierre

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    Jeff La Frenierre (Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences) and his student Scott Knowlton were featured in a story that aired on Swedish public television. The story, about glacier change in Sweden, includes brief comments from Jeff and footage of Scott. The broadcast is in Swedish and the Gustie portion begins at the 28-minute mark.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Larissa McConnell

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    Larissa McConnell (Theatre and Dance) had an embroidery art piece accepted into the Carnegie Art Centers Juried Exhibition in Mankato. The opening reception is Friday, October 6 from 5-7 p.m., and the exhibition runs from October 5-21.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Dwight Stoll

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    Dwight Stoll (Chemistry) received a grant from Eli Lilly and Company for the project “Two-Dimensional Liquid Chromatography for New Pharmaceutical Modalities” ($170,000).

  • Faculty Spotlight: Darsa Donelan

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    Darsa Donelan (Physics) has received a $394.25 grant from the Society of Amateur Radio Astronomers for the project, “Gustavus Radio JOVE.”

  • Faculty Spotlight: Dwight Stoll

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    Dwight Stoll (Chemistry) received a grants from MJH Associates for work on Columns ($17,732) and Podcasts ($3,000).

  • Faculty Spotlight: Patricia English-Schneider

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    Patricia English-Schneider published the book Narrative and Grief: Autoethnographies of Loss (Lexington Publishing) with Deleasa Randall-Griffiths this past May.

  • Faulty Spotlight: Marta Podemska-Mikluch

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    Marta Podemska-Mikluch’s (Business and Economics) chapter, “Entangled Political Economy and the Viennese Students of Civilization,” was recently published in the volume Research Agenda for Austrian Economics, part of the Elgar Research Agendas series. This work delves into the intricate relationship between the Viennese students of civilization, a term coined by Erwin Dekker to describe Austrian…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Jeff La Frenierre

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    Jeff La Frenierre (Environment, Geography, and Earth Sciences)and collaborators from the University of Minnesota, Penn State University, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of North Carolina were awarded a National Science Foundation grant totaling $2.99 million for the four-year project, “From Peaks To Slopes To Communities, Tropical Glacierized Volcanoes As Sentinels of Global Change: Integrated…

  • Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking

    Faculty Spotlight: Glenn Kranking

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    Glenn Kranking (History and Scandinavian Studies) was a lecturer and expert on a Baltic Sea cruise with Smithsonian Journeys, giving lectures on Nordic and Baltic history, and answering questions on Russia and the Baltic Sea region.

  • Faculty Spotlight: Thia Cooper

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    Thia Cooper (Religion) will preach a sermon at the pre-Pride community worship service on Saturday Sept. 9 at the First Presbyterian Church of Mankato. A communitywide service will follow at 9:30, then a people-of-faith walk will proceed to the start of the Pride Parade to join the broader congregations for the South Central Minnesota Pride…