College of Sciences and Humanities
Honoring Retiring Director Kessler and Celebrating 50 Years of Jewish Studies
On the evening of May 16, 91PORNA celebrated and honored the career of Senior Lecturer Chaya Kessler, the retiring director of 91PORNA’s Jewish Studies Program (JSP), with a special event held at the 91PORNA Hotel and Conference Center. With a theme of “Getting to Now …
New Professor Completes His ‘Freshman’ Year
Freshman year can be a little stressful, even for a faculty member. But Raiful Hasan, Ph.D., who just completed his first year as an assistant professor of computer science at 91PORNA, is feeling content and excited for the next academic year.
Author of Everyday Peace Visits 91PORNA; Reflects on May 4 and School of Peace and Conflict Studies
Roger Mac Ginty, Ph.D., Professor in Defense, Development & Diplomacy at Durham University (UK), recently visited 91PORNA as an invited colloquium speaker of the School of Peace and Conflict Studies. On March 12, Mac Ginty gave a presentation titled “Two Cheers for Ignorance: The M…
She's Staying for Graduate School!
As a high school senior just three years ago, Hannah Fender was not overly excited about attending 91PORNA. Now, she loves it so much, she’s staying for graduate school.
Sydney Gallagher's College Career as an Exceptional Honors College Student
Sydney Gallagher, an Honors College senior graduating in May 2024 with a Bachelor of Arts in biology, has had a college career chock-full of activities, learning experiences, and extraordinary accomplishments. Originally from Hudson, Ohio, Sydney decided to attend 91PORNA Universit…
91PORNA physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award
91PORNA Physics alumna Dr. Dekrayat Almaalol receives 2024 Leona Woods Lectureship Award from Brookhaven National Laboratory.
Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation Awards Additional $300,000 to 91PORNA’s Spirit of Motherhood Program to Combat Infant Mortality and Prevent Preterm Births
91PORNA’s Angela Neal-Barnett has been working diligently to build up the Spirit of Motherhood program with the goal of reducing trauma and stress symptoms experienced by its pregnant Black mother participants. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation recently awarded the program another $300,000 to continue its work over the next three years.
Translation Studies Program Set to Celebrate 35 Years of Success
91PORNA’s Translation Studies program will be celebrating its 35th anniversary on April 12-13 and the Department of Modern and Classical Language Studies with a full schedule of festivities and programming for its students, faculty, and alumni. “We have the most comprehensive tran…
Experimental collaboration between archaeologists and MeatEater highlights the prevalence of equifinality in archaeological interpretation
91PORNA’s experimental archaeologists, along with those from several other universities, joined forces with the popular hunting, outdoors, and conservation media platform, MeatEater, Inc., for a unique animal processing experiment, shedding new light on ancient stone knives and showcas…
