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Historian Wins Prize for Best Book in Slavic Studies
Distinguished Professor of History Trish Starks was awarded the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies prize for Best Book at their 60th anniversary meeting at UNC-Chapel Hill. The committee recognized Starks' book, Cigarettes and Soviets: Smoking in the USSR, as the...
Historian Receives Grant From National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine
The National Institutes of Health and National Library of Medicine have awarded Distinguished Professor of History Trish Starks a $50,000 grant to write a book on the history of population health in Russia over the course of the 20th century. In Save the Men! Russian...
One Book One Community 2024 Campus Read Announced
The One Book One Community is pleased to announce the 2024 campus read choice: Rising Class: How Three First-Generation College Students Conquered Their First Year by Jennifer Miller (ISBN 9780374313579). This book tells the story of three first-generation college...
Parry Honored as Cordes Chair
Janine Parry, University Professor of political science, was honored by the Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center as the February 2024 Wally Cordes Chair. Named for University Professor Emeritus Wally Cordes who was known for his strong commitment to...
Jones Accepts 2024 Peter C. Rollins & Susan W. Rollins Award for Best Documentary Film
The documentary Training for Freedom received the 2024 Peter C. Rollins & Susan W. Rollins Award for Best Documentary Film from the Popular Culture Association this past Friday. Ringo Jones, assistant professor of communication, served as producer and sound...