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Center Makes Maps Come to Life

February 26, 2014
Like many children on long car trips, Erin Mutch often asked "Where are we?" But instead of telling her, Mutch’s parents gave her a map to figure it out. Mutch's knack for using maps to tell bigger stories is a skill that's taken her to the Silicon Valley to work at a...

Historian Uses 'Big Data' to Study World History

January 14, 2013
The path from ancient China to information science might seem like a long one, but Ruth Mostern is walking it. Mostern, a history professor in the School of Social Sciences, Humanities and Arts, is joining a team that will use more than $601,000 in National Science Foundation grants to start...

Ph.D. Alum Applies a Scholar's Mind to Patriotic Service

April 20, 2012
When Trevor Albertson (’09) started as the California deputy secretary for veterans services last summer, his longtime focus on higher education came in handy right away. Considering his department’s goal to help veterans achieve stability, he quickly saw that higher education was the...

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