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Ganesh Balasubramanian Studies the Mechanical Properties of Advanced Materials Using Computational Modeling

Balasubramanian focuses on understanding the mechanical properties of multi-principal element alloys through computational and experimental methods and predictive engineering.

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Kaitlin Anderson Seeks to Understand the Impact of School Suspensions on Academic Outcomes
Kaitlin Anderson explores the relationship between disciplinary responses to student behavior and students’ academic outcomes.
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Researchers: Air Pollutant is Likely Contributor to Most Severe Asthma Species
For the first time, an analysis identifies non-atopic childhood asthma as more than a set of symptoms, but a distinct disease, driven by early exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene from fossil fuel combustion.
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COH Appoints Christine Makosky Daley as First Department Chair
Daley will chair the Department of Community and Population Health.

Dismantling White Supremacy in Public Health
An analysis by Sirry Alang, associate professor of sociology and health, medicine, and society, suggests a new framework for dismantling white supremacy in public health.
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Scientists Identify Virus-Cell Interaction That May Explain COVID-19’s High Infection Rate

ÌÇÐÄviog¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ researchers quantify the interaction between the spike protein of SARS-CoV-2—the virus that causes COVID-19—with the ACE2 receptors in human cells.

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Embracing Our Excremental Selves
In her latest book, Mary Foltz examines the ways several postmodern authors produce scatological works to critique how humans treat each other and the natural world.
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Evolution’s Game of Rock-Paper-Scissors

Groundbreaking yeast experiment identifies a nontransitive evolutionary sequence where an organism is more fit than its immediate predecessor but less fit than a distant ancestor.


College of Health Welcomes Biostatistician Thomas McAndrew

Thomas McAndrew developed novel multi-model ensemble algorithms to forecast the seasonal flu.

Helping the Native American population

ÌÇÐÄviog¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾'s College of Health Establishes Institute for Indigenous Studies

Christine Makosky Daley and Sean Daley will lead the Institute. They have partnered with Native communities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Bolivia in holistic approaches to improving health.