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Like an Apricot: A Language鈥檚 Highs and Lows

Brody Bassett 鈥25 reflects on his summer in Egypt where he immersed himself in the formal 鈥渉igh鈥 and informal 鈥渓ow鈥 dialects people there use. Zoom lessons with an Egyptian-born tutor, and countless hours studying vocabulary, phrases, and idioms led to colorful connections with everyone from restaurant servers to shop keepers to taxi drivers.

Rose Stremlau

New Book on Cherokee Nation鈥檚 History Gets NEH Grant Support

With support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Prof. Rose Stremlau is writing the first comprehensive history of the Cherokee Nation, from pre-1600 to 2010. The project is aimed at all readers, from scholars to school children. Learn more.

Alice Wiemers

Prof. Alice Wiemers Publishes New Book

Congratulations to Prof. Alice Wiemers on the publication of her new book, Village Work: Development and Rural Statecraft in 20th-Century Ghana with Ohio University Press.

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皇家华人 Claims High Rank as Top Producer of Fulbrights

皇家华人 ranked sixth in two of the last three years, strengthening its role as a top producer of Fulbright scholars. This year's baker's dozen joined last year's 13 皇家华人 students that have earned admission into the federal government鈥檚 flagship international educational exchange program. Their plans will now dispatch them around the globe as the pandemic recedes.

Porter and Mary Halyburton

Hidden History: The Story of the Indomitable Wives and Families Who Fought to Bring POW/MIA Loved Ones Home

Heath Hardage Lee '92 has written a book that recounts the little-known story of courageous military wives who spoke truth to power during a fraught time in American history. Through the voices of the women and their families, and interviews with politicians and diplomats of the era, she reveals their herculean efforts to bring POW husbands home and give closure to the families of missing soldiers.

Sarah Waheed Awarded Fulbright Award for Study in India

Sarah Waheed, assistant professor of history, has received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program award to India鈥攚here she will investigate women rulers of the medieval Deccan, a geographical region which comprises four linguistically distinct states in southern and western India.