Meet the new Society of Fellows director

Monday, May 2, 2022

Emily Walton Named Society of Fellows Director

The associate professor of sociology says her goal as director is to support a culture of openness and curiosity and encourage a spirit of risk-taking to "help bring the postdoctoral fellows together across disciplinary boundaries in order to create something that is new."

Jason McLellan to Receive Inaugural McGuire Prize

The McGuire Family Prize for Societal Impact will be presented to McLellan, a structural biologist whose groundbreaking coronavirus research conducted at Geisel laid the foundation for COVID-19 vaccines that have saved countless lives.

In the News: AI Sommelier Generates Wine Reviews Without Ever Opening a Bottle

Research that combines artificial intelligence expertise from the Department of Computer Science with marketing savvy from the Tuck School of Business to draft "evocative" product reviews for wine and beer is featured in Scientific American.

Quoted: Sarah Harris '00 in 'The Day'

"Telling the truth of the College's founding honors and gives life to Occom's accomplishments and shows Native students that they are foundational to the school, not an afterthought," the alumna and vice chairwoman of the Mohegan Tribal Council tells the newspaper.