By LORRAINE U. MARTINELLE The Nichols College History Department and Fischer Institute are sponsoring the first Media and Politics in America Conference Tuesday, Dec. 4, and Thursday, Dec. 5, featuring presentations in Fels Student Center, Room 210, by Nichols students in History Program Chair and Professor Michael Neagle‘s History 480W seminar. Three students each day […]
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Nichols Students Attend Psychology Conference
Six Nichols College students and their professors attended the Nov. 10 New England Psychological Association annual meeting at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. The meeting included educational sessions on a range of psychology-related topics as well as several poster sessions. Pictured, from left to right: Christina Demalia, ’20; Professor Brian McCoy; Jessica Warner, ’21; Nicole Murray, ‘21 (in […]
Nichols Math Professor Dissects Probability of Winning Mega Millions Jackpot
Are you vying for a piece of the $1.6 billion Mega Millions pie — or, preferably, all of it? Well, Heard on The Hill, asked Nichols College Associate Professor of Mathematics Mark Naigles what he thinks the chances are of someone winning the largest jackpot in Mega Millions history. The numbers will be drawn at […]
Nichols Students Map College’s Emergency Telephone Locations
Nichols College Environmental Science Professor Prajwal Panday‘s students used an app called Epicollect5 to collect data on Nichols land use and land cover. For this exercise, they focused on mapping the locations of all blue emergency telephones around campus. “A map of this sort would be helpful for the Nichols College Public Safety Office as […]
Dr. Cornelius Smith Researching Lady Bird Johnson and World War II-era ‘Rosies’ of Congress
Erika Cornelius Smith, Ph.D., Nichols College assistant professor of political science and international business and political science chair, will travel in November to Austin, Texas, to conduct research at the LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson) Presidential Library and Museum for an upcoming article on women who ran congressional offices in the 1940s, prior to the professionalization […]