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Winton Solberg wins Chancellor's Medallion

Emeritus Professor Winton Solberg has been one of three awarded the highest campus honor.  The Chancellor's Medallion has only been awarded six times since it was first presented in 1999.  Ellen Swain, the Stewart S....

Maria Todorova awarded honorary doctorate

Join us in congratualating Professor Maria Todorova, who has been awarded an Honorary Doctor by Panteion University in Athens, Greece,...