Margaret Kerr
October 13, 2020
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Prof. Margaret Kerr, Ph.D., Receives Deans' Lecture Award

Chemistry Professor Margaret Kerr, Ph.D., received the second annual Deans’ Lecture Award this fall in recognition of her extensive research, scholarship, and curriculum development in the field of . . .

Artwork of Stacey Parker
September 14, 2020
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Parker Raises Awareness of Endangered Species Through Art

Visual and Performing Arts Professor Stacey Parker, an instructor of fine art and interdisciplinary studies, is raising awareness for a global cause through her art. During a Spring 2020 sabbatical, . . .

Alexander Tarr and his new book
September 14, 2020
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Geography Professor Co-Authors an Alternative Guide to the San Francisco Bay Area

When Alexander Tarr, Ph.D., assistant professor of geography, enrolled at the University of California/Berkeley for his doctoral studies, he had the same sense of the San Francisco Bay Area that many . . .

Worcester State University Professor of English Heather Treseler, a woman with chin-length brown hair and wearing a blue dress, stands in the stacks of the library, holding a book
October 10, 2018
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Treseler Receives Frontier Poetry Summer Award

A poem by Heather Treseler (English) titled "Louisiana Requiem" has won Frontier Poetry's Summer Award, an honor for which the recipient receives $2,000. Treseler says she is particularly . . .

Palm trees blowing in high wind.
October 27, 2017
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Teach-In on Puerto Rico’s Post-Maria Devastation Attracts Large Crowd

Colonialism is often thought of as a thing of the past, but for Puerto Rico it is a part of ongoing economic inequality that has hampered the island’s recovery from the devastating September 20 . . .

Worcester State University English Faculty Sharon Yang and Kathy Healey to publish Gothic Landscapes
March 7, 2016
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English Professors Discuss Their Forthcoming Book on the Gothic Genre

The Gothic literary genre, which began in 18th century Britain as a “reaction to enlightenment culture,” has proven itself a timeless storytelling device “used to understand a certain time,” . . .

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