Alumni Alan and Terri Krysan's new endowment in the College of Design supports an existing program that provides new, gently used or recycled supplies and materials to Design students with a financial need. The Design Closet primarily serves first-year students but is open to all.
In a partnership with John Deere, faculty in the English department are helping high school apprentices sharpen their writing and speaking skills through a four-week communications training.
A research team that includes Young Woong Park, assistant professor of information systems and business analytics, studied how factors such as marketing, location and funding affected audience diversity for nonprofit performances of ballet, opera, theater and symphonies.
With help from a student and funding from state and national arts organizations, assistant teaching professor of English Emma Murray is launching a podcast that explores the stories of people who requested song dedications during Casey Kasem's "American Top 40," a popular weekly radio show that aired 1970-88. The first episode will be released at the end of August.
August's arrival means the window for summer construction projects will close soon. Here's an update on a few.
