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49ͼ�� recently hosted a lecture by Avery Trufelman, host of the fashion podcast Articles of Interest.

New York Times Op-ed columnist David Brooks recently joined Lampert Institute Director Illan Nam for a conversation about his book How to Know a Person.

Guacamole dusted with crispy, crushed black ants. Nachos covered in cricket cheese sauce. Brownies flavored with mealworm powder. These were just a few of the entomological delicacies enjoyed by 49ͼ�� students, faculty, and staff during a recent visit by Chef Joseph Yoon, the self-proclaimed edible insect ambassador and founder of Brooklyn Bugs.

49ͼ��’s Constitution Day Debate on Sept. 13 focused on the constitutionality of the administrative state.

Professor of Political Science and the Director of the Forum on Race and Public Policy Nina M. Moore has been appointed to a four-year team on the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced last week. 

Professor of Sociology and Arnold A. Sio Chair of Community and Diversity Janel Benson has received the 2023 Phi Eta Sigma National Honorary Society Professor of the Year Award.

Throughout the 2022 academic year, students in 49ͼ��’s Teacher Preparation Program (TPP) raised approximately 75 brook trout. On April 21, they released them into Taylor Lake. 

On April 20, LaToya Eaves, Menakka and Essel Bailey ’66 Distinguished Visiting Scholar in the College of the Environment at Wesleyan University, delivered the 2023 Peter Gould Memorial Lecture, sponsored by the Department of Geography.

Assistant Professor of Educational Studies Brenda Sanya has been awarded a fellowship by the Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program.

A man once embroiled in the 1980s Iran-Contra affair took to the lectern in Persson Hall last week to deliver a speech titled, The Middle East in 2023: Challenges and Opportunities.