Several faculty members will be honored with Research Initiative Awards at the Founders Day celebration on February 15.
Research Initiative Award recipients announced

Several faculty members will be honored with Research Initiative Awards at the Founders Day celebration on February 15.
Politics and Government alumnus Nikita Richards is in the running for a local award for excellence in communication.
Ali Riaz presented a paper at a conference on religious freedom in South Asia at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars at Washington DC on January 8, 2018.
Graduate student Mizanur Rahman has published an article in the Journal of Asian and African Studies.
Sherri Replogle recently published a co-authored article in Air and Space Power Journal, Africa and Francophonie.
Nominations are open for the Grabill-Homan Community Peace Prize, which recognizes individual achievements in peacemaking, leadership, community service, and activism.
Professor of Geology David Malone and Professor of Politics and Government Ali Riaz have been named Distinguished Professors by the Office of the Provost. They will be honored at the Founders Day Convocation.
Ali Riaz, University Professor of Politics and Government, has been quoted in both the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Express of Bangladesh.
Ali Riaz, Distinguished Professor of Politics and Government, commented on the plan to repatriate hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees into Myanmar.
He almost failed the third grade. By the seventh grade, his teacher had given up on him, predicting he’d be lucky to make it through middle school. But Richard Greenfield, born with lead poisoning, never gave up on himself. On Saturday, he’ll graduate with a bachelor’s degree in politics and government. And this time, a