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Liddle wins Culture Award from government of Indonesia
Mershon faculty affiliate R. William Liddle, professor emeritus of political science, has won the Anugerah Kebudayaan (Culture Award) from the Indonesian Ministry of Education and Culture.…

Brooks named associate editor of American Journal of Political Science
Mershon affiliate Sarah Brooks, professor of political science, has been appointed associate editor of the American Journal of Political Science. As part of the journal's editorial…

Former Mershon Director James A. Robinson passes
Former Mershon Director James A. Robinson has passed on May 7, 2018 at the age of 85.
He is survived by his daughter, Adelaide Robinson McCulloch (Jeffrey), and his son, Luke…

Brooks, Nyseth Brehm win faculty recognitions
On Tuesday, April 10, the College of Arts and Sciences held its third annual Spring Recognition Ceremony, honoring the recipients of all endowed college awards and college-wide awards for teaching…

Mershon student accepted to Cambridge security program
Want to learn about state secrets, nuclear proliferation, cyber security, and terrorism from people who have lived and worked internationally in the field?
Then you might want to follow in…

A lesson in law, civics
How presidential, judicial powers could affect Mueller investigationIf Special Counsel Robert Mueller is fired in the midst of his investigation into Russian interference with the 2016 election…

Mansoor, Cabanes win NEH grant for seminar on 'Voices of War'
Mershon affiliates Peter Mansoor, Gen. Raymond E. Mason Jr. Chair in Military History, and Bruno Cabanes, Donald G. and Mary A. Dunn Chair in Modern Military History, are recipients of a…

Conference to examine quantum social science
Scientists have long thought that quantum mechanics -- the bizarre and fantastic world of non-locality, indeterminacy, and wave/particle duality that physicists discovered in the early 20th…

Who becomes a hero? It is more than just a personality trait
Social factors shaped who rescued people in Rwandan genocideWe tend to think of heroes in terms of a psychological profile: brave, altruistic, strong.
But a new study suggests that for…