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Arts & Sciences has over 1,000 faculty and staff who utilize their diverse expertise in the pursuit of research breakthroughs, gaining a deeper understanding of the world's most pressing issues and serving as mentors of the next generation.
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Annie Nickrent
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Ke Nie
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Kimberly Norwood
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Michael Nowak
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Zohar Nussinov
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Amanda Nutter
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Diana Z. O'Brien
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Michael O'Bryan
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Casey O'Callaghan
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Michael C. Ogilvie
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Ryan Ogliore
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Tae Sung Oh
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Kenneth Olsen
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Michael Olson
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Kyle G. Olson
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Mikael Olsson Berggren
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Tai Oney
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Philip Osdoby
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Maryam Oyebamiji
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B. Duygu Özpolat
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Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Taylor Carlson, assistant professor of political science in Arts & Sciences, has been awarded a Social Science Research Council Social Data Research Fellowship to study the extent to which user-generated content (i.e. comments) on social media platforms distorts information reported by mainstream news outlets. The fellowship comes with a $50,000 award.
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