Faculty in Focus
- Angel Tang brings a collaborative, curiosity-forward approach to the University Libraries. She will support faculty and students in engineering, the natural and applied sciences and connect them with high-quality resources, research partnerships and strategies.
- Natalia Umaña is the new liaison librarian to the School of Education. Learn more about her and how she plans to bring her passion and expertise to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø.
- Zhi Li's research tries to improve flood forecasts so residents receive earlier warnings and know where to go if they need to evacuate. Laura Sunberg's research has explored firebrand transport, which is important in predicting and mitigating wildfire spread.
- Get to know 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's new provost, Ann Stevens, an economist, who succeeds Russell Moore.
- Jenna Settles, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's new learning development and design librarian, brings a unique blend of tech experience and a people-first mindset to her role.
- Mary Rippon, 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's first female professor, lived a remarkable double life, teaching students while secretly supporting a hidden child born from a forbidden love with her former student.
- Gregor MacGregor, assistant teaching professor of environmental studies, focuses on local economies and environmental justice in his Vulcan Mine Bakery.
- Before finding the joy of exploration as a university professor and chief academic officer, Russell Moore found it traveling the world.
- From training as an army ranger and flight test engineer, to life as an astronaut in the microgravity of space, to educating the next generation of aerospace engineers, Jim Voss has a list of career achievements a mile long.
- Celebrated professor and prolific inventor Richard Noble reflects on decades of teaching and discovery and embarks on a new path to commercialization of a game-changing technology.