Category: Professional Notes

Farnsworth Discusses McDonnell Corruption Trial

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has been in considerable demand as a political analyst during the first week of the federal corruption trial of former Governor Bob McDonnell. His commentary has appeared in recent days in the New York Times, in Bloomberg News, […]

Al-Tikriti Presents Research in St. Petersburg, Russia

On July 25, Associate Professor of History and American Studies Nabil Al-Tikriti presented a paper entitled “John Elphinstone and the Battle of Çeşme” to the Second International Congress of Maritime Studies, which took place on July 23-25 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Congress, which featured international scholars presenting some 115 papers primarily relevant to Russian […]