CUA Is Looking Quite Green,
Says National Report
CUA was rated one of the most environmentally friendly universities -- a leader in recycling and energy conservation -- in the first large-scale survey of the environmental performance of U.S. universities and colleges. Conservation saves the university a reported $400,000 per year. See story.
The Call of Rome
Shapes Professor Jansen
Associate Professor of History Katherine Jansen grew up in Rome, researched her award-winning book on the medieval cult of Mary Magdalen there, and is helping to set up up a CUA study-abroad program in the Eternal City. See People.
The Man Who Led University
Into the Online Age Moves On
Departing Chief Information Officer Peter J. Murray leaves a high-tech legacy as he moves on to University of Maryland, Baltimore. See story.
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CUA Architecture Students' Work
Goes from Crough
to a National Museum
How many students ever get a chance to see their course assignments displayed in a national museum? CUA's do. The nation's most distinguished museum devoted to architecture is exhibiting CUA students' architectural models this month and next. See story.
Why Students Cheat
U.S. students regard academic dishonesty as wrong, but 90 percent report having cheated. Their acceptance of cheating depends on what prompts it, says Assistant Professor of Psychology Lene Arnett Jensen, who has conducted extensive surveys of high school and university students on this subject. See Research and Teaching.
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