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Manski and alum Pearl Renwick discuss the benefits of a cooperative business model, particularly for farmers.

The Urban Research Hub conducted its second photo contest, providing participants a chance to showcase photos of urban spaces. Participants submitted photos reflecting “Urban Contestations.” The winning photos are featured on the CSSR website and in the associated article.

Professor Yasemin İpek’s new book, Crisiswork, presents a story of Lebanon through the lens of activist lifeworlds, showing how, amid crisis, both political structures and everyday life become a terrain of generative possibility.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is proud to honor Shauna Rigaud, PhD '24, with the 2025 Distinguished Alumni award in cultural studies. Rigaud is a cultural studies scholar whose work explores the intersections of race, gender, identity, and freedom within the Anglophone Caribbean.

The National Humanities Alliance, in collaboration with the American Council of Learned Societies, and with funding from the National Science Foundation, is conducting a landscape survey of humanities-STEM research collaborations that address ecological challenges. CHSS faculty are encouraged to take a moment to complete this survey, which is estimated to take about 15 to 20 minutes to complete.

The Folger Institute in Washington, D.C., will offer several programs in spring 2026, including Early Modern Numeracy, directed by George Mason professor Jessica Otis. The application deadline for the spring 2026 programs is October 20.

The Office of Sponsored Programs has developed a resource to support faculty with guidance as to how a government shutdown can impact university research.