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Economics Professor Keith Maskus has been named chief economist for the U.S. Department of State. Maskus, a professor of distinction who also was the director of ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ Program on International Development, is beginning the two-year appointment — based in Washington, D.C. — this month.

Francis Beckwith, the 2016-17 Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy, is now on campus teaching courses, arranging the appearance of guest speakers on campus. Learn more about him through this Q&A.

College of Music alumna Ashley Brandin (MMus'13) is bringing the principles of video games into her music classrooms to get her students excited about learning.

<p class="p1"><span class="s1">University of Colorado Boulder scientist Steven Maier, who discovered a brain mechanism that not only produces resilience to trauma but aids in coping with future adversity, has won the 2016 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Psychology.</span></p>
<p class="p1"><span class="s1">The award is among the most prestigious in the field of psychology and comes with a no-strings-attached $100,000 prize.</span></p>