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Table of Contents College Headlines. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1–4 AASD News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6 ANTH News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CCJS News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 9 ECON News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9–11 GEOG News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13 GVPT News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 14, 16 HESP News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16 JPSM News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 17 PSYC News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 18, 19 SOCY News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 20 Peace Chairs News. . . . . . . . . . . . 21–23 Updates from Centers and More. 24–26 Donors Make a Difference . . . . . . 27 Be in Touch! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

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BSOS Welcomes Dean Gregory Ball Gregory F. Ball, Ph.D., joined the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences (BSOS) in October as Dean and Professor of Psychology. In addition to meeting with BSOS stakeholders and assuming administrative tasks, Dean Ball has emerged as a valued leader throughout the University and across the University System of Maryland. Dean Ball has been named Chair of the Innovations and Efficiencies in Education and Research Working Group in President Wallace Loh’s Flagship 2020 Commission, which is creating a road map to competitive excellence for the University. This group recommends improved ways to learn and teach, conduct research, and translate ideas into social and/or economic ventures. In his first State of the College address in January, Dean Ball highlighted BSOS’s excellence and achievements in teaching, research, fundraising and sustainability as well as its commitment to diversity. He also emphasized the need for continued growth in efficiency and in gaining external funding. His observations and plans for the College stem from the close relationships he has developed with faculty, staff, students and alumni. “In all of my meetings with departments, centers, student groups, alumni, faculty and staff, I have been continually

Dean Gregory Ball

impressed by the high quality of operations and aspirations throughout the College,” Dean Ball said. “I am honored to be in a position to help BSOS get the recognition it deserves and the resources it needs to advance to even higher levels of greatness.” As a researcher, Dean Ball focuses on biopsychology and considers how hormones act in the brain to change behavior. Much of his work is on birds as he studies how seasonal changes in physiological state can result in marked changes in the production of social behaviors and the neural substrate that regulates these behaviors. He is working with the Department of Psychology to continue the groundbreaking lab work he began at Johns Hopkins University (JHU). continued on page 27

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