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Knox College educational studies faculty Jason helfer and Stephen Schroth are collaborating with Lyric Opera of Chicago on publications that connect opera with the school curriculum for 24,000 elementary students in Chicago.
Knox College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation for Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to faculty during 2009-2010. Karen Kampwirth is studying feminism and politics at the University of Buenos Aires, and Jeremy Day O'Connell is conducting musicology and linguistics research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
Knox College is one of the top liberal arts colleges in the nation for Fulbright Scholar grants awarded to faculty during 2009-2010. Karen Kampwirth is studying feminism and politics at the University of Buenos Aires, and Jeremy Day O'Connell is conducting musicology and linguistics research at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland.
The Knox-Sandburg Community Concert Band, Knox Wind Ensemble, and individual music students perform in concert and recital, November 13 through 17 at Knox College.
Theatre reviewers note outstanding work by Knox College faculty in directing, acting and design, in Vitalist Theatre's Chicago production of "The Night Season." 
Knox College computer scientist David Bunde and colleagues receive a patent for raising the efficiency of programming in supercomputers with thousands of networked processors. 
Knox College has been awarded a challenge grant of $850,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support the Lincoln Studies Center at Knox College. It is is the third-largest among this year's grants and the largest to any educational institution. 
Knox College psychology professor Heather Hoffmann has been awarded a federal research grant of $275,000 to study intervention programs designed to reduce the spread of AIDS. 
Knox College will receive a $50,000 grant from Excelencia in Education to implement a program to increase the graduation rate of Latina women at the college. 
L. Sue Hulett, Richard P. and Sophia D. Henke Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Knox College, has received a 2009 Chapter Advisor Recognition Award from Pi Sigma Alpha, the national honor society for political science. 
