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Committed to Diversity

Professor of Sociology and Legal Studies Ric Sheffield will hold the first three-year appointment of an endowed position created to honor Professor of American Studies Peter Rutkoff. “This is a tremendous honor because of the mentorship that Peter gave to me when I first came to Kenyon,” Sheffield said. “Watching and observing Peter taught me a lot about teaching.” As Kenyon’s first Distinguished Professor of Diversity and Inclusion, Sheffield will develop academic work that builds on the College…

Powerful Mode of Thinking

By Sean Decatur

Editor’s note: On June 17, 2018, President Decatur addressed new graduates of Stanford University’s chemistry department, from which he received his doctorate in biophysical chemistry in 1995. The following are excerpts from his address. On potent lessons learned as a chemist What drew me to chemistry was a mode of thinking: rigorous, quantitative observation; the construction and application of powerful models to explain observations; the formation of arguments and conclusions based firmly in…