Humanities and Social Sciences News and Events

Dr. Phillip Larson's KMSU Every Day Is Earth Day Interview

On September 22, 2022, Dr. Phillip Larson, co-director of the University’s EARTH Systems Laboratory and director of its Earth Science Programs, appeared on KMSU's Every Day is Earth Day podcast to discuss the recent National Science Foundation award.

Dr. Sarah Henderson Lee Selected by U.S. Department of State for Prestigious English Language Specialist Project

The U.S. Department of State announced the selection of Dr. Sarah Henderson Lee of Minnesota State University, Mankato for an 11-week English Language Specialist project focusing on current trends in English academic and research writing in Russia.

Minnesota State Mankato Professor Among 9 Lead Scientists from 5 Universities Awarded $2.8 Million NSF Grant

Professor Phillip Larson is part of an interdisciplinary group of experts who will be studying the formation and evolution of the Lake Superior basin through a project funded by a $2.8 million collaborative National Science Foundation “Frontier Research in Earth Sciences” grant.

Anniversary in the Theaters

The College of Education and the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Minnesota State University, Mankato will host a film viewing as part of the 9/11 Memorial & Museum’s Anniversary in the Theaters program at the AMC Theatres in Mankato.

Dr. Chip Panahon Named Interim Associate Dean

Dr. Chip Panahon named Interim Associate Dean of the College of Humanities & Social Sciences.

RESOLUTE: MN Stories of 9/11 & The War

Minnesotans were in the towers, planes and Pentagon on that fateful morning and on the frontlines of the war that followed.

The Humanity of Science

Minnesota State Mankato Names Christopher Brown Founding Dean of College of Humanities and Social Sciences as of July 1

Minnesota State University, Mankato President Edward Inch announced today that Christopher Brown will serve as the founding dean of the University’s newly formed College of Humanities & Social Sciences, effective July 1.