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2026 Ides of August

The Ides of August, the annual symposium of faculty scholarship and creative work was held Aug. 18, in Hays Hall 104. The 2026 edition continues that tradition of conversation across disciplines.
 
Biology Professor Thomas Cole created the first Ides of August more than 40 years ago for Wabash professors to share the fruits of creative and scholarly endeavors, learn about the work of colleagues across the College, and ease into the fall semester.
 

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Dennis Krause, professor of physics, opened session III with his presentation, "Entangled by the Invisible: Searching for Quantum Dark Matter."

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Krause made a point of how he arrived at the idea for this presentation by displaying this slide.

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Matthew Carlson, associate professor of philosophy, enjoys a mement between presenters.

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Timur Akhunov, assistantt professor of mathematics, presented, "Multi-Armed Bandit: Can differential equations make predictions for gambling and AI?"

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Phil Coons '67 paid rapt attention.

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Evan Dalton, assistant professor of chemistry, presented, "The chemistry of our atmosphere and the impact of environmental surfaces."

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Visual aids were included in Dalton's presentation. Here, he showed the difference in surface area in samples of kaolinite, a soft clay mineral.

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Beth Daniel Lindsay, Research and Instructional Librarian, enjoys a colleagues comment.

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Warren Campbell, assistant professor of religion, presented "The Demands of Death: Funerary Practices in Late Ancient Antioch."

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Stephenson Institute Scholar-in-Residence Nicholas Jensen presented, "Who Killed the Green Fairy? Temperance, Language, and Wine in the Swiss Absinthe Ban of 1908."

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Associate Professor of English Eric Freeze read an excerpt from his book during his presentation, "Á Propos de Nice: Simone Veil, the Holocaust, and the Freeze Family."

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Nicholas Snow, professor of economics and PPE (philosophy, political science, and economics), drew connections between economic theory and music history in his presentation, "Doux Skammerce."

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Professor Bobby Horton introduces his research on sophomore retention co-led with Director of Institutional Research David Dalenberg.

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Director of Institutional Research David Dalenberg

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Professor Adriel Trott's topic was "The Case for the Liberal Arts at Wabash."

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Director of the Writing Center Zachery Koppelman shared his philosophy behind training writing center tutors.

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Professor Shamira Gelbman discusses her on-going research on women lobbyists in the mid-twentieth century.

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Professor Jeff Gower shared parts of his sabbatical research "Between Folkish Particularism and Imperialistic Universality: Lessons from the Eighth and Ninth International Congresses of Philosophy."

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