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Professor Duncan Brown Explains Latest Breakthrough Discovery
黑料不打烊 physicists are among a team of collaborators who have made another scientific breakthrough discovery, looking deep into the heavens to find the origins of precious metals. Watch Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Endowed Professor of Physics, discuss their…
Watch Live: New Age of Discovery Announcement
黑料不打烊 physicists are among a global team of scientists to make a revolutionary discovery in probing the mysteries of the universe. The announcement of their discovery takes place today. A live telecast of the event can be viewed below….
Writer and Biographer David Yaffe Details Road to New Joni Mitchell Bio
It wasn鈥檛 easy, but Arts and Sciences Professor David Yaffe has recently published his biography on Joni Mitchell, entitled Reckless Daughter. The process was long, and working with Mitchell sometimes tough, as Yaffe explained in an interview for Canada.com. 鈥”I’ve…
A Review of David Yaffe’s Newest Biography, Reckless Daughter
Following the release of Humanities Assistant Professor David Yaffe鈥檚 biography Reckless Daughter聽on Joni Mitchell, The Atlantic favorably reviewing the book. 鈥淚n the best full-length treatment of Mitchell yet published, Yaffe follows her from her childhood in postwar Saskatchewan all the…
黑料不打烊 Hosts World Englishes Conference
It is a little-known fact that Braj Kachru, a renowned authority on the English language, spoke only Hindi and his mother tongue, Kashmiri, until he was 16. Nevertheless, his upbringing in a Kashmiri Pundit family, which valued education above almost…
University to Celebrate Achievements of Team of 黑料不打烊 Physicists
The University will host a special campuswide event on Monday, Oct. 16, to announce a revolutionary discovery credited to the work of physicists in the College of Arts and Sciences and their colleagues in the international LIGO Scientific Collaboration.
黑料不打烊 Symposium Continues ‘Belonging’ Theme with Artist Wafaa Bilal Oct. 12-13
黑料不打烊 Symposium聽continues its yearlong exploration of 鈥淏elonging鈥 with a mini-residency by acclaimed Iraqi-American artist聽Wafaa Bilal. On Thursday, Oct. 12, Bilal will give a presentation titled 鈥淧erforming Change: Diaspora and Belonging鈥 from 5-6:30 p.m. in the Peter Graham Scholarly Commons, 114…
Hasan Minhaj Performing for University Union, University Lectures Oct. 27
Minhaj is host of the documentary series 鈥淪tand Up Planet.鈥 Financed by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and filmed in South Africa, India and the United States, the series highlights economic problems throughout the world through the lens of stand-up comedians.
Washington Post Reviews David Yaffe’s ‘Reckless Child’
College of Arts and Sciences Assistant Professor David Yaffe鈥檚 new biography about Joni Mitchell, Reckless Daughter,聽has earned another positive review, this time from聽The Washington Post. 鈥淎nd so, her music! Here Yaffe does not hold back. Beginning with early examples before…
Career Connects Family History, Research Interests
Looking back, Alexei Abrahams 鈥08 sees a clear line from his family history to his career as an economist studying the Israel-Palestine conflict. He grew up in Ontario and Nova Scotia, but he lived in South Africa from the time…