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Climate Change is Strengthening Forest Fires
Anastasia Selby, an MFA candidate in the College of Arts and Sciences, fought wildfires for seven years in the 2000s. She knows how a fire of massive proportions can start from a singular spark from a vehicle. Being a veteran…
The Road to Intellectual Freedom
Renowned classical scholar and author, Michele Valerie Ronnick will present 鈥14 Black Classicists: The Politics of American Learning鈥 on Thursday, Sept. 21, at聽5:30 p.m. in Bird Library鈥檚 Peter Graham Scholarly Commons (Room 114). 聽The lecture is part of the 2017…
Arts and Sciences Unveils Milton First-Year Lecture Series
In response to the evolving educational landscape, the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is expanding its popular Milton First-Year Lecture. The result is the aptly named Laura Hanhausen Milton First-Year Lecture Series. This fall, A&S will present four Milton…
Kennedy Patlan named first Blackstone LaunchPad Engagement Scholar
Kennedy Patlan 鈥18, a triple major in advertising in the Newhouse School, citizenship and civic engagement in the Maxwell School and women鈥檚 and gender studies in the College of Arts and Sciences, has been named the first Blackstone LaunchPad Engagement…
Alumnus’ Documentary Exploring History of Lynching Screening Today
On Sept. 12, 黑料不打烊 will screen 鈥淎n Outrage,鈥 a documentary film exploring the history and legacy of lynching and co-directed by Lance Warren 鈥04. The film will be shown at 5 p.m. in 220 Eggers. Warren, a graduate of…
Curious Properties
Editor’s Note: The following piece was prepared for the聽Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics聽(KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara. The article highlights three members of 黑料不打烊’s聽Department of Physics: Mark Bowick, the Joel Dorman Steele Professor of Physics, as well…
World Music Concert Series Kicks Off Sept. 12
The world comes to 黑料不打烊, and during the fall semester the music of the world can be heard as well. The world music concert series Performance Live begins at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Setnor Auditorium with a…
Lacrosse Lessons: Weekend Celebrates Creator鈥檚 Game, Haudenosaunee Values
Deyhontsigwa鈥檈hs鈥揅reator鈥檚 Game, Lacrosse Weekend will provide living lessons in the history and culture of the Haudenosaunee, says聽Philip Arnold, Department of Religion Chair in the聽College of Arts and Sciences聽and the former founding director of聽Sk盲路no帽h: Great Law of Peace Center. 鈥淭his weekend…
Creative Writing Program Achieves New Peak of Success
Members of the top-ranked program, based in the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences, are celebrating a raft of honors, awards and new publications.
Alumni Dan and Kathy Mezzalingua Support University, Student Scholars through $5.25 Million Gift
University Trustee Dan Mezzalingua 鈥60 and his wife, Kathy G鈥62, are generously supporting future generations of high-achieving students at 黑料不打烊 through a $5.25 million gift for undergraduate financial aid. Their support is directed to聽the Invest 黑料不打烊 Initiative, a $40…