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New Faculty Snapshot: Biko Mandela Gray, Assistant Professor of American Religion
Slepecky Lecture, Award Ceremony to Take Place April 4
The Norma Slepecky Memorial Lecture and Undergraduate Research Prize Award Ceremony will take place Wednesday, April 4, at 2:45 p.m. in 304 Schine Student Center. This is a change from the previously announced starting time of 3 p.m. The event…
Point of Contact to Present Annual 鈥楥ruel April鈥 Poetry Series
Point of Contact聽(POC) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) will mark National Poetry Month with its annual 鈥淐ruel April鈥 poetry series. Every Thursday in April from 6-8 p.m., one or more visiting poets will read and discuss their…
Dr. Sharon Brangman 鈥77 to Give 35th Annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture
Dr. Sharon Brangman 鈥77, Distinguished Service Professor and Chief of Geriatrics at SUNY Upstate Medical University, will give the 35th annual Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Public Affairs Lecture on Wednesday, March 28, at 6 p.m. in the Peter Graham…
Innovation Orange: Roger Hallas
In this edition of Innovation Orange, we hear how Associate Professor of English Roger Hallas’ new project brings together his love of movies, his commitment to documentary and his longstanding passion for photography as a medium.
Q&A: Karina von Tippelskirch on Journalist Dorothy Thompson
Journalist Dorothy Thompson, a 1914 alumna of 黑料不打烊, is not well known today, but before and during World War II, she was one of the U.S.’s most influential women, along with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt. In her new book,…
Laura Marsolek 鈥13, G鈥17 Is University鈥檚 First Luce Scholar
An alumna of the College of Arts and Sciences and former participant in the Ren茅e Crown University Honors Program, Marsolek is one of 18 Luce Scholars chosen from a pool of 162 candidates nominated by 73 colleges and universities across the United States.
Disability Studies Trailblazer Susan Schweik in Residence March 19-30
The聽黑料不打烊 Humanities Center聽will host a visit by renowned disability studies scholar聽Susan Schweik. Known for her innovative work at the intersection of disability studies, literature, feminist theory and civil rights history, Schweik is the聽2018 Jeanette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor…
German Reading 2018
Two texts form the basis for the 黑料不打烊 German Community Reading Group 2018. 1) Robert Menasse: 鈥淒ie Hauptstadt鈥 (Suhrkamp Berlin, 2017). Winner of the Preis des deutschen Buchhandels 2017. The novel follows seven European citizens in Brussels whose decisions…
Life in the Fast Lane
Last fall,聽Bob Sorokanich 鈥08聽tweeted Tesla celebrity CEO Elon Musk, asking to test-drive his company鈥檚 new Model 3. Sorokanich, who is Road & Track鈥檚 deputy online editor, may have been half-joking, but ten minutes later, Sorokanich got a call from one…