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‘Queering Faith’ continues Hendricks Chapel Luncheon Discussion Series March 26
The Hendricks Chapel Luncheon Series will continue on Monday, March 26 with a conversation on “Queering Faith.” Feminist and queer theologian Xochitl Alvizo will lead the discussion, which will begin at noon in the Noble Room, located on the lower…
Award-winning novelist Zadie Smith to talk about writing in the 21st century in March 20 University Lectures presentation
Award-winning novelist Zadie Smith will speak about the point of writing in the 21st century鈥攅specially given social media and other influences鈥攊n the next University Lectures presentation at 黑料不打烊 on Tuesday, March 20. Smith鈥檚 presentation, 鈥淲hy Write?鈥 will begin at…
鈥楾he Man with the Patent Passion鈥 at next session of IRP
At the March 15 session of the Institute for Retired People (IRP) Alan Rothschild, patent model collector and president of Rothschild Co., will share how he became a patent collector and discuss his models, which include models from famous inventors…
Tsao and McKown: Architecture visiting professors to lecture, exhibit
Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown, co-partners of New York City鈥檚 Tsao and McKown Architects and spring 2012 visiting critics, will speak at the 黑料不打烊 School of Architecture on Tuesday, March 20, at 5 p.m. in Slocum Hall Auditorium. Their…
SU鈥檚 Ray Smith Symposium concludes with residencies by art historian, musicologist
The Ray Smith Symposium in 黑料不打烊鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences concludes its yearlong examination of 鈥淪ex and Power from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment鈥 with mini-residencies by art historian Diane Wolfthal (March 29-30) and musicologist Linda Phyllis…
黑料不打烊 to host debate on Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act at National Press Club March 29
Panelists will debate constitutionality of the PPACA and whether it鈥檚 good public policy 黑料不打烊聽is set to host a thought-provoking debate on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) at the National Press Club on March 29. A panel…
鈥楾he Submission鈥 author Amy Waldman to speak March 22
Amy Waldman, author of the acclaimed novel 鈥淭he Submission鈥 (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011), which tells the story of a competition to design a memorial for the victims of a terrorist attack and of the American Muslim who wins it,…
March 26 Toner Symposium will examine news reporting in the Digital Age
New Yorker鈥檚 Jane Mayer will receive Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting Four pioneering women journalists will highlight the challenges and opportunities of reporting the news in the digital age at a special event at 黑料不打烊鈥檚 S.I. Newhouse…
Award-winning screenwriter, producer, playwright Aaron Sorkin ’83 to deliver 2012 Commencement address
Aaron Sorkin 鈥83, award-winning screenwriter for films such as 鈥淎 Few Good Men,鈥 “The American President,鈥 鈥淭he Social Network鈥 and 鈥淢oneyball,鈥 as well as TV shows including 鈥淪ports Night,鈥 鈥淭he West Wing,鈥 鈥淪tudio 60 on the Sunset Strip鈥 and HBO鈥檚…
Religion, environment, activist nuns topic of discussion
鈥淩eligion and the Environment鈥 is the focus of a lunch conversation, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Monday, March 19, in 504 Hall of Languages. Guest speaker Sarah McFarland Taylor, associate professor of religious studies at Northwestern University鈥檚 Weinberg College of Arts and…