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Chemistry of Chocolate

Chris Ellis of the Chemistry Department will discuss the origins of chocolate, share humorous anecdotes, and invite attendees to rate their favorite blend of this…

Is Philosophy the most practical major?

So says the Atlantic in a recent article: http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/10/is-philosophy-the-most-practical-major/246763/

Prof. Celada presents new work on research ethics

Prof. Teresa Celada is presenting a paper entitled “Specifying Health Risks and Their Impact on Research Participants” at the 2011 Northern New England Philosophical Association…

“Picture This: How First-year Writers Describe their Writing in Images and Words”

Associate Professor of English and Director of College Writing Lisa Lebduska shares a “metadiscourse” collected from first-year writers in the next faculty lunch talk on…

Playwrights on the Ground presents Kira Obolensky & Elana Greenfield

October 17, 2011 A series featuring some of the most prominent playwright-intellectuals working in the American and international theatre today, sponsored by Associate Professor of…

Voice of an Artist—Clive van den Berg

October 13, 2011 Clive van den Berg is an artist, curator, designer, writer and teacher, who lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa. Ellison Lecture,…

Announcing Phil 298 “Philosophy and Race” Spring 2012

“What is race? Is race real? What is racism? Is racism different from white privilege? If race is unreal, how is it that racists are…

Congratulations Carry Osborne ’11

Carry Osborne ’11 writes with exciting news. His paper, “Why Death is a Loss: The Asymmetry of Pre-Natal and Post-Mortem Non-Existence,” has been accepted for presentation…

“Interplanetary Hygiene: The risk of accidentally infecting other planets with Earth life”

Geoff Collins will address the scientific, biological, and philosophical aspects of our commitment to the UN Outer Space Treaty at the next faculty lunch talk…

Victor Rosenbaum, piano

October 5, 2011 Described by the Boston Globe as “one of those artists who make up for all the drudgery the habitual concertgoer endures in…

Voice of an Artist—Carol Wax

September 30, 2011 Carol Wax, one of the United States’s leading authorities on-and practitioners of-the art of mezzotint printmaking, is also a popular author, educator…

“Will Obama Be a One-Term President?”

Professor Jay Goodman makes his prediction about President Obama’s term(s) in office at the next faculty lunch talk on Wednesday, October 5, 2011.