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Not All That Glitters is Gold

In her review of the recent “Axis Mundi: Levittown” exhibition, Meredith White-Goode ’15 explores the installation as “haunted containers of different families’ broken histories.”

Gorgeous Greenhouses Built for Learning

Jane Young, Greenhouse Caretaker, is thrilled about the gorgeous new Greenhouses atop the Mars Center for Science and Technology.

Screening of “Happy” with Director Roko Belic

October 25, 2011 Roko Belic’s directorial debut, “Genghis Blues” (1999), won the Sundance Audience Award and was nominated for an Academy Award® for best documentary…

The Loser Concert Series presents Dawn Upshaw, soprano

October 24, 2011 Dawn Upshaw has achieved worldwide celebrity as a singer of opera and concert repertoire ranging from the sacred works of Bach to…

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…