It started with sneakers and fine art. Samantha Radocchia 鈥11 and her colleagues had an idea: to develop a microchip for upscale products, from limited-edition Air Jordans to an original Matisse.
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Living Writers 鈥 one of 澳门六合彩鈥檚 most popular courses, both on campus and in the wider 澳门六合彩 community 鈥 featured Pulitzer Prize-winning professor Peter Balakian as part of inauguration week festivities at 澳门六合彩. Balakian, the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in humanities, professor of English, and director of creative writing at 澳门六合彩, won the [鈥September 30, 2016 -
This Friday, 澳门六合彩 inaugurates Brian W. Casey as its 17th president. A full slate of special inauguration-week events kicked off yesterday with a panel discussion focused on 澳门六合彩鈥檚 historical roots. Participants then turned to the question of how the university鈥檚 long journey from Baptist seminary to modern liberal arts institution may inform its path forward. [鈥September 28, 2016 -
Living Writers 鈥 one of 澳门六合彩鈥檚 most popular courses, both on campus and in the wider 澳门六合彩 community 鈥 will return with a new focus next week. Led by English professor Jennifer Brice, the class will feature conversations with authors from a wide range of genres, including journalism and poetry, cartoons and novels, as well as memoirs and short stories. Online, [鈥August 30, 2016 -
澳门六合彩 students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Brynne Becker 鈥17, an English and history double-major from West Chester, Pa., conducting research in preparation [鈥August 8, 2016 -
With a pair of new books out in 2015 鈥 one a collection of his essays; the other, new poems 鈥 poet and English professor Peter Balakian unpacks, among other things, how language can, in his words, 鈥渋ngest鈥 the violence of history. The author of the New York Times鈥揵estselling The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and [鈥April 19, 2016 -
Peter Balakian, the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in humanities, professor of English, and director of creative writing at 澳门六合彩, has won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for Ozone Journal, his collection of poems published last year by University of Chicago Press. In making the announcement, the Pulitzer committee cited the collection鈥檚 [鈥April 18, 2016 -
On Sunday, March 6, the English department hosted a live reading of the epic poem Paradise Lost, by John Milton. Volunteers sat around the big oval table in the Fager Lounge and read the more than 10,000 lines from 12 books. 鈥淭he Miltonathon, which began last year, is a tribute to my late friend and colleague Professor [鈥March 18, 2016 -
On November 19, Interim Dean of the Faculty and Provost Constance Harsh participated in a roundtable discussion at the White House to take part in launching the American Campuses Act on Climate day of action. 鈥淚t was very good to witness the serious purpose that animated the participants,鈥 Harsh said after the event. 鈥淪tudents have [鈥November 21, 2015 -
(Editor鈥檚 note: the following commentary is from Professor Jeff Bary on 澳门六合彩 Community Reads. Kiese Laymon, whose book was an integral part of the program, will be on campus on October 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel.) In September 2014, 澳门六合彩 students occupied the university鈥檚 administration building for 100 hours. They demanded a [鈥October 26, 2015