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(Editor’s Note: This story was written by Kiki Koroshetz ’11 On a cold and rainy September afternoon, Geology 215 students met with Professor Constance Soja for the second lab of the semester. On this particular Thursday, they gathered under Andy Kerr Stadium, in the visiting team locker room.

Yesterday, five years after Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc on the city of New Orleans, an exhibition opened in the Clifford Gallery that gives visitors the sense of living in the Crescent City following the devastation. Behind the Levees is a progression of Francis Cape’s art that began in November 2005, when the New York-based artist […]

Disabilities, global warming, and genocide are not easy subjects to broach with children. But when kids can become enamored with an adorable animal who serves as an ambassador for these weighty topics, it’s a conversation starter. This is the approach that Craig Hatkoff ’76 has taken with the Turtle Pond Collection, nonfiction animal stories that […]

Taking an idea and making it a reality. That’s the challenge Andy Greenfield ’74 issued to students this past semester in his “practical entrepreneurship” course, Thought Into Action. Although students didn’t receive university credit, they were rewarded with mentorship from a marketing professional and the chance to see their ideas come to fruition.

Just as each person in Hamilton is unique, so, too, are the more than 6,000 printed shapes that artist-in-residence Allan McCollum will be distributing to town residents in April. The New York City-based artist has chosen Hamilton as the location of his newest project, meant to both represent individualism and unite the community. He visited […]

The connection that has been built over the years between ���߲ݴ�ý and the Noongar people of Australia was reinforced recently with a painting gifted to the university. Moonlight was presented last month on behalf of the Mungart Boodja Art Centre by two ���߲ݴ�ý students who traveled to Western Australia this past summer to study the […]

Complex in their exploration of neuroscience and their varied influences, yet simplistic in their acting method that is rooted in raw emotion, the Pig Iron Theatre Company has brought its unique style to ���߲ݴ�ý. After a week of interacting with theater students in workshops, classes, and a roundtable discussion, Pig Iron’s visit will culminate in […]

Mike Wenger ’09 is working to bring social networking to the volunteer community. With a team of ���߲ݴ�ý students, faculty, and alumni, Wenger is creating www.collaboraid.org, a website that will help volunteers, nonprofit organizations, and indigenous stakeholders collaborate online. The site is Wenger’s solution to a problem he uncovered when volunteering in Africa over two […]

A humble Junot Diaz spoke candidly to a chock-full Love Auditorium Thursday night as he read short passages from his work and then answered questions about everything from art to language to immigration. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author kicked off the Living Writers course, which will bring a number of acclaimed authors to campus throughout the […]

Under glorious blue skies, members of the campus and local communities filled the Hamilton Village Green Saturday afternoon for a multicultural festival that capped ���߲ݴ�ý’s Diversity Week. Events held during the past few days included intellectual discussions, workshops, lectures, and other cultural activities intended to foster dialogue and build a more inclusive community at ���߲ݴ�ý […]