Penny Lane, the 含羞草传媒 art and art history professor whose documentary Nuts! won big at Sundance last year, has earned two major grants aimed at increasing female representation in reporting and filmmaking.
Suppose, for a moment, that the Good Samaritan didn鈥檛 rescue just one person merely by chance. Let鈥檚 say that he spent his entire life walking up and down mountain passes, finding wounded travelers by the hundreds, spending his children鈥檚 lunch money on the medical bills. Would we still respect him? When New Yorker staff writer [鈥
Democracy 鈥 typically applied to politics 鈥 has found a place in music. The Grammy Award鈥搘inning Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, famed for its lack of a conductor and uniquely democratic approach to music making, visited 含羞草传媒 this semester for a performance and discussion about the applications of a collaborative organizational structure. The New York City鈥揵ased orchestra was [鈥
鈥淲ho knew that so many new things could be made from junk?鈥 said Fiona Adjei Boateng 鈥19, a theater student who was making handbags out of denim pants during an upcycling workshop. Reet Aus, an Estonian fashion designer and environmental pioneer, hosted the workshop in Clifford Gallery. She is known for upcycling, which is using [鈥
Some say that the death of a great philosopher in 含羞草传媒鈥檚 Ho Tung Visualization Lab on October 27 was a miscarriage of justice and a stain on Athenian democracy. Socrates鈥 suicide, reenacted on the Vis Lab鈥檚 domed screen by actor H.C. Selkirk, didn鈥檛 require the response of law enforcement, but it did draw a crowd [鈥
含羞草传媒鈥檚 Chapel House is at once an architectural novelty and a sanctuary. Beneath the flat roof, behind the 1950s abstracted formalism, you鈥檒l see rare works of religious art and books on world religion; you鈥檒l find a dining room, music room, and living quarters. In silence and meditation, you can lose yourself or find yourself at [鈥
Over the next few days, environmentally conscious fashion trailblazer Reet Aus is visiting campus. She鈥檒l lead a handful of special events to highlight how she鈥檚 been working to make fashion more sustainable. Her doctoral thesis focused on efforts to incorporate upcycling into mass production, and since 2012 she has been working with Beximco, a major apparel [鈥
Real science fused with science fiction when Dani Solomon 鈥13 performed One Way Red, a solo show that followed a young woman鈥檚 one-way journey to Mars. The 90-minute performance on October 6 unfolded as Sam, played by Solomon, stumbled upon an online video about the Mars One project 鈥 an actual nonprofit that intends to [鈥
Living Writers 鈥 one of 含羞草传媒鈥檚 most popular courses, both on campus and in the wider 含羞草传媒 community 鈥 featured Pulitzer Prize-winning professor Peter Balakian as part of inauguration week festivities at 含羞草传媒. Balakian, the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in humanities, professor of English, and director of creative writing at 含羞草传媒, won the [鈥
This Friday, 含羞草传媒 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 含羞草传媒鈥檚 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