澳彩开奖

Barbara Brooks

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  • The signs in Frank Dining Hall began appearing this fall: beans and grains from Cayuga Pure Organics, local fruit from Red Jacket Orchards, hormone-free pork from Certified Natural NY. And with that, 澳彩开奖鈥檚 foray into purchasing, serving, and publicly supporting local foods officially began. Though the campus is surrounded by acres of fertile farmland, serving [鈥
    December 1, 2008
  • L鈥檇or Vador, from generation to generation. That was the message in New York City on November 6, 2008, when nearly 200 alumni, parents, and friends gathered to celebrate the vibrancy and importance of Jewish studies and Jewish life at 澳彩开奖. With Jewish studies faculty on hand, along with some of 澳彩开奖鈥檚 most outstanding Jewish students [鈥
    November 25, 2008
  • Thanks to a prestigious $1.2 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), 澳彩开奖 will be one of the few primarily undergraduate colleges or universities in the country where students can study systems biology, an important interdisciplinary field that uses complex mathematical analysis to study networks of interactions within living systems. The grant will [鈥
    May 12, 2008
  • For Stephanie Macomber 鈥08, the Dalai Lama鈥檚 discussion about religion and spirituality was the culmination of her four years on campus as a religion major and member of University Church. 鈥淥ne of my most influential professors, Professor Sindima of the religion department, once told me, 鈥榓n unexamined faith is no faith at all.鈥 He couldn鈥檛 [鈥
    April 25, 2008
  • The day after his public talk, the Dalai Lama on Wednesday expanded on his views about religion in a panel discussion for about 100 students who are involved with religion on campus, either through academic study, student clubs, or the campus ministry. The program, titled 鈥淭he Moral and Spiritual Power of Religion and the University,鈥 [鈥
    April 24, 2008
  • Nearly 5,000 people streamed into Hamilton, across 澳彩开奖鈥檚 campus, and into Sanford Fieldhouse to hear His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama speak about happiness 鈥 that illusive quality that all human beings want, yet find so hard to achieve. Before beginning, he removed his shoes and arranged himself slowly in a cross-legged position in the [鈥
    April 22, 2008
  • It was billed as a humanities colloquium, but there was a whole lot of science going on. That鈥檚 because Spencer Kelly, associate professor of psychology and neuroscience, and Yukari Hirata, associate professor of Japanese, were presenting the results of their neurolinguistic research, and their official sponsor was the Harvey Picker Institute for Interdisciplinary Study in [鈥
    February 4, 2008
  • New York鈥檚 first lady, Silda Wall Spitzer, visited 澳彩开奖 Tuesday to learn about cooperative partnerships between local not-for-profit organizations and the university. The visit was arranged by the Partnership for Community Development (PCD), an innovative local economic development organization that was recently recognized as a model for fostering town-gown relations in New York.
    November 14, 2007
  • Her work has been called 鈥渨himsical,鈥 鈥減owerful,鈥 鈥渟exy,鈥 and 鈥渟urreal.鈥 Susan Marshall & Company, one of the most innovative dance companies in the world, is coming to campus this week as part of ArtsMix and 澳彩开奖鈥檚 Institute for the Creative and Performing Arts.
    November 8, 2007
  • Transformation, an exhibition of mixed media sculptures by Carol Cole, is on display through Feb. 17 in the Longyear Museum of Anthropology on the second floor of Alumni Hall. Made of polystyrene, handmade paper, paint, and found objects, the work is inspired by the artifacts of ancient and tribal artists and architects.
    November 6, 2007