- What’s behind the recent dust-up over the filibuster? Alan Frumin ’68, recently retired parliamentarian of the United States Senate, probably knows more than anyone. And he wants a new sign over the Senate’s chamber door: Responsible Adults Only. As the U.S. Senate’s parliamentarian, Frumin was the chief arbiter of its procedural wrangling for nearly two […]February 18, 2013
- Provost Doug Hicks shared his expertise on the connection between religious leadership and social change on Wednesday night in the Ho Tung Visualization Lab. Hicks focused on two monumental figures: Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King Jr., both of whom are featured portraits in the Great Minds Collection. The 29 large-scale, contemporary portraits — created […]February 15, 2013
- Children learning to plié and pirouette at the Hamilton Center for the Arts have instructors that could also tutor them in neuroscience and sociology. Three ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµ students are now teaching children, ages 6 to 10, beginner dance lessons at the 10 Broad Street location of the HCA in downtown Hamilton.February 14, 2013
- Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook and author of the forthcoming book, Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead, will kick off ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµâ€™s second Entrepreneur Weekend on Friday, April 5, with at talk at 5 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. Sandberg is an ideal personality to headline the weekend, which is expected to […]February 13, 2013
- It’s only February, but the Year of ’13 has already offered many ways to remember and celebrate ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµ. As promised, on the 13th of every month we will post a story or list pertaining to our lucky number. Here are 13 of the many high-profile speakers and special guests who have visited campus over the […]February 13, 2013
- Do you want to flex your creative muscles and have a chance to become the next YouTube sensation? Then join other students and take part in the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµ 48-Hour Film Challenge. No experience is necessary for this weekend competition that will result in the accepted entries being screened at Hamilton Theater in the village and […]February 13, 2013
- Acclaimed astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson will speak at ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµâ€™s Memorial Chapel at 7 p.m. Monday, February 25. Tyson is director of the Hayden Planetarium at the Rose Center for Earth and Space and a research associate in the department of astrophysics at the American Museum of Natural History. He is a highly regarded spokesman for science […]February 12, 2013
- In the current issue of the ¸Ô±¾ÊÓÆµ Scene, we take a deep dive into milk. We all heard about the fiscal cliff ad nauseum, but did you know the dairy industry has been teetering on a cliff of its own? And that farmers are bearing the brunt of all the dysfunction? How could it be […]February 11, 2013