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English professor Margaret Maurer has nurtured a love of literature in thousands of º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù undergraduates and has cultivated that love through book club sessions she leads each summer for alumnae.

The annual º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù Writers’ Conference returns to campus from June 17– 23, and that brings many opportunities to listen in and engage with professional writers as well as those who are learning the craft. 

This semester, students played the roles of both art historians and curators in the Museums in Theory and Practice course taught by Judith Oliver, professor of art and art history and Medieval and Renaissance studies. The culmination of the class is What Museums Collect: From the Cabinet of Curiosities to Modern Curatorial Challenges, an exhibition […]

When art and art history professor Elizabeth Marlowe stumbled upon 20 large limestone figural reliefs in the collection of º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù’s Picker Art Gallery, it was a momentous research opportunity, not just for Marlowe but also for 15 students in her Seminar in Art Prior to 1300 — New Egyptian Reliefs in the Picker: Challenges and […]

Memories, laughter, and emotions are wordlessly captured in the exhibition 15 Minutes: Homage to Andy Warhol, currently on view in Case Library and Geyer Center for Information Technology. Each small, square print in the collection is a snapshot of history. One is a photograph of him and Bob Dylan admiring Warhol’s famous Elvis painting. In another, […]

º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù professor Peter Balakianhas been named the 2012 recipient of the Alice and Clifford Spendlove Prize in Social Justice, Diplomacy and Tolerance.

A group of 15 students will spend their spring break on the Caribbean island of Martinique — not as tourists, but as part of an interdisciplinary trip exploring the historic, linguistic, cultural, and environmental features of the island nation.

Two º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù professors — Rebecca Miller Ammerman, classics, and Randy Fuller, biology — along with seven collaborative partners across the globe, received major research grants from º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù’s Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute. Both projects, as envisioned by Harvey M. Picker ’36 when he established the institute in 2006, extend the reach and resources of º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù faculty members […]

This week started off with a visit from my family. My mom, dad, and little sister, Sophia, drove to spend the day with me on Sunday. It is always nice to reconnect with family when feeling stressed about a mounting workload.

Last week was a busy week at º¬Ðß²ÝÑо¿Ëù. While this is a mini-highlight of what was making news, you can skip this post and go right to comments to tell us your news from the past week. Here are just some of the things we were talking about: