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  • Peter Balakian teaches an advanced writing class at ±«Óătv.
    Living Writers — one of ±«Óătv’s most popular courses, both on campus and in the wider ±«Óătv community — featured Pulitzer Prize-winning professor Peter Balakian as part of inauguration week festivities at ±«Óătv. Balakian, the Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar Professor in humanities, professor of English, and director of creative writing at ±«Óătv, won the […]
    September 30, 2016
  • Image of ±«Óătv in the fall and Brian Casey headshot
    This Friday, ±«Óătv 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 ±«Óătv’s historical roots. Participants then turned to the question of how the university’s long journey from Baptist seminary to modern liberal arts institution may inform its path forward. […]
    September 28, 2016
  • Assorted books
    Living Writers — one of ±«Óătv’s most popular courses, both on campus and in the wider ±«Óătv community — will return with a new focus next week. Led by English professor Jennifer Brice, the class will feature conversations with authors from a wide range of genres, including journalism and poetry, cartoons and novels, as well as memoirs and short stories. Online, […]
    August 30, 2016
  • ±«Óătv students have fanned out across the globe to apply their liberal arts know-how in a variety of real-world settings. They are writing back to campus to keep our community posted on their progress. This article was written by Brynne Becker ’17, an English and history double-major from West Chester, Pa., conducting research in preparation […]
    August 8, 2016
  • Flaherty Film Seminar participants sit outside and engage in conversation
    They came. They saw. They confabbed — on culture and identity politics, the ethical responsibilities of a documentarian, and the proper balance of race and ethnicity in a program lineup. Then, the 170 attendees of this year’s Flaherty Film Seminar, held at ±«Óătv from June 18 to 24, disbanded. For the university — Flaherty’s home […]
    July 14, 2016
  • Clarissa (Polk) Shah ’10 (Photo by Gerard Gaskin)
    It all started on a St. Louis, Mo., elementary school library shelf. Clarissa (Polk) Shah ’10 discovered her love of Chinese culture at age 10 with a book of short stories. That fascination blossomed into a career, as well as advocacy work. Although she studied Spanish throughout middle and high school, those short stories — […]
    June 15, 2016
  • Group portrait of students, faculty, and alumni standing on the Highline in New York City
    Editor’s note: Last spring, Miranda Gilgore ’18 took part in ±«Óătv’s public arts and humanities immersion trip to New York City. As she prepares for her summer months as a camp counselor in the Adirondacks, Gilgore reflected on the experience and how it has changed her outlook on her majors, her hobbies, and her long-term […]
    June 8, 2016
  • a still from the movie, this shot depicts two actors in a dark field
    Here Alone, an independent film by Rod Blackhurst ’02, won the Tribeca Film Festival’s Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature last week. Entertainment magazine described the production as “a taut, lean, unfussy film about a lone woman surviving in the wild woods of upstate New York.” Meanwhile, Maxim magazine wrote that the “Tribeca film festival proves the zombie […]
    April 27, 2016
  • Providence Ryan ’16 on the stage of Memorial Chapel with the 1819 Award
    An exemplary student and a fierce advocate for LGBTQ awareness and promoting positive sexuality, Providence A. Ryan ’16, a biology and philosophy double major from Schenectady, N.Y., is the 2016 recipient of ±«Óătv’s highest student honor, the 1819 Award. The 1819 Award is given annually to one student representing character, sportsmanship, scholarship, and service above […]
    April 26, 2016