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Department of Drama Presents ‘Laura and the Sea’
A valuable attribute of theater is its ability to tackle difficult material in surprising and even entertaining ways. Artists, playwrights, directors and actors, as artists, must be willing to reflect life as it is—good and bad—while simultaneously satisfying the need…
Blackstone LaunchPad Hosts E-Meetup Thursday
The Blackstone LaunchPad is hosting an e-meetup for entrepreneurs in creative industries on Thursday, Oct. 27, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. The event will be held on the first floor of Bird Library, starting with a sign-in reception at the LaunchPad, followed…
NASCAR Intern Helps Promote Fan Experience, Leads to More Opportunity
Peri Karslioglu ’16 was looking for a senior capstone project when she came across a listing for the NASCAR Diversity Internship Program. She never imagined where it would eventually take her.
‘Let Me Explain You’ Author Liontas Speaking Wednesday for Carver Series
Annie Liontas is the next speaker in the Raymond Carver Reading Series on Wednesday, Oct. 26, in Gifford Auditorium. She will participate in a Q&A at 3:45 p.m. and then read from her work at 5:30 p.m. Liontas is a…
Mind Readers
For decades, medical researchers have understood which areas of the brain are devoted to abilities, memories and emotions. Newhouse School Research Associate Professor Leanne Hirshfield’s research takes things to a whole new level.
S.P. Raj Named Interim Dean of the Martin J. Whitman School of Management
A longtime leader and widely respected scholar in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management has been selected to serve as interim dean. Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele G. Wheatly today announced that S.P. Raj, Distinguished Professor of Marketing and…
University Celebrates Food Day 2016 with Third Annual New York Campus Crunch
This Thursday, Oct. 20, university and college students, faculty and staff from 26 schools across New York State will participate in the third annual New York Campus Crunch by taking a collective bite out of apples grown on New York…
Women’s & Gender Studies to Host Alumni Panel Discussion Oct. 20
Two alumni of the Department of Women’s & Gender Studies (WGS) will return to campus to share their professional experiences. Brittany Brathwaite ’13, co-founder and chief innovation officer of the social start-up KIMBRITIVE, and Erin Carhart ’14, manager of youth…
Sixth Annual It Girls Retreat Brings 94 High Schoolers to Campus
Vice Chancellor and Provost Michele Wheatly led an information technology pep rally recently at a dinner for 94 potential School of Information Studies (iSchool) students. “You’ve all made a really great choice to come to the It Girls retreat because…
Multidisciplinary Team Wins NSF Award to Study Distributed Energy Markets
As the traditional, centralized way of producing and distributing electricity gives way to a future of decentralized, “smart” energy production and consumption, policymakers, producers and regulators must understand the security and privacy risks inherent in “distributed” energy production and in…