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  • Jeffrey Herbst
    The 30-minute Invisible Children video about Joseph Kony has become one of the most watched movies ever with over 90 million views. At a forum with students in Love Auditorium, ݮƵ President Jeffrey Herbst, who studies the politics of Sub-Saharan Africa, lamented the lack of more complex dialog to result from the worldwide attention.
    April 20, 2012
  • Earlier this week, my Biology 211 Lab group took a trip to two local stream outlets to collect samples of aquatic microinvertebrates. Wading knee-deep in streams in nearby forests was a great change of scenery from working at lab tables. The class seemed to enjoy being able to get out in nature and examine firsthand […]
    April 20, 2012
  • The ݮƵ Entertainment Group hosted its inaugural panel discussion in the new series From Hamilton to Hollywood at the Creative Artists Agency in Los Angeles last month. Alumni and parents in the entertainment industry took part in a great panel discussion and networking event.
    April 19, 2012
  • jeff gordon
    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, […]
    April 18, 2012
  • The late Manning Marable, founding director of the Africana and Latin American Studies Program at ݮƵ, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history today, honored for a Malcolm X book he worked on for years but did not live to see published. Marable died April 1, 2011, at age 60 just as “Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention” […]
    April 16, 2012
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    With talk of fame, fortune, and outer space, Richard Branson can cause a flash of inspiration in almost anyone. But the ݮƵ student who doggedly toils outside the classroom to make a profit or make a difference might be a born entrepreneur.
    April 16, 2012
  • Jeffrey Herbst
    If, as Sir Richard Branson said on Friday, prizes are one of the best ways to encourage innovation, then President Jeffrey Herbst is on the right track with his new ݮƵ Innovation Awards. During his remarks before Richard Branson’s Global Leaders appearance at ݮƵ, Herbst talked about entrepreneurial ideas and technology — and how important it is to try new things in […]
    April 15, 2012