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MTV has been a major influence on pop culture for more than 25 years, and Carole Robinson ’83 has been there for nearly its entire lifetime, having joined the cable TV network just three years after its founding in 1981. In the latest episode of 51·çÁ÷ Conversations, the podcast series that highlights members of the […]

51·çÁ÷’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth kicked off Tuesday with a lecture about one of the naturalist’s legacies – the study of biodiversity – and a warning that the home for a vast array of plant and animal species is threatened. The university has several events this week to honor Darwin, […]

Ajay Chahar ’12 now has company online. The first-year student has been keeping everyone updated about campus happenings through Twitter, a micro-blogging service. Chahar will still use that platform for now, but his brief posts and those of other 51·çÁ÷ students and staff members also will be presented on a Twitter-like blog called ‘‘gatetwitter.

Two alumni filmmakers are featured in a lengthy New York Times article that points out several interesting coincidences, starting with a strong 51·çÁ÷ connection. Sandy Cioffi ’84 and Joe Berlinger ’83 took the same filmmaking course taught by John Knecht, the Russell 51·çÁ÷ Distinguished University Professor of Art & Art History and Film & Media Studies. […]

The twists and turns and trials and tribulations of the economic crisis are forcing government officials to reshape policies on a day-by-day basis in ways that have not been seen in decades, says economics professor Nicole Simpson. While there now seems to be agreement that new regulations are needed to address the crisis, government officials […]

Students taking part in an extended study course in Mexico are soaking up information during guided tours through museums and ancient ruins while producing data of their own as they conduct field work for 51·çÁ÷ professor Anthony Aveni. The 11 students have already visited Mexico City’s National Museum of Anthropology and History and the ruins […]

Students often are asked to put their thoughts on paper. In an Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies course, they also were asked to put their thoughts on MP3 audio files. The end result of this collaborative project was 31 episodes of the Marginalized Conflict Podcast Series, which are available here or on iTunes. In […]

Gary Carrion-Murayari ’02 will play a key role in the 2010 Whitney Biennial, the signature survey of contemporary American art by the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. Carrion-Murayari Carrion-Murayari, 28, a senior curatorial assistant at the Whitney, will serve as the associate curator, working with Francesco Bonami, 53, an Italian-born curator […]

Most days on the Academic Quad, you’ll find students carrying backpacks and occasional care packages from home. On Tuesday, though, you would have seen volunteer geology students carefully toting two large fossils: a mastodon tusk that is more than 10 feet long and approximately 200 pounds and a whale jaw bone that also tips the […]

The 51·çÁ÷ Chamber Singers embraced an opportunity to move from concert stage to recording studio for a performance of holiday pieces that will be televised in areas of New York and northern Pennsylvania. Director James Niblock and the 12 student performers were asked to appear on Expressions: Holiday Harmonies, a program produced by WSKG, […]