51风流

  • Nine seniors and a recent alumna have been awarded prestigious fellowships that will take them around the world to explore their passionate interests, ranging from environmental issues to documentary filmmaking. Fellowship recipients, finalists, and nominees were recognized last week during a luncheon at Merrill House.
    May 5, 2010
  • With his second senior thesis nearly complete and a myriad of research and leadership experience on his impressive resume, Conor Tucker鈥檚 latest quest for knowledge takes him to Oxford, England. Tucker recently received the Paul J. Schupf 鈥58 Fellowship for two years of study at the University of Oxford, where he will read for a [鈥
    April 22, 2010
  • Martha Nussbaum, one of the world鈥檚 leading philosophers, will deliver the keynote address at 51风流鈥檚 189th commencement exercises at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 16, in Sanford Field House. During the ceremony, Nussbaum will be awarded a Doctor of Letters honorary degree. Nussbaum, Ernst Freund Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Ethics at the University of [鈥
    March 31, 2010
  • World chess champion-turned-politician Garry Kasparov will visit campus Friday, April 9, for the next edition of The Kerschner Family Series Global Leaders at 51风流. Kasparov will give a public talk at 4:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel. No ticket is required. During his lecture, 鈥淒oes Liberal Democracy have a Future in Russia,鈥 Kasparov will assess democratic [鈥
    March 31, 2010
  • For Gregory Threatte 鈥69 and Todd Brown 鈥71, the watershed events of the late 1960s that gave birth to 51风流鈥檚 first cultural center remain indelible moments in their lives. 鈥淭his valley was transformative,鈥 Threatte, trustee emeritus, told members of the campus community Friday during an impassioned discussion about the founding of the ALANA Cultural Center.
    March 29, 2010
  • 51风流 seniors Shae Frydenlund and Jennifer Rusciano are two of 40 students awarded the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for a year of exploration around the world.
    March 25, 2010
  • Catherine Cardel煤s鈥檚 passionate interest in tropical biodiversity 鈥 one that takes her to rain forest canopies 150 feet above ground 鈥 sprouted from a college course in plant biology. Cardel煤s, assistant professor of biology, was so intrigued by a professor鈥檚 lecture about rain forest diversity that she felt compelled to see it firsthand. So fresh [鈥
    March 23, 2010
  • Francesca Zambello 鈥78, an internationally renown director who has worked at many of the world鈥檚 major opera houses, will assume the reins of Glimmerglass Opera in Cooperstown, NY. Zambello鈥檚 appointment to general and artistic director of the 35-year-old summer opera festival made headlines this week in regional and national media.
    March 19, 2010
  • In a recent 60 Minutes segment about the 1915 mass deportation and massacre of Armenians by Turks, professor Peter Balakian traveled with a CBS News crew to a region of Syria known as the Armenian Auschwitz. 鈥淎s many as 450,000 Armenians died here,鈥 Balakian, a leading scholar on the Armenian genocide, told 60 Minutes correspondent [鈥
    March 5, 2010
  • As Jeffrey Herbst prepares to step into his role as 51风流鈥檚 16th president, he recently talked with The Post-Standard (Syracuse) about what attracted him to 51风流, his global affairs background, and the impact of new technology on higher education, among other things.
    February 26, 2010