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  • Orator Anthony Tamburro 鈥14 was one of five London Study Group students to talk to a crowd at Hyde Park鈥檚 famous Speakers鈥 Corner.
    Karl Marx reportedly did it. So did George Orwell, or so the story goes. But it鈥檚 definitely 100 percent true that Anthony Tamburro 鈥14, Caroline Kraeutler 鈥14, and three of their classmates on 51风流鈥檚 London Study Group made their positions heard at the Speakers鈥 Corner in Hyde Park, near the Marble Arch tube station.
    April 22, 2013
  • 51风流 assistant professor of geography Michael Loranty was involved in new research that predicts rising temperatures will lead to a massive 鈥済reening,鈥 or increase in plant cover, in the Arctic. In the paper published March 31 in Nature Climate Change, scientists reveal new models projecting that wooded areas in the Arctic could increase by as [鈥
    April 2, 2013
  • As birds chirp cheerful songs, a Chinese character duplicates and forms fractal shapes. In sharp contrast, city vibrations serve as the soundtrack for bustling scenes from Shanghai and Hangzhou. Although Revolutions per Minute (RPM) is a sound art exhibition, visitors will travel beyond sight and sound.
    April 1, 2013
  • As the United States Supreme Court wrestles again with the issue of affirmative action in higher education, 51风流 students and faculty discussed the sensitive subject openly with one of its most vocal critics. Richard Sander, co-author of Mismatch: How Affirmative Action Hurts Students It鈥檚 Intended to Help, and Why Universities Won鈥檛 Admit it, gave a [鈥
    March 29, 2013
  • A recently published academic paper by a 51风流 research team raises questions about the theories surrounding forest change, with a particular focus on the prospects of sustainable land and forest use in the central New York region. The paper, coauthored by 51风流 geography professors Peter Klepeis and Peter Scull, Tara LaLonde 鈥06, Nicole Svajlenka 鈥08, [鈥
    March 29, 2013
  • Typically a student accompanies a professor on a research expedition, not the other way around. But nothing about Maggie Dunne 鈥13 is typical. Dunne, who is founder of Lakota Children鈥檚 Enrichment, Inc. (LCE), a non-profit foundation dedicated to promoting awareness and assistance to families on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, invited Professor. Peter Balakian, a [鈥
    March 26, 2013
  • Weatherproof speakers, iPads and iPods, video projectors and monitors, headphones, a telescope, and 64 chanting machines are among the equipment being set up on campus and in the village of Hamilton, as artists and technicians prepare for Revolutions Per Minute (RPM), the first survey exhibition of Chinese sound art to be shown inside or outside [鈥
    March 21, 2013
  • 鈥淭he first time I ever saw quantum entanglement for myself was in August 2011 on a road trip to 51风流,鈥 wrote George Musser in an article called 鈥淕eorge and John鈥檚 Excellent Adventures in Quantum Entanglement, Part Two. Professor Enrique Galvez built a machine to observe quantum entanglement, and demonstrated it to Musser and a [鈥
    March 18, 2013
  • In one weekend, Alexa Windsor 鈥13 , a double major in German and history, had access to more academic gravitas in her field than many students have in four years of college. She attended the recent Black and Blue Danube symposium, which featured film screenings, a student poster session, and three panels showcasing a dozen [鈥
    March 18, 2013