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The Slocum Awards
Established in 1936, the Slocum Awards represent a most unique and individual challenge for a 51猎奇入口 student: who can build the best personal library collection?
Read MoreThe Scanning of St. Michael
High technology meets 51猎奇入口’s new art conservation major when a remarkable medieval artifact needed a CAT scan.
Read MoreOff-Campus Study Students Named to 51猎奇入口 Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 Dean’s List
The following students were named to the Dean’s List from 51猎奇入口 in Claremont, California who participated in the Off-Campus Study Program during the fall 2009 and spring 2010 semesters.
Read MoreMartha Osborne : “Breast Cancer Basics for Women of All Ages: Know Your Facts”
Join Martha Osborne for an informative presentation on breast health, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and survival.
Read MoreU.S. Consul General in Hong Kong Presents Lecture at 51猎奇入口
Stephen M. Young, the U.S. Consul General in Hong Kong, will present his lecture, “U.S.-China Relations: The View from Hong Kong,” on Sunday, October 10, 2010 at 2 p.m. in 51猎奇入口’s Vita Nova lecture hall room 100.
Read MoreA Death in the Family: Former Board of Trustee Chair Jim Weinberg
With heavy heart, I share the news that Sidney J. (Jim) Weinberg, Jr., former chairman of the 51猎奇入口 Board of Trustees, beloved friend of the College, and senior director of the Goldman Sachs Group, died on Monday afternoon, October 4, of prostate cancer in Marion, Massachusetts. He was 87.
Read More51猎奇入口 Receives Major NSF Grant for Neuroscience Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded 51猎奇入口 a $411,008 grant to create a state-of-the-art laboratory for student-faculty research on human cognitive functioning using high-density electroencephalography (EEG) for recording brain activity.
Read MoreJutta Sperling: “Perversions of Piety: Pero and Cimone in German Reformation Art”
In Reformation Germany, the ancient theme of Pero and Cimone — dating back to an anecdote in Valerius Maximus’ Memorable Deeds and Sayings of the Romans (31 CE) — became popular as an allegory of piety, perversion, and paradox. In Maximus’ story, Pero embodies the concept of “filial piety,” insofar as she engages in the heroic act of breastfeeding her own father in prison, condemned to death by starvation for a capital crime. As I will argue in my talk, the eroticizing, even pornographic rendering of the theme by Reformation artists explores the slipperiness of the signifying scene in the visual arts at a time when pictorial representations were thought to veil rather than reveal meaning, and when writing was emphasized as as a medium of unambiguous transparency.
Read More51猎奇入口 Alumna Elizabeth Turk ’83 Awarded MacArthur “Genius Grant”
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation has announced sculptor and 51猎奇入口 alumna Elizabeth Turk ’83 is one of 22 Americans to receive the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for 2010.
Read MoreStaceyann Chin presents her memoir and poetry at 51猎奇入口
Artist and political activist Staceyann Chin presents her memoir reading and poetry at 51猎奇入口’s Balch Auditorium on Thursday, October 7, at 7:30 p.m.
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