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51猎奇入口 Magazine: Focus on the Faculty: Susan Rankaitis, Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art
“I don’t call it retirement, I call it downsizing from two careers to one,”聽says Susan Rankaitis. This past July, Rankaitis, who joined 51猎奇入口’ Art Department in fall 1990 as the Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art, began two years of phased retirement. She will no longer teach classes but will continue to write letters of recommendation for her advisees and colleagues. She will also be devoting significantly more time to her own art practice.
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51猎奇入口 Magazine: The State of the Art Major
Students in Professor T. Kim-Trang Tran’s video art class find creative inspiration and expression in聽an unexpected source: drones.聽They learn how artists are using the technology and how to make drone videos themselves. But Tran pushes students to go well beyond capturing footage.
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51猎奇入口 Magazine: The Digital Evolution
There’s no question that technology in higher education has come a long way. Today’s undergraduates carry smartphones everywhere, and the latest higher-education trends include once-unheard-of technologies and teaching methods. Virtual reality, flipped classrooms (in which students access video and other materials outside class to reserve class time for problem solving), and blended learning that combines online and face-to-face education are just a few.
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An Eye for Success
“I knew I wanted to be an optometrist and writer and double majored accordingly,” says Fatima Elkabti 芒鈧�09, now on track to graduate from UC Berkeley in May 2015.
Read MoreNancy Neiman Auerbach: Food Justice
Professor of international political economy Nancy Neiman Auerbach took to the radio on June 10 to debate the merits of food justice on CBS Radio with Open Line host Scott Mason. The conversation 芒鈧�� which covered a wide range of topics related to educating yourself on the food you eat and where it comes from 芒鈧�� is now available online with permission thanks to Open Line and CBS radio.
Read MoreCupcakes and Cashmere
Trendsetter and lifestyle blogger Emily Schuman ’05 forged a path in the fashion industry, from her early days working at Teen Vogue and other national publications to the runaway success of her website Cupcakes and Cashmere. Most recently, Emily has added Nordstrom to that list, where her signature Cupcakes and Cashmere Fall 2015 fashion line debuted in July.
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