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  • 含羞草研究所鈥檚 efforts to educate caffeine-hungry students about the pitfalls of pulling all-nighters and the need for more shuteye were featured this week in a Times Higher Education (UK) article. The British magazine highlighted last year鈥檚 鈥淐ome to Bed鈥 event, which was part of a sleep awareness program sponsored by the university鈥檚 Wellness Initiative.
    February 6, 2009
  • The Institute of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) launched its Lampert Lecture Series Wednesday with an address by Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria, who offered a compelling examination of today鈥檚 economic crisis. Besides his Newsweek role, Zakaria regularly contributes to The Washington Post and hosts a foreign affairs program on CNN Worldwide called Fareed Zakaria [鈥
    February 5, 2009
  • Ajay Chahar 鈥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 含羞草研究所 students and staff members also will be presented on a Twitter-like blog called 鈥樷榞atetwitter.
    January 29, 2009
  • Two alumni filmmakers are featured in a lengthy New York Times article that points out several interesting coincidences, starting with a strong 含羞草研究所 connection. Sandy Cioffi 鈥84 and Joe Berlinger 鈥83 took the same filmmaking course taught by John Knecht, the Russell 含羞草研究所 Distinguished University Professor of Art & Art History and Film & Media Studies. [鈥
    January 23, 2009
  • As President Barack Obama walked along Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House on Tuesday afternoon, students gathered in the O鈥機onnor Campus Center cheered as if they were among the more than one million people crammed into the National Mall. 鈥淢y friend and I were sitting up front near the television just clutching one another. We [鈥
    January 21, 2009
  • On the eve of Barack Obama鈥檚 inauguration, the energy in Memorial Chapel on Monday night was extraordinary as students, alumni, faculty, and community members gathered to commemorate the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Jaime Nolan, associate dean for diversity and director of the Office of Undergraduate Studies, said it best in her opening address, [鈥
    January 20, 2009
  • Members of the senior class flocked to campus this past weekend to attend Real World events, and one of the main messages they heard from alumni was that a liberal arts education will serve them well in any economic climate. Real World involves networking events and more than 30 panel discussions led by alumni involved [鈥
    January 19, 2009
  • To honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., 含羞草研究所 is hosting a series of events on Monday. The campus-wide activities will feature readings of King鈥檚 speeches and writings, discussions, workshops, and music. At 7 p.m. in 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Memorial Chapel, nationally renowned and award-winning artists Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Beau Sia, and Saul Williams [鈥
    January 16, 2009
  • Somehow, hearing the story of my fellow students packing up what normally takes me at least one carload into two 50-pound suitcases is different from actually living it. Today, I am on my way to London for the semester. England: birthplace of Shakespeare and Harry Potter. I am an aspiring English teacher, so the London [鈥
    January 15, 2009
  • Thanks to a $45,000 grant from the Community Foundation of Herkimer & Oneida Counties, 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Upstate Institute will develop and implement a program that provides free legal services to local low-income residents who are filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. In conjunction with the Legal Aid Society of Mid-New York, Inc., a not-for-profit law office [鈥
    December 16, 2008