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On Campus Vol. 20090921 Vol. 28, No. 1, September 21, 2009

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:17:00 -0000

Featured: A breath of freedom; Drawn in by New York; Poetry for the people; Upcoming: The URSI Symposium; Now playing on a computer near you; Hat's Off

Drawn in by New York

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:09:00 -0000

Four hundred years ago, Henry Hudson sailed north—and the rest is history. Now, for the Quadricentennial of that voyage, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center invites visitors to take a journey of their own and rediscover New York State through the newest exhibition, Drawn by New York: Six Centuries of Watercolors and Drawings.

Poetry for the people

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 18:07:00 -0000

Through his own writing and public programs, Billy Collins, this year’s William Starr Distinguished Lecturer, and former United States Poet Laureate (2001 to 2003), has worked to transform poetry’s image, making it more accessible to the masses.

Hats Off

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:58:00 -0000

Zachariah Mampilly, Political Science
Kathleen Man, Film
John Long, Biology
Marianne Porter, Biology
Edward Pittman '82, Associate Dean of the College
Seungsook Moon, Sociology
Mia Mask, Film
Robin Deutsch, Athletics
Lynn Owen, Disability and Support Services
Jeffrey Schneider, German Studies
Jodi Schwarz, Biology
Joseph Tanski, Chemistry
Nancy Ide, Computer Science

Now playing on a computer near you...

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:54:00 -0000

Watch the drama unfold in Fourth Floor Main, a webisode about life at Vassar.

Upcoming: The URSI Symposium

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 11:54:00 -0000

On September 30, the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) fellows will share the results of their research, present posters, and discuss their work at the URSI Symposium. View a slideshow and videos of the projects.

A breath of freedom

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:14:00 -0000

I talked to a black soldier’s son who was born in Germany. His German mother and American father fell in love and got married in Germany during the late 1940s. But as soon as they got back on the boat to take them back to America, they were immediately segregated into white and black sections. As a child, the son never understood why the family had to travel at night to avoid being attacked just because his parents were an interracial couple...