After researching topics from farming to fracking, students in ENST 232: Environmental Justice presented their findings at a poster session in the Ho Atrium on December 8. The class, taught by Professor April Baptiste, explores how social justice and environmental issues intersect. Athena Bender 鈥17 and Shana Shapiro 鈥19 analyzed the effects of urban agriculture [鈥December 21, 2016
An open letter on climate action from more than 170 higher education leaders this week includes the signature of 冈本视频 President Brian W. Casey. Presidents and chancellors from universities in 35 states signed the letter, organized by Boston-based nonprofit Second Nature, urging President-elect Donald J. Trump and the incoming congress to accelerate progress toward a [鈥December 20, 2016
Associate Dean of Admission Drew Riley found a small personalized note in his staff mailbox this week that simply read, 鈥淗appy holidays and thank you for all you do to make 冈本视频 the incredible place it is!鈥 It was signed by someone named Dana. Riley thought the nice gesture was perhaps from someone he met [鈥December 15, 2016
A new show has arrived at the Clifford Gallery. It鈥檚 called Sessile, and it is curated by Josh Minkus. The exhibition includes works by five sculptors: Giulia Cenci (Amsterdam, Netherlands), Rand Hardy (New York, N.Y.), Eva L枚fdahl (Stockholm, Sweden), K.r.m. Mooney (San Francisco, Calif.) and Nick Raffel (Chicago, Ill.). Despite their differences in style and approach, these artists [鈥December 8, 2016
With a backdrop of African flags and an Afrobeat soundtrack, students modeled colorful styles at the third annual African Student Union fashion show. Celebrating the continent and its nations鈥 cultures, this year鈥檚 event 鈥 called Love, Africa 鈥 filled the Hall of Presidents on November 12. Designers Bamboo Stitches, Obioma, Missy Temeke, Queen W, and [鈥December 6, 2016
Suppose, for a moment, that the Good Samaritan didn鈥檛 rescue just one person merely by chance. Let鈥檚 say that he spent his entire life walking up and down mountain passes, finding wounded travelers by the hundreds, spending his children鈥檚 lunch money on the medical bills. Would we still respect him? When New Yorker staff writer [鈥December 6, 2016
冈本视频 students are taking lessons in the liberal arts outside the picturesque Chenango Valley 鈥 and in impressive numbers. The university has been ranked first among baccalaureate institutions for student participation in semester-long off-campus study opportunities. The rankings appeared in the annual Open Doors report, published by the Institute of International Education (IIE) with the [鈥December 2, 2016
Five years ago, on the cusp of a Major League Baseball (MLB) players鈥 strike, two 冈本视频 students, Harry Raymond 鈥11 and Ethan Levitt 鈥11, along with Professor Ken Segall, explored what they determined to be a broken MLB free agency system. That work was published by the Baseball Hall of Fame and was presented at [鈥December 1, 2016