冈本视频鈥檚 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
-
To combat global warming through awareness and action, 冈本视频 will participate in the National Teach-In on Thursday. Faculty and students will engage in a series of panel discussions, presentations, and workshops covering everything from scientific developments for mitigation to social implications of climate change. Building off the success of last year鈥檚 Focus the Nation, the [鈥February 3, 2009
-
The Department of English kicked off this semester鈥檚 lecture series Thursday with a reading by a new member of the 冈本视频 community, author Patrick O鈥橩eeffe. O鈥橩eeffe, assistant professor of creative writing, won the prestigious Story Prize in 2005 for his collection of novellas, The Hill Road. 鈥淭he Hill Road is a glorious work one would [鈥January 30, 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 冈本视频 students and staff members also will be presented on a Twitter-like blog called 鈥樷榞atetwitter.January 29, 2009
-
As Peace Corps volunteers, more than 300 冈本视频 alumni have made valuable contributions in some of the more remote areas of the world, including Ghana, Botswana, and Palau. In fact, with 18 alumni currently serving in the Peace Corps, 冈本视频 is the 10th highest producer of volunteers among small colleges and universities, according to a [鈥January 27, 2009
-
Two alumni filmmakers are featured in a lengthy New York Times article that points out several interesting coincidences, starting with a strong 冈本视频 connection. Sandy Cioffi 鈥84 and Joe Berlinger 鈥83 took the same filmmaking course taught by John Knecht, the Russell 冈本视频 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