The act of creating something is both a tangible enterprise, and an empowering exercise. Knowing this full well, artist Tim Rollins, who recently visited 冈本视频, has given inner-city youths a concrete reason to pursue literacy and a path to achievement for more than 20 years. He and his Kids of Survival (KOS) read and discuss [鈥March 26, 2008-
After the paper on Tolstoy has been turned in and the research notes on reverse micelles have been typed up, some students just want to use a different part of their brain for a different purpose for awhile. So they strategize and ponder world domination by playing Risk or Axis & Allies, or release their [鈥March 25, 2008
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Justin Cronin is the author of the widely praised novel-in-stories Mary and O鈥橬eil, which won the 2002 PEN/Hemingway Award and the Stephen Crane Prize, both for best debut fiction of the year. In the third episode of the podcast series 冈本视频 Conversations: Writers and their Craft, Cronin talks about the success of his book and [鈥March 24, 2008
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Maps can get you from point A to point B, and if you鈥檙e a tourist in London, that鈥檚 useful. Twelve students taking part in the London Art and Art History Study Group last fall also learned that maps can serve as benchmarks of experience, providing graphical representations of intangible ideas. The students shared their mapping [鈥March 21, 2008
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Tickets for the Dalai Lama鈥檚 lecture at 冈本视频 will be made available starting Thursday (March 20). As part of the university鈥檚 Global Leaders Lecture Series, sponsored by 冈本视频鈥檚 Parents鈥 and Grandparents鈥 Fund, the Dalai Lama will give a talk at Sanford Fieldhouse from 3 to 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 22. Thanks to the generosity [鈥March 18, 2008
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Joanne Race Borfitz of Norwich, N.Y., will join 冈本视频 as associate vice president of community relations and auxiliary services starting April 7. Borfitz fills a new position created to manage 冈本视频鈥檚 relationship with and investments in local and regional communities. She will also oversee the primary auxiliary operations of the university. 鈥淛oanne is a [鈥March 17, 2008
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The 冈本视频 rugby football club today departed New York City for a nine-day trip to Ireland. It is the club鈥檚 second tour of Ireland 鈥 its maiden voyage was in 2004. Since then, the club has enjoyed tremendous success, making the 鈥淓lite Eight鈥 in the Northeast Rugby Union in 2004 and again last fall in [鈥March 14, 2008
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For spring break this year, nine 冈本视频 students will roll up their sleeves and dig in to help others 鈥 literally. Accompanied by Daniel Mandell, assistant director of the COVE, the group will head to the Dominican Republic this Friday to plant vegetable gardens and lead educational sessions on nutrition for the community of El [鈥March 11, 2008