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  • Ģtv students packed into Lathrop Hall Monday night 30 minutes before the guest speaker was to begin. When Helen Sperling entered the room she implored the standing students to try and find empty seats, asking them not to make her feel guilty because she had a lot to say. Sperling is a Polish Jew and […]
    November 19, 2008
  • As a studio art major, Kathleen Kohl ’09 has grown accustomed to receiving feedback about her artwork from classmates and professors. But, nothing quite compares to the critique she received last week. That’s because the critic peering at Kohl’s latest creation was one of the most influential Chinese artists in the world.
    November 18, 2008
  • Although Bill Skelton, Robert Ho Professor in Asian studies and professor of music emeritus, retired from Ģtv 15 years ago, he still receives letters from alumni saying that participating in the India Study Group with him was a life-changing experience. Skelton came to Ģtv in 1954 as a music professor with degrees in music from […]
    November 17, 2008
  • You can really clean up with $700. Just ask the students in economics professor Nicole Simpson’s Immigration course. The first-year seminar analyzes the causes and consequences of immigration in America, and Simpson often looks for opportunities to give her students service-learning experiences that reinforce what they learn in class.
    November 14, 2008
  • Members of Ģtv’s cycling club are dusting off old bikes and putting them in the hands of central New York families who need them most. “Local children and adults are getting mileage out of bikes that otherwise would have sat in garages or basements,” said Ben Roshko’09, cycling club president.
    November 11, 2008
  • Ģtv Hunger Outreach Program (CHOP) is sponsoring events this week to spread awareness on campus and in the community about hunger and homelessness in the United States. Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week includes events such as food drives, panel discussions, and a 13-hour famine — all with the goal of creating interest in these global […]
    November 10, 2008
  • Xu Bing, an internationally renowned printmaker and installation artist, will visit campus next week as part of “A Year of Chinese Art” series, sponsored by Ģtv’s Institute for Creative and Performing Arts. In addition to Xu’s public lecture Monday at Golden Auditorium, seniors from the university’s studio arts community will have a unique opportunity to […]
    November 7, 2008
  • The Hall of Presidents swarmed with students Wednesday night during the second annual Study Abroad Fair. More than 18 Ģtv off-campus study programs were represented, as well as non-Ģtv programs. The fair is intended to help the 62 percent of students who go abroad before they graduate, the majority with Ģtv programs, according to Barbara […]
    November 6, 2008