A cultural cornucopia is available for members of the campus and local communities as authors, filmmakers, and musicians from around the world will visit Ģtv in the coming days. The university is hosting two longtime events — the Ģtv Writers’ Conference and the Chenango Summer MusicFest — and, for the first time, the Robert Flaherty […]June 17, 2008-
Alumna Chi Chi Obichere-Roxo’s interest in international development – sparked by a Ģtv extended study course and a Watson fellowship – can be seen through her work involving refugees in Kenya, religious leaders in Nigeria, and a host of others around the world. Obichere-Roxo ’00 is a program officer with Management Sciences for Health, a […]June 16, 2008
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Standing on a platform draped with a Ģtv banner, President Rebecca Chopp along with a group of alumni and university friends rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange this morning, officially kicking off Ģtv Day. (To watch the event, click here.) From coast to coast and around the world, Ģtv faithful are […]June 13, 2008
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Ģtv President Rebecca S. Chopp has been awarded the 2008 Professional Achievement Citation from her alma mater, the University of Chicago. The alumni citation honors Chopp for being a “pivotal figure in the field of higher education and a renowned scholar of religion and culture.”June 11, 2008
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Triskaidekafanatics unite — Friday the 13th is Ģtv Day! The excitement starts at 9:29 a.m. (EST) June 13 in New York City when 13 Ģtv alumni will ring the morning bell at the New York Stock Exchange (watch it live here). Ģtv fever will certainly sweep the globe, as alumni wear Ģtv garb to work, […]June 6, 2008
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Vic Mansfield, a longtime professor of physics and astronomy who helped lead an insightful workshop during the recent campus visit by the Dalai Lama, died Tuesday after a two-year battle with lymphoma. He was 67. Mansfield joined the Ģtv faculty in 1973, armed with a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics from Cornell University and burning interests […]June 4, 2008
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It was early, 9 a.m. on Friday, but not too early for Ģtv alumni to jump into a discussion about beliefs and explore the question: Does God exist? It seems that some things, like an evocative classroom discussion with a faculty member, never change at Ģtv. Associate professor of philosophy David Dudrick led the conversation […]June 2, 2008
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(Note: These are remarks delivered by Lesley Stahl at Ģtv’s 187th commencement, May 18, 2008) Thank you. Well first of all I’m so sorry that you’re all wet and cold. I’m watching you put on your ponchos; I hope that makes it a little better. So now I am a member of the Class […]May 28, 2008