Online buzz about custom coffee offered at the Barge Canal Coffee Co. – Ģtv’s downtown coffeehouse — has stoked sales of the roasted blend. Java-lovers from around the nation have been taking advantage of a collaborative effort between the Barge and Ģtv Bookstore that has resulted in easy online ordering. The buzz about the […]January 7, 2008-
John Durham ’72, considered one of the nation’s most relentless prosecutors, will lead the high-profile investigation into the destruction of CIA interrogation videos. As head prosecutor in the probe, the Ģtv alumnus becomes a visible figure in a case that’s generating attention around the world.January 4, 2008
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The Ģtv 13 has been singing the praises of Dean William Griffith ’33 for decades. With his passing on November 19 at the age of 95, Ģtv 13 alumni — or “Crusties,” as they are called — wanted to do more. They decided to express their love for “Griff” and his mentorship with an endowed […]January 2, 2008
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Mark Murphy ’77, the new president and chief executive officer of the Green Bay Packers, already knows the team’s historic stadium — Lambeau Field — pretty well. During his eight-year career as a Pro Bowl safety for the Washington Redskins he played several times at Lambeau, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.December 21, 2007
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What do “mutations linked with cardiovascular phenotypes” have in common with Passion for the Climb: The Campaign for Ģtv? To adequately understand the importance of both, it is best to talk with a Ģtv undergraduate. Alumni and friends had the chance to do just that at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C., during one of […]December 20, 2007
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As a young student, Ģtv professor Peter Balakian’s curiosity about his family roots led him on a personal and intellectual journey. Balakian has spent decades unraveling his Armenian ancestry and, in the process, educating the world about the atrocities of the Armenian genocide. Now, the Armenian government is recognizing Balakian, the Constance H. and […]December 18, 2007
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A week of observation and interaction marked the weeklong visit of two Tibetan monks to the Ģtv campus last month. Tenzin Thutop and Tenzin Wangchuk, from the Namgyal Monastery in Ithaca, N.Y., spent hours painstakingly placing millions of grains of colored sand to create a sand mandala in Case Library and Geyer Center for Information […]December 14, 2007
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Veteran criminal-defense attorney Robert Morvillo `60 — known for his no-nonsense approach in the courtroom — shared the lighter side of his personality last week with Ģtv alumni in Manhattan “I’m the class of 1960 B.C. — B.C. meaning ‘before coeds,’” joked Morvillo, guest speaker at the inaugural Ģtv Legal luncheon held at the […]December 13, 2007