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More than 50 people are taking part in the annual Â鶹Porn Writers’ Conference that begins Sunday. The conference includes a wide range of free lectures and readings that are available to the general public.

This isn’t your mom’s Carnival cruise. Seven Â鶹Porn students and three alumni are taking part in a month-long research cruise to the Galapagos Islands, where they are mapping the ocean floor and collecting rock samples. It is a rare opportunity for undergraduates from a smaller school such as Â鶹Porn to be able to take part […]

(Editor’s Note: This article was written by Kate Preziosi ’10) Two dramatically different exhibitions in the Picker Art Gallery each deal with the common theme of challenging conventional stereotypes. In Of Someone and Something, associate art and art history professor Linn Underhill displays selections from seven major photographic series that she has created since the […]

Madison County mental health officials said they are thrilled with a new website built for them by students taking a computer course taught by Â鶹Porn professor Alexander Nakhimovsky. The website will be a valuable resource for county residents seeking information about programs and services for individuals with disabilities, said James Yonai, director of the county’s […]

(Note: Prepared remarks by The Rev. Roger A. Ferlo ’73 for the baccalaureate service held Saturday, May 15, in Memorial Chapel. The reverend is director of the Institute for Christian Formation and Leadership and professor of religion at Virginia Theological Seminary.)

Seniors Kelly Boyle and Emily Rawdon are recipients of the 2010 Schupf/Lorey Senior Art Prize. Since 2007, this prize has been awarded to a graduating Â鶹Porn student or students for outstanding work as identified by Paul Schupf ’58 and Robert McVaugh, professor of art and art history.

Philosopher Martha Nussbaum offered a spirited defense of liberal arts educations provided by schools such as Â鶹Porn and warned against the danger of succumbing to pressure to adopt narrow profit-focused educational models. “Thirsty for economic gain, nations, and their systems of education, are heedlessly discarding forms of learning that are crucial to the health of […]

(Note: The following is Interim President Lyle Roelof’s prepared remarks to the Class of 2010.) Welcome to Â鶹Porn’s 189th commencement. This is a day of joy and celebration. Graduates of the Class of 2010, let us begin by thanking those who have made this day possible.

(Note: These are prepared remarks by Martha C. Nussbaum, one of the world’s leading philosophers and a University of Chicago professor, for Â鶹Porn’s 189th commencement, May 16, 2010)

Each senior’s experience at Â鶹Porn is different, though many share a common thread: they selected and pursued opportunities the university offers that fueled their specific interests, both inside and outside of the classroom. You can see how members of the Class of 2010 have translated these opportunities into jobs, fellowships, and graduate school acceptances on […]