Academics
College to host 11th Academic Festival
[4/26/09] It's bigger and better than ever—Academic Festival 2009 offers more than 300 students presenting 55 sessions on Thursday, April 30. Come 'Celebrate Excellence' at this year's event. (At left, 'A Silly Silverstein Show' from Academic Festival 2008.) Read More.
Daily Gazette
Garden to supply college with vegetables
[4/26/09] Sunday, April 26, is the day that students will begin to work on a garden that is designed to provide vegetables and herbs for Skidmore's Dining Services. Read More.
Community
Saratoga Reads to wrap up with April 26 campus event
[4/26/09] A campus-community collaboration will offer a fun-filled afternoon for families interested in celebrating The Secret Life of Bees, this year's book of choice for Saratoga Reads. Read More.
International Affairs
State Department official on campus April 28-29
[4/26/09] State Department counselor Harry J. O'Hara will be on campus this week to share information about the European Union in a public talk and in meetings with International Affairs students and faculty. Read More.
Dance
Dance students to perform faculty works in Spring Concert
[4/24/09] The spring dance concert is titled 'Everything but the Kitchen Sink' and promises to offer something for all dance fans. Admission open to the public; tickets available at the door. (Photo at left is from the winter dance concert) Read More.
Music
Hawthorne String Quartet to perform with Skidmore Orchestra
[4/24/09] This spring's Sterne Virtuoso Artists-in-Residence will perform a final time on campus–with the Skidmore Orchestra on April 25. Don't miss this chance to hear an outstanding program of orchestral music. Read More.
Author Visit
Eve Pell will share her autobiography in afternoon reading
[4/23/09] Author Eve Pell shattered expectations and lived to write the tale. She'll share excerpts from her autobiography, We Used to Own the Bronx: Memoirs of a Former Debutante, in a reading April 23 in Emerson Auditorium. Read More.
Community
Saratoga Reads announces wrap-up events for April 26
[4/22/09] Day to feature Kids' Fair at Skidmore and panel discussion at public library. Read More.
Interdisciplinary Studies
Skidmore & Bard to host 'Pursuit of Happiness' conference
[4/20/09] What is happiness? How do we find it? Do we know what will make us happy? Approximately 150 scholars from throughout the U.S. and several foreign countries will consider the timeless and universal human pursuit of happiness in an April 24-26 conference on campus. Read More.
Athletics/Community
A soccer tradition continues
[4/16/09] Thoroughbred varsity athletes divided their time this week between the classroom and the soccer field, where they worked with 115 area children at a spring break soccer camp, strengthening their skills and fostering awareness of Soccer Without Borders. (Photo by Chris Weigl '11) Read More.
Community
Skidmore announces Earth Week activities
[4/16/09] Skidmore's celebration of Earth Week includes club activities, North Woods tour for the local community, food competition, and more. Read More.
Kuroda Lecture
Franklin's letters to his sister to be Kuroda lecture topic
[4/14/09] Over more than 60 years, Benjamin Franklin and his sister Jane saw each other just seven times—so they wrote lengthy, detailed letters that contained news of family, thoughts about books, debates about God. Those letters help to tell America's history, says Harvard scholar Jill Lepore. Read More.
Community
Vocal groups to sing in benefit for UPH
[4/14/09] 'An Afternoon of A Cappella', scheduled April 19 at the Universal Preservation Hall, is a family-friendly concert that will benefit the ongoing restoration of the historic building. (At left, the Skidmore Accents perform on campus earlier this year.) Read More.
Community
Skidmore contributes to community holiday feast
[4/13/09] Roy Rotheim, Skidmore’s Quadracci Professor in Social Responsibility and professor of economics, last week sent an email to the College community, seeking volunteer ”turkey roasters” for a free meal to be presented at the Presbyterian-New England Congregational Church’s soup kitchen Easter Sunday. Read More.
Lecture
Hauser's art history lecture to focus on George Tooker
[4/10/09] For the annual Art History Lecture, scholar Katie Hauser will consider the work of artist George Tooker, whose sensitivity to marginalized members of society is evident in works that make compelling political statements. Read More.
Special Programs
Perlow events to observe Yom HaShoah
[4/10/09] A series of events to observe Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah) will foster exploration of evil, trauma, and artistic creativity. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More.
Students
Hannah Phillips '10 has a P.L.A.N.
[4/9/09] One student's internship has broad community implications. Read More.
Community
Town-gown breakfast emphasizes community connections
[4/9/09] Over 100 business and community leaders were on campus April 8 for the annual Community Breakfast. This year's event offered participants the opportunity to participate in roundtable discussions on a range of topics, led by faculty experts. Read More.
Hip Hop Alliance
Mickey Factz headlines upcoming Hip Hop concert
[4/7/09] Future stars of Hip Hop will perform at the event, which will be on Case Green starting at 3 p.m. Saturday, April 11. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More.
Theater Performance
Skidmore’s fresh take on Kafka’s Metamorphosis
[4/6/09] Professor Lary Opitz has created a new stage adaptation of the Kafka work, which will be presented April 16-19. At left, Alex Dayan '11 is the unfortunate Gregor Samsa, undergoing a Kafkaesque metamorphosis in the production of the same name. (Photo by Margaret Rastetter ’09) Read More.