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Lecture
Visiting scholar to discuss changes in Chinese marriage laws[11/19/09] Bettine Birge of the University of Southern California will present her recent research on marriage disputes in 13th-century China, during the Mongol occupation, and effects that lasted into the 20th century. Read More. |
Lecture
Guest lecturer's topic: Iraq conflict[11/13/09] Woodrow Wilson Scholar and former journalist Steve Negus will draw on research acquired while covering the Middle East to explore themian causes of the Iraqi civil war. Read More. |
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Lecture
Project Runway alum Korto Momolu to visit Nov. 7[10/30/09] African traditions strongly influence Momolu's designs, and her Liberian heritage is central to her work and understanding of the world. She will discuss the challenges she has faced, and how she works to incorporate the vision of Africa in her life and work. Read More. |
Lecture
Being good in a complicated world[10/22/09] Rabbi Joseph Telushkin, who has written widely on the Jewish experience, will lecture on campus at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More. |
Latin American Studies
Racial politics of revolutionary Cuba to be Oct. 22 topic[10/16/09] Devyn Spence Benson of Williams College will discuss the ways people of color contributed to and challenged Fidel Castro's claims over racial politics in this Oct. 22 talk. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More. |
Global Skidmore
Eric Silverman '10 traverses 3,000 miles to combat prejudice[10/9/09] Eric Silverman '10 spent the spring 2009 seemster abroad in Cape Town, South Africa, and the summer of 2009 cycling the 3,000 miles from Cape Town to Nairobi, Kenya. Read More. |
Davis Projects for Peace
Exhibit to show Guatemalan children's perception of peace
[10/2/09] Two Skidmore students went to Guatemala City this summer, supported by a Davis Projects for Peace grant, to lead an arts program for children. This exhibition of children's photography is the result of their work. Read More. |
Special Programs
Benny Morris to lecture, teach during Greenberg residency [9/25/09] Scholar and writer Benny Morris is on campus as the Greenberg Middle East Scholar-in-Residence this fall, with public events planned Sept. 29 and Oct. 8. Read More. |
Faculty scholarship
Graney to lead Research Colloquium discussion[9/25/09] Kate Graney is the featured speaker at the first event of the academic year of the Skidmore Research Colloquium. On Wednesday, Sept. 30, she will discuss her new book. Read More. |
Latin American Studies
Visiting scholar to discuss Cuban Revolutions [9/18/09] Gustavo Esteva's talk relates to this year's Latin American Studies Program theme of "Cuban Revolutions" in this, the 50th year of Cuba's best-known revolution. Read More. |
Students
From Cape Town to Nairobi: A ride across Africa[9/4/09] History major Eric Silverman '10 and a friend spent the summer on a 70-day, 2700-mile trek across Africa for understanding and charity. Read More. |
Global Skidmore
Karen Brackett on quilts for South African children[8/26/09] Continuing an exchange program that began in 1996, 19 Skidmore students and a professional team of six toured South Africa for 27 days in May and June of 2009. Read More. |
Global Skidmore
Karrin Varucene '08 reflects on a year of teaching in China[8/26/09] As the next group of recent Skidmore graduates prepares to begin their teaching assignments in China, a veteran who taught at Qufu Teachers University last year shares what she learned. Read More. |
Communications
Skidmore 'town-hall meetings' upcoming[8/17/09] Meetings planned around the country to examine the value of a Skidmore education Read More. |
Alumni
Grads win Fulbrights for research abroad[7/13/09] Tessa Fixter-Coniglio '08 to teach English in Germany; Caryn Saslow '09 to study sustainable-development education in Switzerland Read More. |
Admissions
Admissions Summer Open House July 13[7/2/09] Skidmore's Admissions Summer Open House is scheduled for Monday, July 13, under the tent on Upper South Park. Last year, more than 350 families attended this event, and as many are expected this year. Read More. |
Activism
Davis Projects for Peace—'Peace Through My Eyes'[7/1/09] Elana Hazghia ’10 and Verena Bunge ’11 spent the beginning of their summer vacations making philanthropy into an art form. For three weeks at the end of May and beginning of June, Hazghia and Bunge ran a photography class for children in San Marcos La Laguna and Guatemala City. Read More. |
Summer Programs
Writers Institute readings are under way through July 24[6/25/09] Free readings and discussions by writers hosted by the New York State Summer Writers Institute are now underway through July 24. The list includes three recent poet laureates, three Pulitzer-Prize winners, a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award-winner, and a winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize. Read More. |
Metroland
Tang Museum exhibition 'remarkable'[6/18/09] Metroland's Meisha Rosenberg gives thumbs up to the current Tang exhibition titled "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History." [At left, K.O.S's The Scarlet Letter - The Prison Door (1992-1993)] Read More. |
