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Campus News
Faculty-Staff Achievements, Oct. 5, 2009[10/2/09] Read More. |
Weekly Flu Advisory
Number of people with flu-like symptoms on rise[10/2/09] At this point in the fall semester, Skidmore’s Health Services reports that a total of 32 students have shown influenza-like symptoms since the academic year began, with eight new cases having developed in the past week. Read More. |
Campus News
Workplace discrimination is topic of visiting sociologist[10/2/09] Ohio State University scholar Vincent Roscigno is on campus this month, and will give a public talk on workplace discrimination Tuesday, Oct. 6. Read More. |
Music
Baytelman to launch Filene concert season Oct. 2[10/1/09] Steinway Artist Pola Baytelman heads to London later this year to perform the piano works of Isaac Albéniz. Skidmore's audience will have a chance to preview the concert on Friday, Oct. 2, in Filene Recital Hall. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More. |
Community
Saratoga Reads announces top five books[10/1/09] Community-wide reading program seeks public vote to determine the book of choice. Read More. |
Steloff Lecture
Author Allan Gurganus on campus Oct. 1 for Steloff Lecture[9/27/09] Allan Gurganus, who has been called "a Mark Twain for our age," gives the 38th annual Steloff Lecture on campus Thursday, Oct. 1. Admission is free and open to the public. (Emma Dodge Hanson photo) Read More. |
Campus News
New York Knicks return for training camp[9/27/09] The NBA stars return to Skidmore to train next week and will offer children of the College community a chance to watch a practice while on campus. 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. |
Weekly Flu Advisory
Since start of classes, 24 students show flu-like symptoms[9/25/09] At the end of September, Skidmore reports that the number of students with flu-like symptoms is now 24. Read More. |
Athletics
Women's soccer upset highlights Thoroughbreds' week[9/22/09] Weekend play saw women's soccer prevail against Amherst, volleyball wins at the Union Invitational, field hockey winning its first Liberty League contest, and victories by women's tennis and men's soccer. Read More. |
Fox-Adler Lecture
Blake's art on the Web is focus of Sept. 24 lecture
[9/18/09] Joseph Viscomi, editor and co-creator of the William Blake online archive, will discuss Blake’s Enlightened Graphics: Illuminated Books and New Technologies when he delivers the 21st annual Fox-Adler Lecture at Skidmore. Read More. |
Lecture
Environmentalist John Cronin to speak at Tang Museum[9/18/09] The future Hudson to be the topic when environmentalist John Cronin of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries gives Skidmore's keynote Environmental Studies lecture Sept. 24. Read More. |
Faculty scholarship
Golden's new book looks at Victorian revolution in writing[9/18/09] The Penny Press—revolutionary? Yes, says Professor Catherine Golden in her new book, Posting It, in which she asserts that allowing anyone, from any social class, to send a letter anywhere in the country for only a penny had multiple and profound cultural impacts. Read More. |
Schick Art Gallery
Sculptor Nathalie Miebach to share insight in Sept. 22 talk[9/18/09] Miebach’s work focuses on the intersection of art and science and the visual articulation of scientific observations or theories. (Lecture date changed from the previously announced Sept. 28) Read More. |
Weekly Flu Advisory
Since start of classes, 20 students show flu-like symptoms[9/18/09] To keep the Skidmore community informed about the risks of influenza and ways to minimize its spread, the Emergency Management Team will post a weekly flu advisory each Friday afternoon. 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
Nearly 600 students attend Skidmore’s Club Fair[9/16/09] At this year's Sept. 11 club fair, nearly 80 clubs and organizations set up and manned tables with cool signs, handouts, goodies, and the all-important signup sheets. All in all, some 600 students attended the event. Read More. |
