Diversity in the News
Dr. Rita M. Gross, an internationally known religion scholar, will launch a series of talks that will focus on various aspects of Buddhism. Lectures are free and open to the public.- Two discussions and an art exhibition will shed light on the cost of our decade-long war in Afghanistan. The October events are part of the Theater of War in a House a Peace series sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.
- Two tropical storms in two weeks led to massive floods and destruction in upstate New York, especially Schoharie County. Residents there continue to clean up and take stock of their homes and businesses. Skidmore will host a two-day collection for flood victims next week.
- The world was riveted by the unrest that led to monumental changes in the Arab world last spring. Two scholar-observers will share insight on what happens next at a Sept. 27 discussion on campus. (Left: Revolutionary graffiti from a building in Cairo.)
- Author/educator Frances Kendall is a nationally known specialist on diversity and white privilege. A highlight of her two-day visit to Skidmore will be a lecture in which she will discuss understanding and interrupting bias in our community. The talk is scheduled Sept. 26 in Gannett.
- Ben-Gurion University scholar Daniella Talmon-Heller will discuss Jerusalem's sanctity in Islam from the seventh century until the 21st century and the role it is expected to play at the end of times in a Sept. 20 talk that is free and open to the public.
- The illustrations of Polish-born artist Arthur Szyk will be the topic when Irvin Ungar, art dealer and Judaica scholar, presents this fall's Fox-Adler lecture on Sept. 22. In addition, Scribner Library is currently featuring an exhibition on Szyk.
- Geosciences Chair Kyle Nichols made an NSF-funded trip to Namibia this summer to learn first-hand the effects of unprecedented rains in that semi-arid country. Now home, he'll begin his analysis using new lab equipment purchased with the help of the U.S. Army.
- Award-winning photographer to speak Oct. 12
- Nearly 100 Skidmore students have participated in the Teach in China program which got its start in 1989. Since then program participation has quadrupled over the years, from an average of 4-5 in the early 1990s to this year's 20. More than 40 Skidmore graduates now apply each year.
- Social networking is a common link for the 665 members of the Class of 2015, many of whom are connecting online before coming to campus next month.
- Skidmore hit the jackpot this year: three students received Fulbright awards for international work/study, and an alum was named a Fulbright alternate. In addition, two students received grants to teach English abroad. Learn more about these new ambassadors.
- West African drumming and dance combine with Indian sitar music as two of Skidmore's top musicians bring international music to Zankel Music Center on April 28. Yacub Addy, Skidmore's NEA National Heritage Fellow, will join Veena Chandra and her son Devesh for this special concert.
- Visual artist from Cairo to give firsthand account of uprising and discuss how art depicts social conditions
- The Sterne Virtuoso Series at Zankel continues this week with a performance by sitar master Imrat Kahn and tabla player Nitin Mitta, sharing traditional music of India.
- Visiting filmmaker Francesco Taboada Tabone will visit several classes, meet informally with students and faculty, and discuss his documentary films when he is on campus April 12.
- Student docents will be at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery on April weekends to lead tours of the exhibition Environment and Object--Recent African Art. This weekend's tour guides are James Lyness, Saturday, April 9, 1 p.m.; and Grace Travaglini, Sunday, April 10, 1 p.m.
- An upcoming lecture/tasting event will offer a flavorful journey into the world of gourmet dark chocolate. Admission is open to the Skidmore community only.
- The annual celebration of foremost poet of the classical world gets under way Tuesday, April 5, at 7 p.m. and will run until the gods know when at the Intercultural Center. Come celebrate Homerathon 2011!
- April 8 lecture to probe art and challenges of Japanese-English translation; event to include tribute to disaster victims in Japan