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  • Hanna+Traore+and+Ian+Berry
    "It is impossible to describe the feeling when a work of art that you've only dreamed about being in your show hangs in front of you," says Hanna Traore '17, who is curating a Tang Museum show for her senior thesis.
    Apr 18 2017
  • Saratoga+Mentoring
    At Skidmore, student engagement occurs in both the classroom and the community. Bella Bennett '17, an environmental studies major with a minor in geology, became a mentor because "I have had a lot of strong role models in my life and wanted to be there for someone else."
    Apr 12 2017
  • An interest in vintage clothing has helped Alessandra Canario '18 shape and integrate her studies at Skidmore.
    Apr 11 2017
  • Skidmore celebrated National History Month by highlighting a few of its women (disorderly, impressive, and creative) who influence the College and the world.
    Apr 11 2017
  • Family
    A historic Albany, N.Y., neighborhood--founded by a Mississippi minister and settled by other emigrants from the Jim Crow South--is explored in a documentary to be screened at Skidmore on Thursday, April 13.
    Apr 8 2017
  • Muslim+in+America+lecture
    Moustafa Bayoumi, author of "This Muslim American Life," will speak at Skidmore Thursday, April 6 at 7 p.m. in Gannett Auditorium.
    Apr 6 2017
  • The Tang's curator-at-large discusses her four guiding principles on podcast
    Apr 5 2017
  • Cristian Fernandez '19 likes engaging with professors, social issues, and his hiphop audiences.
    Apr 4 2017
  • podcast
    What is Skidmore? This podcast has answers. Hear stories of alumni, students, faculty, and friends to discover what makes Skidmore Skidmore.
    Apr 3 2017
  • Coburn+Lect+illo
    Guest speaker Bonnie Thornton Dill, a leading feminist theorist, will discuss intersections of gender with race, class, and other identities. Her Coburn Lecture takes place Thursday, March 30.
    Mar 24 2017
  • Ujima
    Ujima, Skidmore's student club promoting African and Caribbean cultures, is promising one of its biggest fashion shows ever. This year's event is this Saturday, March 25, at 6 p.m.
    Mar 24 2017
  • LGBT+students
    The authors of Listen, We Need to Talk: How to Change Attitudes about LGBT Rights spoke about their research at Skidmore recently, and a student offers this summary.
    Mar 20 2017
  • Cole+artwork+detail
    A scholar, a filmmaker, and an activist will discuss whiteness and American multiculturalism Thursday, March 23. The panel is part of a Tang Museum project to accelerate access and inclusion.
    Mar 17 2017
  • farm+workers++
    How can American capitalism foster wide opportunity as well as race-based exploitation? Management scholar Pushkala Prasad, explains in her Moseley Faculty Research Lecture on Tuesday, March 7, at 8 p.m. in Gannett Auditorium.
    Mar 2 2017
  • Education advocates Oprah Winfrey, Ann Tisch, and Wes Moore to receive honorary degrees from Skidmore College at May 2017 Commencement
    Feb 23 2017
  • HF+debate+-+Alger+image
    "Inequality and Race" is the topic for a public conversation between fellows of the Manhattan Institute and the Brookings Institution, to be held Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 5:30 p.m.
    Feb 17 2017
  • Black+History+Month
    Student clubs and campus offices mark Black History Month with a range of public events, but how does it resonate with individual students?
    Feb 16 2017
  • Amber+Wiley
    Assistant Professor of American Studies and award-winning architectural and urban historian Amber Wiley knows what makes a particular place stand out.
    Feb 14 2017
  • Zazie+Beetz
    Three Skidmore young alumni are bucking the millennial stereotype with their success in the entertainment industry.
    Feb 10 2017
  • Muslim+ban+college+sign
    On Jan. 29, President Philip A. Glotzbach issued a statement to the Skidmore community about the Trump administration's executive order to restrict travel from seven Muslim-majority countries and ban refugees.
    Feb 2 2017
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