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51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Students Featured in Santa Cruz Sentinel News Story About ‘Women in Physics’
The Santa Cruz Sentinel quotes Jessica Ng ’15 and Anna Henderson ’15 for a story on the 10th annual Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics.
Read MoreDialogue Groups: Your invitation to participate!
Change at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú starts with individuals who take part in meaningful discussions about central community challenges. I invite you all to participate in a dialogue group next semester and create the change you wish to see at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú!
Read More51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Professor Explores Life’s Absurdities in New York Times Commentary
Associate Professor of Philosophy Rivka Weinberg explores “Why Life is Absurd” in a commentary published in The New York Times. In the piece, she writes, “The absurdity of human life poses a challenge to its meaning. Absurdity and meaningfulness don’t go together.”
Read MoreSpotlight on Academics: From Materiality to Immateriality
From Materiality to Immateriality questions and analyzes the motivation of these artists through the most intimate means possible: by getting students to craft paper for their own artist books. Watch the video below for a quick peek into the process of papermaking.
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords ’93: “She is a hero”
On the four year anniversary of the Tuscon, Arizona shooting that injured Gabrielle Giffords ’93 and took the lives of six others, President Barack Obama met with the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumna and said plainly: “she is a hero.”
Read MoreIowa Public Radio and Washington Post Profile 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Professor’s “Cooking in the Archives” Blog
Iowa Public Radio and a Washington Post blog both feature Visiting Professor Marissa Nicosia for a blog she co-writes that re-purposes 17th and 18th century recipes for modern kitchens.
Read More“President Obama’s immigration policy will change my life”
A recent article by Prisma Herrera ’18 has personalized the debate over President Obama’s immigrant amnesty order.
Read MoreSpotlight on Academics: Creating and Recreating Genji
Professor of Art History Bruce Coats has worked for more than 25 years to introduce The Tale of Genji to a wider audience through his Core III class, one that gives students the opportunity to explore the text and its impact on the culture of global media.
Read MoreSpotlight on Academics: Cyberculture and the Posthuman Age
Next-generation eyewear, self-driving cars, balloon-powered wifi access, contact lenses capable of monitoring a diabetic’s glucose levels, and even the secret to immortality are a small sample of the audacious goals powered by today’s fascination with computing. Professor Jennifer Wood’s Core III class, Cyberculture and the Posthuman Age, provided context for these and other technological advancements for 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú students this fall.
Read MoreCelebrating Senior Thesis
51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú speaks to a handful of seniors about the process of completing their thesis in one semester – and their plans now that this milestone has been reached.
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