Category 2006 Issue 4Posted on

Engaged With The World

Many scientists have long believed that a treasure trove of information about global warming is locked in leaf fossils that are millions of years old. Dana Royer, assistant professor of earth and environmental science, has just found a key.   Royer and colleagues have generated a reliable met…
Continue reading "Engaged With The World"
Category 2006 Issue 4Posted on

Digital Artistry

Now that photography has gone digital, do we take pictures or make them?   Photographer Jonathan Lipkin ’91 posed that question when he visited campus in October as a guest of the Center for the Humanities. Lipkin…
Continue reading "Digital Artistry"
Category 2006 Issue 4Posted on

A Better Vibe

BY LARRY GETLEN | PHOTOGRAPHY BY BILL BURKHART IN BEAT THIS: A HIP-HOP HISTORY, a 1984 BBC documentary about the seminal days of hip-hop, rap pioneer DJ Kool Herc talks about the South Bronx house parties where he helpe…
Continue reading "A Better Vibe"