Archive for February, 2012
That’s what he tweets
Posted in Beyond Campus on February 29, 2012
Steve Carell ’84 has suddenly decided to tweet. More importantly, we have mustache photos.
More than a meal
Posted in Beyond Campus on February 27, 2012
Daisy Hackett ’13 is taking an interdisciplinary look at food—in Italy.
The myths of motherhood
Posted in Academics & Research on February 24, 2012
Motherhood is stressful, but this research on expectations may make a difference.
The philosophy of film
Posted in Academics & Research on February 21, 2012
Jonathan Walley, one of the college’s newly tenured professors, delves deep into the art of cinema.
A meeting of historical minds
Posted in Academics & Research on February 20, 2012
A class studying the history of Granville hears from President Knobel that the village’s true identity lies in its past.
Big band boast
Posted in Beyond Campus on February 17, 2012
Members of the Jazz Ensemble are gearing up to perform at the Ohio Music Education Association’s annual conference.
And the survey says…
Posted in Beyond Campus on February 16, 2012
The Wilson family—including siblings Laura ’14 and Sarah ’09—recently competed on Family Feud.
Start something that matters
Posted in Voices of Denison on February 15, 2012
Emily Hopcian ’12 is learning that it’s possible to make a living and change the world at the same time.
Love and the liberal arts
Posted in Academics & Research on February 15, 2012
Six professors weigh in on how their disciplines deal with the ultimate affection.
More than a feeling
Posted in Academics & Research on February 14, 2012
This is your brain … this is your brain on love. It turns out that being smitten with that special someone is a lot like being on drugs.
Perennial bluegrass
Posted in On Campus on February 13, 2012
The eighth annual Denison Bluegrass Festival’s “high lonesome sound” warmed a February weekend.
Performance plus
Posted in On Campus on February 10, 2012
Dancer Dada Masilo did even more than stage her U.S. debut at Swasey. She also brought her insight and experience into classrooms across the campus.
Writing magical realism
Posted in Academics & Research on February 9, 2012
Assistant Professor of English and Pulitzer nominee Peter Grandbois on the wonder of teaching and writing.
Composition and rhetoric … and more
Posted in Academics & Research on February 8, 2012
Brenda Boyle, one of the college’s newly tenured professors, directs the Writing Center and teaches English courses, but she values her mentoring and advising roles, as well.
‘Home of Hope’
Posted in Beyond Campus on February 7, 2012
Kayla Mahalchak ’12 returns to an orphanage in Zimbabwe she first visited in 2008.
Getting a handle on molecular ‘baskets’
Posted in Academics & Research on February 3, 2012
Professor Jordan Fantini and his chem students are synthesizing basket-like molecules that can be used in a number of new ways.
Educational access and inequity in the nation’s capital
Posted in Voices of Denison on February 2, 2012
Jerome Price ’12 discusses on the inequities of access that exist among America’s educational systems.



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