Heavy Rain, 68 °F Posts Tagged ‘Current Events’
Meeting in the middle
Posted in On Campus on April 23, 2013
Former Senator Olympia Snowe urges voters and politicians to remember that “compromise” is not a dirty word.
A life’s work on death row
Posted in On Campus on April 12, 2013
Sister Helen Prejean, human rights activist and author of Dead Man Walking, brings lessons from death row to Denison.
Lessons from the pizza line
Posted in Beyond Campus on January 30, 2013
When two men were harassed in downtown Columbus, the local community stepped in. Why bystander intervention can help the fight for equality.
The courage to create a just world
Posted in On Campus on January 18, 2013
In the 45th year after his death, the legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. lives on.
Out of the storm
Posted in Beyond Campus on November 27, 2012
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, Lauri Pierson Weinfeld ’78 offered her rental property, rent-free, to a family in need. In Sandy’s wake, she’s hoping to do it again
Teachers, public schools, & gay rights
Posted in Academics & Research on November 19, 2012
Professor Karen Graves recently talked about discrimination in public schools to the History of Education Society.
Defying the distance
Posted in On Campus on January 25, 2012
On Monday, the campus community celebrated the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. through a series of “teach-ins.”
A new way to celebrate King Day
Posted in On Campus on January 19, 2012
The college’s annual celebration of the life of Martin Luther King Jr. takes a new form this year.
In this issue …
Posted in On Campus on December 7, 2011
Denison Magazine should be making its way to readers in the coming weeks. Here’s what’s in store.
Dollars and sense
Posted in Beyond Campus on November 11, 2011
Director of Financial Aid Nancy Hoover is back from Capitol Hill where she continued her work to help students here and across the country.
Remembering 9/11
Posted in On Campus on September 12, 2011
Marking the 10th anniversary of tragedy with community-building, service and song.
A day in the life…at the Statehouse
Posted in Voices of Denison on May 6, 2011
Amy Lyon ’11 spends a day with lawmakers and finds a bit of Denison wherever she goes.
CNN coverage of global events includes Denison’s East Quad
Posted in On Campus on May 2, 2011
An iReporter at Denison contributes to CNN’s coverage of the national reaction to recent events in Pakistan.
Welcome, Madame Secretary
Posted in On Campus on April 21, 2011
Madeleine Albright’s day at Denison featured plenty of good conversations with students—and a buzzard-y brooch.
And now, your moment of DEN
Posted in On Campus on April 1, 2011
Aasif Mandvi, correspondent on Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show, plays to a packed house at Slayter.
‘They have never experienced this kind of quake before’
Posted in Beyond Campus on March 16, 2011
Yu Itaka is a senior from Japan, where his family is safe, but their experience has been frightening.
When volcanoes are overblown
Posted in Voices of Denison on March 11, 2011
Volcanoes are hot news these days. But when the media sensationalizes science, Erik Klemetti gets a little steamed.
Commodities in an uncertain economy
Posted in Beyond Campus on March 7, 2011
In an interview with the Fox Business Network, John Faraci ’72 talks commodity prices in the wake of unrest and turmoil in North Africa and the Middle East.
Former AG tapped to lead state’s university system
Posted in Beyond Campus on March 5, 2011
Jim Petro ’70, former attorney general of Ohio, has been named the new chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents.
Scenes from Egypt’s ‘Day of Wrath’
Posted in Voices of Denison on February 16, 2011
When Cairo erupted in protest, Nick Lewandowski ’09 was there. In his own words and images, he shares a street-level account of the movement’s terrifying and uncertain early days.
Recent graduate reports from Cairo
Posted in Beyond Campus on January 31, 2011
Nick Lewandowski ’09, a CNN iReporter in Cairo, talks with anchor Rosemary Church as tensions continue to escalate.
International intrigue
Posted in On Campus on December 9, 2010
Model UN students ran the table at this year’s American Model United Nations International Conference in Chicago.
Threat reduction in Africa
Posted in Beyond Campus on November 16, 2010
Two Denisonians work to reduce the threat of biological and conventional weapon stockpiles in Africa.
My fellow Denisonians…
Posted in Academics & Research on November 12, 2010
Students in Campaigns & Elections, and their fictional congressional candidates, experience the tough realities of the campaign trail.
Mr. Dold goes to Washington
Posted in Beyond Campus on November 4, 2010
In a close race, Robert Dold ’91 is elected to Congress as a representative for Illinois.
Islamic economics & the Iranian Revolution
Posted in Academics & Research on November 2, 2010
Economics prof Sohrab Behdad discusses Islamic economics in revolutionary Iran with Amsterdam’s Radio Zamaneh.
‘Food security is no joke’
Posted in Voices of Denison on October 28, 2010
Economics prof Fadhel Kaboub addresses rising food prices in a letter to the Financial Times.
As Ohio goes…
Posted in Beyond Campus on October 28, 2010
With elections less than a week away, poli sci prof Mike Brady surveys the political landscape.
Habits of mind — and heart April 19, 2013
Getting silly with Steve March 15, 2013
Let the mortarboards fly May 15, 2013
The (Not So) Abominable Snowman March 25, 2013
Waiting for Huffman March 20, 2013
The end of the Knobel era May 7, 2013
Five things I wish I knew at 22 May 24, 2013
Africa Moves! May 1, 2013
Eagle eyes May 21, 2013
It all adds up May 2, 2013
Brava! April 9, 2013
Carol of the bells May 29, 2013
Vote of confidence April 29, 2013
Getting silly with Steve March 15, 2013
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