“For me, the greatest pleasure of reading is being transported from everyday reality to someplace else entirely,” says the senior administrative assistant, “so here are some windows to worlds that are better, worse, and just plain different.”
Headline Archive for Rebecca Raber
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More than 15,000 donors contributed a total of $269,533,390 to the campaign, which is funding the College’s strategic plan and transforming the campus both inside and out. A special campus celebration is planned for the evening of Saturday, October 28.
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The interlibrary loan specialist suggests five titles that will transport you to different eras and countries, from WWII-era Britain to 1990s Shanghai and beyond.
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Many scholarship recipients have a deep sense of connection to their alumni benefactors.
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The humanities librarian suggests two nonfiction titles and a beautifully drawn, almost-wordless graphic novel about creativity.
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The chemistry major and environmental studies minor used untargeted chemical analysis to study honeybee health.
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The art registrar suggests three titles (two nonfiction, one fiction) about community and utopia.
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The assistant professor of biology was awarded $356,028 as part of a larger collaborative grant to fund her work exploring why certain "infochemicals" in the ocean cause phytoplankton death.
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The research and instruction librarian suggests three relatively new books—two from 2016 and one 2015 reissue of a book from the ’80s that had been long out of print—that grapple with desire, politics, and the modern condition.
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Highlighting faculty professional activities, including conferences, exhibitions, performances, awards, and publications.
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Andrea Lommen, the latest addition to the Department of Physics and Astronomy, is part of a team whose x-ray telescope study is aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 mission.
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More than 1200 people attended Alumni Weekend 2017 to celebrate classes ending in 2s and 7s.
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The curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts and head of Quaker and Special Collections suggests three books that highlight the importance of archives and a historical record.
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The Quaker Collections curator offers suggestions of three books (and one movie) to check out this summer.
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Chloe Lindeman '17, Henri Drake '15, and Katie Elbert '14 all received fellowships that will support their graduate education and research.