Publisher to Deliver Dartmouth Library’s Stephen Harvard Lecture

Posted On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 By . Under NEW HAMPSHIRE  Tags: , , , , , , , , ,   
Publisher to Deliver Dartmouth Library’s Stephen Harvard Lecture “Rural Vermont seems an unlikely place to find a commercial printer dedicated to impeccable design and the craft of book making,” notes the introduction of a new exhibition in the Baker Library Main Hall, “but it was in Lunenburg that Roderick Stinehour ’50 established one of the finest commercial printing ...

Smithsonian Exhibit On U.S.’s Largest Guest Worker Program Opens At UA

Posted On Thursday, February 14, 2013 By . Under ALABAMA  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   
Largest Guest Worker Program Opens TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama was selected as one of the only two sites in the Southeast to host the Smithsonian traveling exhibition, “Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program 1942-1964,” which tells the story of the largest guest worker program in U.S. history. UA’s department of American studies is hosting the ...

McCollough Medical Scholar’s Forum Features VP of Top Medical Insurance Group

Posted On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 By . Under ALABAMA  Tags: , , , ,   
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Dr. Hayes Whiteside, senior vice president of risk management and chief medical officer for a top medical insurance company, will be the featured speaker for the 11th annual Susan and Gaylon McCollough Medical Scholars Forum Feb. 1-2 in the Shelby Hall rotunda on The University of Alabama campus. The forum, sponsored ...

Author Will Discuss Experiment in the Black-Owned Economy in Nov. 8 Lecture at ISU

Posted On Tuesday, November 6, 2012 By . Under IOWA  Tags: , ,   
par par AMES, Iowa -- When Maggie Anderson and her family pledged to patronize only black-owned companies for a year, the successful African-American professional from a tony Chicago suburb uncovered significant issues about why the black economy continues to suffer.par par Anderson will discuss her experiences in a talk at Iowa State University. "Our ...

After Renovations, Dartmouth Can See Orozco’s Mural in a New Light

Posted On Friday, October 5, 2012 By . Under NEW HAMPSHIRE  Tags: , , , , , , , ,   
The Orozco Room in Baker-Berry Library, which houses one of Dartmouth’s greatest treasures, José Clemente Orozco’s major mural cycle The Epic of American Civilization, has reopened after undergoing a three-and-a-half month renovation. A new lighting system has been installed that dramatically improves the display of the fresco masterpiece, and the ground-level ...

Lecture, Discussion Focus on International Peace Work in Palestine

Posted On Wednesday, September 26, 2012 By . Under NORTH CAROLINA  Tags: , ,   
September 25, 2012 DURHAM, NC - David Dean Shulman, a peace activist, India expert and humanities professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, will deliver two lectures and take part in a panel discussion on international peace efforts Oct. 17-18 at Duke University. All events are free and open to the public. On Wednesday, Oct. ...

Educator David Helfand is Next ‘Leading Voices’ Speaker

Posted On Tuesday, September 25, 2012 By . Under NEW HAMPSHIRE  Tags: , , , , ,   
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 David Helfand, president of Quest University, will speak at Dartmouth as part of the “Leading Voices in Higher Education” strategic planning speaker series. The October 1 talk, free and open to the public, will begin at 4 p.m. in the Nelson A. Rockefeller Center 003. His lecture, “Undergraduate Education for ...