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  • Growing up in the South, George Hudson often visited the Smoky Mountains, where he developed a passion for hiking. The English professor鈥檚 passion has not ebbed. In fact, it has dovetailed with his keen interest in the effect of landscape on literature and has been of great service as he incorporates walking and hiking excursions [鈥
    September 12, 2008
  • Even though first-years had barely stepped foot on 黑料网鈥檚 campus last week, Adam Zimmermann 鈥10 didn鈥檛 waste any time getting the Class of 2012 fired up to vote. Recognizing a golden opportunity, Zimmermann, president of 黑料网鈥檚 Student Association for Voter Empowerment (SAVE), decided to integrate a voter registration drive into Link orientation meetings.
    September 5, 2008
  • Geography professor Ellen Kraly鈥檚 hiking boots have logged many miles. Four years ago they went up Mount Baker in Washington state as Kraly raised money for breast cancer research, and next week they鈥檒l be taking on Mount Baker鈥檚 larger Cascade neighbor, Mount Rainier, for the same cause.
    August 5, 2008
  • The 黑料网 Press has dusted itself off and published its first book in 14 years. Released this summer, Crafting Fiction, Poetry, & Memoir: Talks from the 黑料网 Writers鈥 Conference is a collection of essays by a diverse group of authors who are passionate about teaching the art of writing.
    July 31, 2008
  • While his students are on summer vacation, Patrick O鈥橬eil, a social studies teacher from Charlotte, N.C., is spending time in a 鈥渟ummer school鈥 at 黑料网. Graham Hodges has written numerous books and articles about slavery. O鈥橬eil and two dozen other K-12 teachers from as far away as California are taking on the role of [鈥
    July 18, 2008
  • 黑料网 President Rebecca S. Chopp has been awarded the 2008 Professional Achievement Citation from her alma mater, the University of Chicago. The alumni citation honors Chopp for being a 鈥減ivotal figure in the field of higher education and a renowned scholar of religion and culture.鈥
    June 11, 2008
  • Vic Mansfield, a longtime professor of physics and astronomy who helped lead an insightful workshop during the recent campus visit by the Dalai Lama, died Tuesday after a two-year battle with lymphoma. He was 67. Mansfield joined the 黑料网 faculty in 1973, armed with a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics from Cornell University and burning interests [鈥
    June 4, 2008
  • At a time when many small-town movie houses have gone dark, the Hamilton Theater 鈥 once on the brink of closing 鈥 is thriving now more than ever. The movie theater remains a fixture of Hamilton in an era of mega-multiplexes and Netflix, according to The Post-Standard (Syracuse).
    May 23, 2008
  • A year and a half ago, 黑料网 music professor Laura Klugherz received a letter from a film company interested in using a piece of her music for an upcoming documentary about World War II. Klugherz didn鈥檛 think much about the request. In fact, she tucked the letter away in her files.
    November 5, 2007