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...given Monday morning, kiosks around campus are bombarded with brightly colored posters: the English department extends a cordial invitation to a parlor discussion on close reading, or the math department sponsors a seminar on number theory. For the naive student, unaware of which department offers a strong advising system or which one caters to the needs of its junior faculty, differentiating among the undergraduate giants like government or history and the often-forgotten departments like folk and myth or Classics can be daunting. And a student’s individual needs only complicate the matter; would a hands-off, self...
...suppose the best way to look at it is just to consider intellectual exchange as a form of conversation,” Assistant Professor of History T. Robert Travers said. In December, Travers plans to host an Indian-food catered brunch at his home for his freshman seminar on the cultural history of the British Empire. “By creating a friendly environment, intellectual exchange will flow only more easily,” Travers says. “It helps me as a professor as well, because it makes me more sensitive to the needs and interests...
...paper. Do you remember that two-page response you meant to turn in but forgot to because, well, it was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and no one went to section anyway? Or what about the 20 pager that makes up 92 percent of your final grade in the intimate seminar that seemed like a great idea during shopping period...
...night." There are meetings with lawyers, unreturned calls to charities and memorial services for Greg's colleagues. (In Greg's lunch club alone, only 3 of 8 survived the attacks.) Nearly 500 condolence cards need answering--some from people who met Greg just briefly in a four-day management seminar in August, one from a grade-school classmate recounting how Greg owned the first skateboard on the block. When she comes up for air, Nicole calls to check on Greg's best friend and colleague Michael Cantatore, so sick with grief and guilt that two weeks...
...expanding the Freshman Seminar program, among other steps, the Faculty is seeking to increase student access to professors...