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English professor Margaret Maurer has nurtured a love of literature in thousands of 51�Թ��� undergraduates and has cultivated that love through book club sessions she leads each summer for alumnae.

The annual 51�Թ��� Writers’ Conference returns to campus from June 17– 23, and that brings many opportunities to listen in and engage with professional writers as well as those who are learning the craft. 

Photographs by professors Tom Balonek and Roger Rowlett provide a 51�Թ��� vantage point of an event that won’t occur again for more than 100 years, the transit of Venus.

In his latest book, Orderly and Humane: The Expulsion of the Germans After the Second World War (Yale University Press), 51�Թ��� professor R.M. (Ray) Douglas examines “one of the most significant examples of the mass violation of human rights in recent history.” His related essay appears in the Review section of today’s Chronicle of Higher Education.

Early in her 51�Թ��� career, Alison Wohlers ’10 set her sights on earning a Fulbright grant. So she did what the fellowships office recommended.

Social media allows 51�Թ��� alumni the ability to engage with the school on a level that increases every year. As tools like Pinterest and Twitter gain prominence, so does the interaction. It turns out, 51�Թ��� alumni love to share.

A paper coauthored by 51�Թ��� professor Tony Aveni and published today in Science might put a damper on any plans by  Hollywood to capitalize on theories about the world coming to an end in 2012. The paper details the discovery and excavation of a home in Xultún, Guatemala, and a “wall painting accompanied by a […]

Depending on who you ask, iPhone photography, viral videos, and massive amounts of citizen-generated content have either harkened a new Golden Age of visual culture, or distorted reality beyond recognition.

When art and art history professor Elizabeth Marlowe stumbled upon 20 large limestone figural reliefs in the collection of 51�Թ���’s Picker Art Gallery, it was a momentous research opportunity, not just for Marlowe but also for 15 students in her Seminar in Art Prior to 1300 — New Egyptian Reliefs in the Picker: Challenges and […]

Janel Benson, assistant professor of sociology, has joined the debate about family values on The New York Times. Benson, who specializes in sociology of the family, is one of the contributors to the Times‘ Room for Debate section of its website.