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University News
March 17, 2014

Diversity Conference celebrates fifth year

This year’s conference Crossroads: An Opportunity for Progress will explore race, power, and definitions of diversity in the University community.

topics: diversity, Diversity Conference, events,
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A three-day film and lecture series looks at the work of female journalists, authors, and filmmakers working to bring attention to stories about motherhood in America, sex and sexuality, reproductive rights, and racial inequality.

topics: Department of Anthropology, Department of Art and Art History, events, Film and Media Studies Program, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies, Humanities Project, Susan B. Anthony Institute for Gender Sexuality and Women's Studies,
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Joan Shelley Rubin is a professor of American cultural history. The endowed position honors the late Dexter Perkins, a prominent American diplomatic historian.

topics: announcements, Department of History, Joan Shelley Rubin, professorships,
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Science & Technology
March 6, 2014

CompSci students help singers voice their vowels

Voice students who want to perfect their vowel vocalizations can get help from a new simple, free application, developed by a group of computer science students, called “Vowel Shapes.”

topics: announcements, Department of Computer Science, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,

Created with a lead gift by University Trustee Janice M. Willett ’78S (MBA) and Joseph T. Willett ’75S (MBA), the Russell and Ruth Peck Artistic Directorship is endowed thanks to generous contributions from 176 additional University alumni and friends.

topics: International Theatre Program, Nigel Maister, Russell Peck,

Home to some of the most active volcanoes in the world, researchers now have a better picture of the subterranean plumbing system that feeds the Galápagos volcanoes.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
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In Photos
March 5, 2014

From farm to table

Diana Lacona (right) buys potatoes from Erik Fellenz of the Fellenz Family Farm at the grand opening of the University Farmers Market in the Flaum Atrium of the Medical Center.

topics: community, School of Medicine and Dentistry, sustainability,