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Studio art major Kris Pfister ’17, of Iberia, Ohio, wanted their senior thesis to be more than a gallery piece. Pfister wanted the work directly to address the issue of homelessness among the LGBTQ community. Sure, the work, “Casting Off,” would live in a gallery during an annual senior art exhibition, but the reach of […]

When filmmaker Joe Berlinger ’83 appeared at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 25 for the premiere of his latest documentary, Intent to Destroy, he had another member of the ���Ĵ�ý community by his side: English and humanities professor Peter Balakian, whose class Berlinger had taken years ago.

Wondering what’s happening in the classroom at ���Ĵ�ý? Here’s a real-time glimpse into academic life on campus — a syllabus from a course underway this semester.

On March 27, Hamilton Theater was filled with people for an early screening of The Promise and a Q&A session with its Oscar-nominated director, Terry George.

Pottery is one of humanity’s oldest art forms, and the perfection of its techniques has been thousands of years in the making. The exhibition Earth to Fire: Pottery Technologies Around the World, currently on display in the Longyear Museum of Anthropology, sheds light on the various technologies and tactics used by potters from different regions […]

Beats from Cuba and Brazil mixed with the classics when the internationally acclaimed Harlem Quartet performed at Memorial Chapel on February 19.

In Europe, the transition from hunting and gathering to farming did not happen overnight. But in the Western Mediterranean, it happened much faster than in any other region of Europe — or the rest of the world for that matter.

Nationally-renowned poet Claudia Rankine, a recipient of the 2016 MacArthur “Genius” Award,  will deliver the keynote address at ���Ĵ�ý’s 196th commencement Sunday, May 21, in Sanford Field House. Rankine, the Frederick Iseman Professor of poetry at Yale University, is the author of five collections of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me […]

Beyond the collections, annual memberships, and traveling exhibits, there’s a lot going on behind the scenes at the world’s museums, and a new ���Ĵ�ý minor in museum studies seeks to dive deep into the operation, ethics, and history of museums around the globe.

Penny Lane, the ���Ĵ�ý art and art history professor whose documentary Nuts! won big at Sundance last year, has earned two major grants aimed at increasing female representation in reporting and filmmaking.