Picturing our Past

In 1871, Calvin Woodward, one of the developers of the Manual Training School, asked his applied mechanics students to build some models for the class. He was shocked when they turned him down because they didn’t know how to use the appropriate tools. So Woodward asked Noah Dean, the University carpenter and mechanic, to outfit […]

Poet Laureate Glück to present for The Writing Program

U.S. Poet Laureate Louise Glück will present a talk on poetry at 8 p.m. April 6 and will read from her work at 8 p.m. April 8 as part of the Spring Reading Series 2004, offered by The Writing Program and the Department of English, both in Arts & Sciences. Both events are free and […]

Intolerance & prejudice explored in forum today

What are the origins of intolerance and prejudice? How are intolerance and prejudice similar, and how are they different? Are there certain people who are more intolerant or more prejudiced than others? How can the social problem of intolerance and prejudice be solved? These are among the questions to be addressed by a panel of […]
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