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Sankofa, ALAA Make a Weekend of It

Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Actor and alum Gary DeWitt Marshall III will return to campus for the Afro-Latino Alumni and Alumnae Association (ALAA) Weekend on March 27 and 28, when he will provide a special performance of his one-man show, "Humor Aint Always Funny... Dammitt!!!" during the Angel Bonnie Baker '82 Charity Ball. This is the first time both the ALAA Weekend and the Charity Ball have been coordinated to occur tog...

Perkins Presents Social Norms at Siena

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Wesley Perkins, professor of sociology, was invited by the Office of Student Affairs of Siena College to give an address to academic faculty representatives, deans and administrative directors there on Feb. 17. His presentation was about "The Social Norms Approach to Promoting a Healthy Campus Environment." Perkins spoke about theory and research on this health promotion model, which he had helpe...

Bringing Creativity to Social Work

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Ready to change the world? If you're raring to produce an impact in a creative way that makes diversity a central focus, then social work might be the career for you. To discuss the career field with the HWS campus, Carol Brownstein-Evans, program director of the Greater Rochester Collaborative MSW Program and associate professor of social work, will deliver a Professionals-in-Residence lecture, t...

Seniors Gain from "Borkman's" Bankruptcy

Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Among theatre-goers and theatre scholars, "John Gabriel Borkman" is seen as one of Henrik Ibsen's greatest commentaries on life, morality and the human experience. One that provides insights and perspective. Performed this spring by HWS student-actors, "Borkman" has given three senior performers - Thomas Frohlich, Hallie Martenson and Deana Stuart -- a unique new point of view as actors and gradu...

Best Kept Secret

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Recently, the team of HWS faculty and staff writers behind "Service-Learning and the Liberal Arts" came together to explore and expose one of the Colleges' best kept secrets: there's as much to learn outside the classroom as there is inside. Hosted by the Center for Civic Engagement and Service Learning, the panel discussed their collaborative work, an anthology titled "Service Learning and the Li...

Perkins Gives Keynote Address

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Wesley Perkins, professor of sociology, gave the keynote address on Social Norms at the Five-Town Summit Conference recently held in Rochester, N.Y. At the event, Perkins, the founder of the Social Norms Theory, gave an address, titled "Is Everybody Really Doing it? Using a Social Norms Approach to Successfully Reduce Risk Behaviors." The Summit was sponsored by the Healthy Communities - Healthy Y...

Alum Touted as Renaissance Man

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Lynn Hoffman '65 is featured in The Chestnut Hill Local, a Philadelphia-area weekly newspaper. Hoffman is described as a "Renaissance man," in the article, which notes his careers in a variety of fields and details his most recent work, the book "bang-BANG" (Kunati Books, 2007). "He has been a best-selling novelist, professional photographer, executive chef/owner of an Italian restaurant, a colleg...

Harris and Nguyen Present, BBC Covers

Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Professor of Sociology Jack Harris and Linh Nguyen '07 recently presented their research on "Vietnamese Masculinity and Gender Relations" at the Third International Conference on Vietnamese Studies on Dec. 6 in Hanoi. The BBC covered their presentation (transcript is in Vietnamese). Nguyen, who grew up in Vietnam, was a Freeman Fellow who earned a Salisbury International Internship Stipend and used the opportunity to return to Vietnam to conduct research on extramarital affairs by Vietnamese men...

Juniors Take Women's Studies Abroad

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

At HWS, students' scholarly passions don't end when they leave the classroom. In fact, they aren't even limited to Geneva or the United States. Juniors Emma Kelly and Julie Isaacson have taken their passion for women's studies to Mendoza, Argentina. While studying abroad this semester, Kelly and Isaacson presented the results of their independent study projects at the third annual conference on In...

Love Canal Activist Speaks at HWS

Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Today it's hard to imagine an American neighborhood without blue bins on the curb and at least one type of "green" product in each of its houses. Environmental assessments are first and significant elements in the construction of new neighborhoods and citizens expect no less. Thirty years ago, however, a small community in Upstate New York (including an elementary school) sat atop a landfill of to...