Innovative Teaching/ Deeper Learning

Playing and analyzing Xbox 360 games in class is helping students grasp the pervasiveness of stereotypes. Giving up texting, meat-eating and driving is spurring firsthand understanding of environmental issues. Exploring Roman history through digital mapping is bringing long-ago places to life. Those examples of creative teaching - which grab students' interest, push them to ask better questions a...
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An Archaeological Dig in Israel

For history major and classics minor Gina Mercuri '14 developing an understanding of archaeology is essential to gaining a better understanding of history. Spending this summer as an intern on the Megiddo Expedition dig in Israel, therefore, was an invaluable experience as it provided hands-on archaeological insight. Inspired by the Colleges' emphasis on internships, she found this opportunity th...
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Ghosts in Togas Continues

The 12th annual "Ghosts in Togas" lecture will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 18 in Albright Auditorium at 7:15 p.m. Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature Frederick Ahl of Cornell University will give a talk titled: "Laughter in the Hereafter." Ahl's areas of research include Greek and Roman epic and drama, and the intellectual history of Greece and Rome. He has published countless articles...
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