http://www.hws.edu/news/ Daily Updates from Hobart and William Smith Collegesen-usSat, 21 Nov 2009 20:54:55 GMTSat, 21 Nov 2009 20:54:55 GMThttp://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10816Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res7786.jpg" alt="" /> When the HWS biology department was approached by a local land owner concerned for deer and woods in the area, the Colleges responded. The department sent one of its professors and two HWS students to conduct research during this summer, hoping to determine the effect of deer on forest plants. Professor of Biology Beth Newell, a specialist in plant ecology, has been joined by biology major Rebecc...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10726Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res7637.jpg" alt="" /> What if the blog you write, the online petition you signed and the "alternative" news you read are creating no socio-political change at all? What if, actually, all of those efforts really supported the very "system" that you opposed? Sound like speculation? For Professor of Political Science Jodi Dean, it's flat fact, and her most recent publication proves it. Dean recently published Communicati...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10708Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res7601.jpg" alt="" /> All graduating seniors know they spent four years honing their brains and their skills for what comes next – whether it's grad school, service work or the start of a career. Not all, though, have a chance to see those skills in practice before they leave college. That's exactly why Jack Harris, professor of anthropology and sociology, developed the Senior Research Practicum in Sociology to b...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10709Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res7607.jpg" alt="" /> Associate Professor of Architecture Stan Mathews’ recent book “From Agit-Prop to Free Space: The Architecture of Cedric Price” was recently shortlisted for the Sir Nikolaus Pevsner International Book Award in the Architecture Category of the RIBA (Royal Institute of British Architects) International Book Awards 2008. The annual RIBA International Book Awards were established to underscore the i...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10691Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTAssistant Professor of Political Science Vikash Yadav’s first book, “Risk in International Finance,” has recently been published by Routledge. Stemming from his doctoral dissertation at the University of Pennsylvania, the book examines the evolution of the concept of risk in the international monetary order since the end of World War II. “Risk in International Finance” uses post-structural methodology inspired by the writings of Michel Foucault in an attempt to document some of the consequence...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10624Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res10618.jpg" alt="" /> William Smith sophomores Lisa Maticic, Franchessca Branlund, Meghan Cox, Katelyn Tyson and Sara Young recently were each awarded $500 for finishing in third-place at the 2008 Games 4 Girls contest, sponsored by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Their entry, a computer game called "Extreme Girl," follows a young woman trying to get to a sleepover on the last day of the school but for...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=10629Fri, 02 May 2008 00:00:00 GMTAn article by Kevin Dunn, associate professor of political science, "Never Mind the Bollocks: the punk rock politics of global communication" was published in the special issue of the UK journal Review of International Studies. The issue focuses on "Culture and Politics of Global Communication." Dunn's article looks at the global punk rock scene and its ability to explore the exchange and circulation of goods, people and messages beyond the limitations of international relations. In the a...http://www.hws.edu/dailyupdate/NewsDetails.aspx?aid=6474Thu, 17 Apr 2008 00:00:00 GMT<img src="http://www.hws.edu/dailyUpdate/Resources/Res7260.jpg" alt="" /> Women's Studies Senior Seminar explores the coordinate systemFollowing in the footsteps (if not the furry masks) of the Guerrilla Girls, women from the 2008 Women's Studies Senior Seminar have unleashed a highly visible educational campaign, papering the campus with posters. Designed to encourage discussion and debate as well as expose gender equalities that are often overlooked, the posters publi...