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Professor Kathleen Coleman, Professor of Latin at Harvard University and renowned author on Latin literature and history will give Newnham's biennial Jane Harrison Memorial Lecture on Friday, 23 April 2010.

The fourteen and fifteen year olds have been taking part in a free spring residential activity at the University, but the peace of the college quad was shattered on Tuesday when the student union president was found dead and everyone became a suspect in his murder.

Melanie Hood and Hani Malone grabbed their envelopes and retreated to a corner in the back of crowded Bard Hall lounge at Columbia University Medical Center .

In a collaboration melding art with science, climate researchers and other members of the Princeton University community have joined forces with The Civilians , an acclaimed investigative theater com

As a student of art history, third-year Ainsley Sutherland is learning how to interpret the accomplishments of painters and sculptors from the perspective of their aesthetic contributions, but she also is intrigued by the social structures that encourage creativity.

The authors of three acclaimed books—a biography of Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange, a biography of first lady Abigail Adams and a study of the indigenous child-removal policies of t

Exhibit of Dutch clandestine literature, from a Bancroft Library special collection, shows art, books, pamphlets published as part of the resistance Resonating through a new Doe Library exhibit of Dutch art and literature published in defiance of Nazi suppression is the knowledge that, more than a half-century later, persecution, prison and even execution can still be the price of words printed on paper.

The long-awaited opening of the Stanford Libraries' kiosk is at hand. Coupa Café will serve a variety of freshly prepared food items as well as organic coffee drinks, teas, chais and other beverages.

The fifth novel by University of Manchester Professor of Contemporary Literature Patricia Duncker, has been published.

All student cluster rooms and the Myriad computers in the UCL libraries will be unavailable on Saturday 27 March due to file store replacement work.

Newnham is offering the chance to experience a series of literary gems as part of its ongoing collaboration with the widely celebrated Cambridge Wordfest event to be held from 9 to11 April.

The first Sir Michael Quinlan Memorial Lecture was held at the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre at the Strand Campus last night (24 March).

PA67/10 A treasure trove of medieval manuscripts from a rarely-seen and much-prized East Midlands collection goes on show next month at The University of Nottingham's Lakeside Arts Centre.

Two senior Cambridge academics have recently returned from lecture tours in India thanks to a newly-launched Scheme supported by distinguished alumnus Dr Yusuf Hamied (pictured).

A team of researchers at the University's School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures have been awarded £535,927 by the Arts and Humanities Research Council to document a unique family of Romance languages spoken in Italy.

Taking the re-examination of the Small Press Collection of rare magazines housed at UCL as its theme, this event gives visitors the chance to engage with the spirit of the alternative 'avant-garde' press, re-visiting early texts that straddle the divide between art and poetry ?

McGill University's Department of Sociology and Canadian Ethnic and Racial Studies program are pleased to present a lecture series by leading American intellectual Nathan Glazer, Emeritus Professor of Education at Harvard University.

Fairground fans will be whisked on a journey at the University of Sheffield this week, to explore the engineering feats of rollercoasters and other white-knuckle fairground rides, as part of National Science and Engineering Week (12 to 21 March 2010).

Charles Muscatine, a University of California, Berkeley, professor emeritus of English, a scholar of Chaucer and medieval literature, and an educational reformer known for refusing to sign a state loyalty oath during the McCarthy era, died of an infection in Oakland on Friday, March 12.

Fighting for a Seat College-educated women going to extremes to secure elite college admission for their kids Garey and Valerie Ramey co-authored "The Rug Rat Race," a look at what college-educated parents will do to get their children into top universities.

Architecture is analytic yet its norms have shifted over time, while design involves a process of synthesis, asserted architect Peter Eisenman in an opinionated and discursive lecture March 10 in Goldwin Smith Hall.

For the first time ever, the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television and the University of Southern California's School of Cinematic Arts will join forces to present the innovative industry symposium " Transmedia, Hollywood: S/Telling the Story .

Fourth-year medical student Andrew Lewis describes ten days he spent in Nagpur, India, that changed the lives of 104 children with cleft palates.

UC San Diego Police have completed their investigation of a female student's role in hanging a noose in the seventh floor of the Main Library last week, an action that set off a series of campus anti-hate protests on Feb.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield and Royal Holloway, University of London have launched a unique online edition of the collected plays of dramatist Richard Brome, which marks the culmination of a four-year project to digitise the works.

For immediate release: February 25, 2010 Media contact: Jessica Brown, (609) 258-9637, jb4 [a] princeton (p) edu Symposium at Princeton focuses on higher education among black Americans A symposium d

BERKELEY — Think of American nature writers, and African American authors probably don't spring to mind.

Boston - MIT MIT will welcome British Foreign Secretary David Miliband to campus to deliver the March 2010 Karl Taylor Compton Lecture.

Imperial students get creative for ArtsFest 2010 ArtsFest 2010 showcases student creativity at Imperial withc oncerts, exhibitions and dance and drama workshops - %0A " Monday 22 February 2010 By Abi