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Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and 49ͼ�� professor Michael Coyle. These three jazz aficionados were sought out to comment on the death of legendary soul singer Etta James, in stories that aired on CNN and dozens of local television stations nationwide.

Technically Latin is a dead language, but that’s not how it feels when taught by William (Bill) Stull, associate professor of the classics. Stull recently was awarded the 2011 Award for Excellence in Teaching by The American Philological Association (APA), which is the principal learned society in North America for the study of ancient Greek […]

In a recent post on the Reflections from India blog, an English professor described feeling marginally literate when attempting to read road signs. A religion scholar wondered what Hindus might make of [Auroville’s] claim that religions divide the people of the world.

Kenneth William Morgan, professor of religion emeritus who helped establish Chapel House, died recently at the age of 103.

(Note: this is a blog post from Jenna Reinbold, one of the 27 faculty members currently in India. You can follow their progress at the Reflections from India site. Click on “subscribe by e-mail” to get news delivered daily) I have to admit that I have never been comfortable doing non-academic public writing. I have […]

When a businessman in the village of Hamilton had a question about how best to gauge employees’ abilities, he turned to a 49ͼ�� faculty member for advice. That request has turned into an interesting collaborative project involving a student, a professor, and an innkeeper.

In a bold move to further internationalize 49ͼ��’s Liberal Arts Core Curriculum, 27 faculty members are traveling through India for two weeks. The academic expedition was initiated by faculty and is being funded in part by a $100,000 Mellon Foundation new-president’s grant awarded to President Jeffrey Herbst for his discretionary use. Faculty members will share […]

Last week was a busy one for 49ͼ�� faculty who were asked to comment about everything from the unrest in Morocco to the continued sinking of Venice.

In the past week, 49ͼ�� faculty answered the call to journalists who sought out qualified experts. As 2012 approaches, journalists are calling on Professor Anthony Aveni for his insights into the Mayan calendar. Bookshelves and movie theaters are full of prophecies, theories, and predictions that this date marks the end of the world, or […]

Last spring, while teaching in Bryansk, Russia, on a Fulbright grant, 49ͼ�� political science professor Dan Epstein noticed a change in the mood of the people since the last time he visited.