Category: Professional Notes

Harris Presents Paper at Moscow Conference

The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow invited Prof. Steven E. Harris to present his paper “Soviet Airports: Futuristic Gateways to the Socialist City” at its recent conference, “A Long, Happy Life: Building and Thinking the Soviet City: 1956 to Now,” held Oct. 30-31, 2015. This conference is the first event in a three-year project […]

Buster-Williams and Lister Provide Chronicle of Higher Education Webinar

Kimberley Buster-Williams, associate provost for enrollment management, and Katherine Lister, associate director of admissions presented on the topic “The 3 C’s of Effective Enrollment Management: Communication, Collaboration and Commitment” as part of a Chronicle of Higher Education webinar series. The 60min webinar took place on Thursday, October 15, 2015.The webinar, sponsored by Laserfiche, was designed […]

Farnsworth Quoted Widely on 2015 Virginia Elections

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, has appeared in a number of media outlets in recent weeks discussing Virginia’s 2015 elections, including the Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, the Richmond Times-Dispatch, Reuters, WJLA-TV, WAMU-FM, WMAL-AM, WRVA-AM and The Free Lance-Star of Fredericksburg.  

Foss Speaks to Columbia University Seminars

On October 16, Professor of English Chris Foss was a featured speaker at the joint meeting of the Columbia University Seminar on Disability, Culture, and Society and the Columbia University Seminar on Narrative, Health, and Social Justice in New York. Along with fellow co-editor Jonathan W. Gray, he talked about their essay collection Disability in […]