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Information, regardless of its accuracy, spreads rapidly through social media, reaching and influencing millions of readers.  In special instances, stories achieve viral status, where a large number of people receive the material within days, if not hours. Unfortunately, oftentimes information is incorrect, yet people accept it as true.

Professor of Comparative Literature Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz presented invited lectures at the Institute of Classical Studies in London and at the University of Cambridge.

While planning her study abroad experience in France, Mary (Caroline) D’Ambro ’15 developed a deep interest in the political system of the country, particularly in the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that has affected the European Union (EU).  In her research sponsored by the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center, D’Ambro will study the past, present and future of this European agricultural policy.

Lydia Hamessley, professor of music, presented a talk titled “Elizabethan Music Then and Now: Music in Paul Green’s The Lost Colony (1937)” at the international conference New Elizabethans 1953-2013: Nation, Culture, and Modern Identity,  that coincided with the 60-year anniversary of the coronation.  The conference was held June 13-15 in London, UK.

Libby Chamberlin ’14 is interning for U.S. Sen. Bernard “Bernie” Sanders this summer, interacting with constituents and contributing research for legislation. Working for the Vermont senator, she is completing major projects, and aiding in daily tasks to help better serve constituents. Her positive experiences with faculty in the Government Department prompted her to consider an internship in the realm of politics.

The Teagle Foundation of New York has awarded a $150,000 grant to the New York Six Liberal Arts Consortium (NY6) for the New York Six Blended Learning Project. This pilot project will engage faculty from the six-member campuses in the integration of blended or hybrid learning in new or existing courses. Classes will include face-to-face engagement combined with technology-based elements, such as online tutorials or modules, online journals, blogs, webinars, videos and group chats.

Professor of Chemistry Karen S. Brewer,  along with 20 other inorganic chemistry faculty and four graduate students from across the country attended the workshop “VIPEr: Solid State Materials for Alternative Energy Needs.”

Metropolis, Hyperallergic and BOMB magazine’s BOMBLOG have featured articles focused on Dannielle Tegeder’s solo exhibition, “Dannielle Tegeder: Painting in the Extended Field,” at the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art within the last week.

Associate Professor of Biology Michael McCormick directed a group of four students on an adventure to Antarctica in 2012. They were part of a LARISSA expedition led by Principal Investigator Eugene Domack, the J. W. Johnson Family Professor of Environmental Studies.  Andrew Seraichick ’13 was one of the students who explored and sampled the ocean waters that are now accessible after the Larson A ice shelves disintegrated.

William R. Kenan Professor of Biology Ernest Williams presented a talk at the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists’ Society. The talk was presented as part of a symposium on conservation.