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Work created by Associate Professor of Art Ella Gant is on exhibit now through October 23 at Light Work, an arts center focused on the mediums of photography and digital imaging. As a recipient of one of the 33rd Annual Light Work Grants in Photography, Gant is exhibiting her work with two other recipients, Brantley Carroll and David Moore. A gallery reception will be held on Thursday, Sept. 6, from 5 – 8 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

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Kimberly Bauer exposed herself to severe culture shock this summer. The senior from Concord, Mass., spent her spring semester in Botswana and, three days after returning home, moved to New York City to take up her internship with New York-based NGO WildMetro.

Associate Professor of Art Stephen J. Goldberg presented two lectures in the People’s Republic of China in conjunction with the second Chinese Calligraphy Workshop organized by the Calligraphy Education Group (CEG) of the Chinese Language Teachers Association (CLTA).

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Eric Kuhn '09 interviewed CNBC’s “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer on the set of his “College Tour” at the University of Southern California (USC) this month. Kuhn’s interview will air on the season premiere of “TAKE 5,” USC’s premier entertainment show, on Friday, Sept. 21, at 8 p.m. EDT and 11 p.m. EDT on USC's television station “Trojan Vision.” The show will also be streamed online at www.trojanvision.com, on Los Angeles public access Channel 36, the Open Student Television Network and UWire.

Assistant Professor of Anthropology Haeng-ja Sachiko Chung gave two lectures for the Department of Anthropology at the University of South Carolina at Columbia. On September 20, she gave a talk on her book chapter "Mizu-shoubai and the Sex Industries in Japan" from the forthcoming edited volume Routledge Handbook of Japanese Culture and Society. Chung discussed the legal categories of the sex industries in Japan by focusing on the legal term "fuuzoku" (folkways) and its applications to the industries. Her second lecture focused on hostess clubs in Japan as a part of mizu-shoubai (water trade) along with her in-depth ethnographic data from her book project. This talk highlighted the blurred boundaries between mizu-shoubai (fuuzoku sangyou) and the sex industries (sei fuuzoku sangyou).

In an October 2nd BusinessWeek article titled “Chinese Policymakers Turn to the Lawyers,” William R. Kenan Professor of Government Cheng Li spoke about the future leadership of China. In discussing the “fifth generation” of leaders and those ascending the ranks below them, Li observed that, “The trend is very clear: Over the next five to 10 years more lawyers will move into the driving seat of Chinese politics.”

Chef Stephen Durfee '85 is leading "Chocolate 101" at the Culinary Institute of America in Saint Helena, California on Saturday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. This special event will include an overview of everything you need to know about chocolate, a participatory event making candies with Chef Durfee in the Culinary Institute's kitchen and a buffet lunch. To register see Regional Events.