Did you know there are about 100 million black holes in our galaxy? Or that two black holes can collide and merge into one? Or that there’s an actual scientific term called spaghettification? I did not, but I learned all of this and more, as well as looked through one of Van Vleck’s telescopes for…
Because so many young voters are considering voting Libertarian or Green, the Campus Election Engagement Project has put together a concise nonpartisan resource on the trade-offs of voting Third Party this election, offering historical perspective on the strengths and downsides of Third Party choices. For anyone voting by absentee ballot in your home state, they also have…
This is the last of three panels in Allbritton’s Right Now! Series about the 2016 presidential election. This panel, “The Future of Foreign Policy,” will feature: DANIEL J. JONES, Penn Quarter Group and Lead Author on the Senate “CIA Torture Report” Daniel has extensive experience advising senior business executives and U.S. government officials. He has spent…
Net neutrality is a central issue of freedom of speech and access on the Internet. If you’ve ever streamed movies, TV, or sports games on your computer, then net neutrality is something important to you! In February 2015, the FCC voted to uphold Net Neutrality and forbade Internet providers from charging some users to access…
This is the second of three panels in Allbritton’s Right Now! Series about the 2016 presidential election. This panel, “Behind the Curtain: Campaign Financing, Gerrymandering, and Barriers to Voting,” will feature: Dave Daley, CT Mirror, author of Ratf*cked David Daley is the author of “Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy”…
This is the first of three panels in Allbritton’s Right Now! Series about the 2016 presidential election. This panel, “The Role(s) of Religion,” will feature: ANTHEA BUTLER, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at UPenn and author of Women in the Church of God in Christ, Making a Sanctified World Anthea Butler is Associate Professor of Religious Studies and…
When I started college in the fall of 1994, we had the Freshman Fifteen and an all-you-can-eat dining plan (RIP Mocon). Now, there’s the Rule of Seven, cafeterias are thoughtfully called all-you-care-to-eat, and it’s our schedules and resumes that have become overweight. Author’s note: I’m about to overuse a food metaphor, so you might want…
Thank you to the following alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends who donated their time and expertise to the Patricelli Center for Social Entrepreneurship in 2015/2016. Your involvement has made our programs stronger, and we look forward to continued collaboration! ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERSPhoebe Boyer ’89Carl Byers ’93Sharon Belden CastonguayMarcus Chung ’98 Peter Frank ’12Lexy Funk…
Rob Rosenthal teaches a course called the Community Research Seminar, which incorporates theory and a large research project that supports a community initiative. Community partners, such as local nonprofits or agencies, submit proposals for research that would help them do their work more efficiently or effectively. This service-learning course is a unique opportunity to turn…
Rob Rosenthal teaches a course called the Community Research Seminar, which incorporates theory and a large research project that supports a community initiative. Community partners, such as local nonprofits or agencies, submit proposals for research that would help them do their work more efficiently or effectively. This service-learning course is a unique opportunity to turn…
