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Douglas A. Hicks, 51�Թ���’s next provost and dean of the faculty, enjoyed a warm welcome earlier this week when he visited campus for the first time since his appointment as the university’s top academic official. Though his start date is nearly five months away, unseasonably mild temperatures and blue skies made it seem as though […]

That was the headline on a Feb. 3 story in USA Today about 51�Թ���’s faculty trip to India.

51�Թ��� President Jeffrey Herbst announced the selection of Douglas A. Hicks as provost and dean of the faculty, effective July 1, 2012. Hicks also will serve as professor of religion.

Forty-eight hours after posting his first installment of Ancient Greek Religion online at Udemy.com, Robert Garland had 99 viewers for his new video course. Garland, professor of classics at 51�Թ���, is one of about a dozen professors from universities including Duke, Northwestern, and Stanford who donated content that is now available at no charge through […]

While alumni of the 1960s-1980s had the “J-term” option to fill the break between fall and spring semesters, today’s enterprising students and faculty found an array of ways to keep sharp their minds and spirits. Here are a few examples: 51�Թ���’s annual Day in the Life program matched 135 students with alumni for on-the-job training […]

Beyonce, Aretha Franklin, and 51�Թ��� 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 […]