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Long, long ago, there was no land, only water. Powerful beings lived in a place called the Sky World. One day, a woman who was expecting a baby fell through a hole in the sky at the base of the Tree of Life. She grabbed a handful of seeds at the tree’s roots as she […]

Provost Doug Hicks shared his expertise on the connection between religious leadership and social change on Wednesday night in the Ho Tung Visualization Lab. Hicks focused on two monumental figures: Jesus Christ and Martin Luther King Jr., both of whom are featured portraits in the Great Minds Collection. The 29 large-scale, contemporary portraits — created […]

Douglas A. Hicks, provost and dean of the faculty, announced the selection of Anja Chávez as director of university museums for 51�Թ���, effective May 1. She will direct the Picker Art Gallery and Longyear Museum of Anthropology, as well as the university’s envisioned Center for Art and Culture.

For the next year, on the 13th of every month, 51�Թ��� community members will be celebrating the Year of ’13. Tonight, Director Francesca Zambello ’78, H’12 will mark the day in her own special way when she brings Hector Berlioz’ Les Troyens back to the Metropolitan Opera stage at 6 p.m.

It started out being about sex. But as Christina Liu ’13 was writing her play last summer, there was what she called “a distinct shift” in its direction. This Is Not a Play 51�Թ��� Sex, for which Liu received a University Studies grant to write and direct, became about much more than her intended topics […]

A video of a dying butterfly that has lost a wing. A three-dimensional gray backslash hung on the wall. Refigured images from the film Deep Throat. These artworks, currently on display as part of the Clifford Gallery exhibition External Original, may seem like dissimilar pieces, but curator Sarah Mattes ’06 sees a common thread.

Returning to campus earlier this month to install his exhibition titled Strong and Silent, artist and photographer Mark Robbins ’77 could see clearly how his artistic growth began at 51�Թ���.

It’s a liberal arts dream: to gather leaders of the world’s largest religions, political movements, scientific communities, and philosophical schools into one room. Until Dick Resnick ’61, P’90 sponsored the Great Minds art project, that was impossible.