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The striking new Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology complex opened this summer, signifying the university's entry into a new era.
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A special section celebrates the new Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology complex, including articles illustrating collaborative initiatives occurring across campus.
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 HOW ARE WE DOING?
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Like all magazines, we're always wondering here at The Observer if the stories we're writing and the information we're including really appeal to our audience. So, we decided to ask you. Your comments and suggestions will help us make sure The Observer is interesting and informative to a very important group of people--our readers! Do you want more sports scores and related stories? Interested in hearing what student life is like in the 21st century? Curious about what your favorite professor is teaching now? Use the link below to go to our short online survey. We really want to hear what you think. Hey, how often do you hear that?
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Carpe Diem!
Largest Crowd Ever Attends Commencement 2005
Only the forecast refused to reflect the celebratory mood on campus for the university’s 48th annual Commencement ceremony on May 15. Dark clouds threatened a downpour but failed to deliver as approximately 1,300 members of the Class of 2005 gathered on campus to receive their degrees.
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As a teenager growing up in New Haven, Conn., Wayne Escoffery '97 spent hours studying the music of jazz greats Thelonius Monk, Dexter Gordon, and John Coltrane.
This year, Escoffery, one of the jazz world's hottest young tenor saxophonists, is touring the United States and Europe with Monk's drummer, Ben Riley, in a group that plays Monk's quirky compositions.
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Our culture's focus on physical appearance and the current plastic surgery craze may seem strictly the stuff of 21st-century reality TV shows. But even 200 years ago, people were undergoing painful, experimental, and seemingly gruesome procedures merely for the sake of aesthetics and social status, according to Mark Blackwell, associate professor of English and chair of the Department of English in the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Each summer for the past 10 years, Joanna Borucinska has stood on a dock in Montauk Point, Long Island, or Martha's Vineyard during shark fishing season, her eyes scanning the horizon for returning yachts. She and her students are waiting for the boats and their well-heeled owners to bring in their catches for the day. It's not that she's a fan of the sport. Far from it. It's the prey that interests her.
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Editor-in-Chief:
Trish Charles
Editor:
Diana Simonds
Design:
WondriskaRusso
Circulation Manager:
Sharon Scorso
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Contributing writers:
Trish Charles; Zina Davis; Woody Exley; Judie Jacobson; Missy Murphy Pavano '70, '73; Terri Raimondi; Diana Simonds; Barbara Steinberger; David McKay Wilson
Contributing photographers:
Steve Bamberg, Jeff Feldmann, Paul Horton, Steve Laschever, Doug Penhall, Steve Slade
Web Design: Jim Kalambokis |
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