Finding Comfort Through Art

The American flag in Eric Cruz's drawing was missing its stars, and yellow flames consumed one of its edges. There was an eye on the flag, red and swollen from crying, with a peace symbol covering the iris and pupil. The flag was planted in scorched, blackened earth, from which a hand reached up in a quiet gesture of hope. The artwork, titled Black Soil, was one of 36 drawings by local schoolchildren that were displayed in the Hartford Art School's Taub Hall Gallery shortly after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

Home for the Holidays

There's no place like home for the holidays, especially when that means helping others. As part of a Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS (BC/EFA) project, Michael Morris, an associate in music theatre at The Hartt School, and several string players from Hartt's Orchestra and Community Division who dubbed themselves The Hartt String Machine, came together to help record Broadway Cares: Home for the Holidays.

	Faculty Perspectives on 9/11
	As the University community tried to find understanding in the weeks following Sept. 11, six faculty members examined the attacks on the U.S., their causes, and the aftermath, at a forum sponsored by the departments of Politics and Government and History.

	ENHP's New Dean Has Already Made Her Mark
	The new dean of the College of Education, Nursing and Health Professions (ENHP) left an indelible mark on the College even before she was officially appointed as its leader.

	A Visit from the President of the Israeli Supreme Court
	Aharon Barak, president of the Supreme Court of Israel and a man who has helped shape Israel's legal process, delivered the Arnold C. Greenberg Constitutional Law and Judaic Studies Lecture in Lincoln Theater on Oct. 14.

	Rogow Distinguished Lecturers
	On campus this fall as Rogow Distinguished Lecturers were Dale Chihuly, the glass sculptor, journalist Anthony Lewis, and Thomas Murray, president of the Hastings Center.

	Deeds Speaker Reno Urges Students to Get Involved
	Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, now a Democratic candidate for Florida governor, was the speaker at the University's annual Deeds Symposium on Nov. 14.

	It's ShowTime!
	With University President Walter Harrison as host and senior-class members of the Hartt Music Theatre program as the stars, the University launched the public phase of the Campaign of Commitment on Sept. 29 in a transformed Gengras Student Union.

	A Future Home for the Performing Arts
	The way is now clear for the University to purchase the site of the former Thomas Cadillac dealership in Hartford and proceed with plans for the new University of Hartford Performing Arts Center.