Wall comes to life
Collaboration produces computer monitor 18 feet
wide and 8.5 feet high
It's Wednesday afternoon, and the back wall of the
computer lab is coming to life. At first just an
expanse of gray plastic, the wall flickers with a
warm light, then goes dark except for a smallish
white square on the lower left side.
Ben Shedd, senior visiting
scholar in the Computer Science Department, places
a tape measure diagonally across the square.
"That's the size of a 17-inch monitor," he says.
Displayed on the vast background, the square seems
comically small.
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Anthropologist studies medicine of Tibet
What is "truth" in medicine and healing? The
question touches on social, cultural, political,
moral and biological concerns.
It has led Assistant
Professor of Anthropology Vincanne Adams as far as
Nepal and Tibet (now part of China) in search of
answers.
A medical anthropologist,
Adams specializes in ethnomedicine, the study of
non-Western medical systems.
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"Jews, Germany and the Future of Memory"
Scholars, authors, architects, cultural critics,
museum curators and public figures will gather at
the Woodrow Wilson School on April 15 through 18
for a conference.
Entitled "Jews, Germany
and the Future of Memory," it focuses not on the
historical aspects of the Holocaust but on the
memory of the event, which, more than half a
century afterwards, remains an active force in
shaping the cultural, emotional and political
perceptions of present generations, both in Germany
and in the United States.
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New engineering master's offers real-world
training
The School of Engineering and Applied Science's
new Master of Engineering Program, offered for the
first time this past fall, offers real-world
oriented instruction in technical and business
aspects of engineering. The one-year program, which
does not require a thesis, allows students to
choose between two degree tracks: a more technical
pathway focused on a particular aspect of
engineering, and an entrepreneurial management
track that mixes technical classes with
business-oriented studies such as entrepreneurship,
public policy and international economics.
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Whiteness in Historical Perspective
Course shows how race is more than skin color
and "'whiteness' itself is a constantly evolving
social construct"
About 15 students -- African American, Asian,
Hispanic and white -- are taking an innovative
course this semester called Whiteness in Historical
Perspective, taught by Nell Painter, Edwards
Professor of American History.
Whiteness studies is a
growing field, Painter says. "It's revolutionary to
make whiteness visible as a racial designation.
Usually whiteness is unmarked, neutral. Part of
being white is the privilege of not seeing yourself
as marked. You do not spend your life being aware
of your whiteness, unless you choose to do so."
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Obituary
Elbert Williams, 54,
foreman in Building Services, died on January 21.
He had been with the University since 1977. He is
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Athletics
Crew. The men's
heavyweight outrowed Rutgers and the lightweight
beat Georgetown, and the women's open defeated
Rutgers and Columbia on April 3. (Men: heavyweight:
2-0, lightweight: 1-0; women: open: 2-1)
Lacrosse. The men won
against Yale 10-5 and the women against Cornell
12-4 on April 3. (Men: 2-3, 1-0 Ivy; women: 6-2,
2-0 Ivy)
Outdoor track and field.
The Tigers hosted the Second Annual Sam Howell
Memorial meet on April 3, when Tora Harris '01 tied
a school record in the high jump and qualified for
the NCAA championships with a leap of 7 ft. 3 1/2
in. (Men and women: 0-0)
Water polo (women). The
Tigers won the Ivy Championship, defeating Yale
15-0 and Harvard 8-3 on April 3. (20-5-1, 8-0 CWPA)
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