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Ancient Greece meets the ’50s in Orpheus production Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Orpheus does not normally wield an electric guitar, but this weekend’s performance at the Whitney Theater is no traditional adaptation.

Ravel, Bartók operas to take stage Tue, 15 Apr 2008 00:00:00 -0400
Tick, tock, tick, tock. The members of Yale Opera are counting down to this weekend’s performances of Maurice Ravel’s one-act operatic comedy, “L’heure espagnole” and Béla Bartók’s “Bluebeard’s Castle.” Both were composed in 1911 and will be performed in a double feature at Morse Recital Hall in Sprague Memorial Hall.

Connecticut College finishes in top 10 in RecycleMania
Connecticut College recycled 44.83 pounds per person and 40.36 percent of the solid waste generated on campus during the 10-week national "RecycleMania" competition, earning a spot in the top 10.

April 26 Walk for Homelessness to benefit New London´s Homeless Hospitality Center
As part of a community learning seminar, 10 Connecticut College students are organizing a 1.6 mile walk through New London to educate the public about the issue of homelessness and raise money for the city´s Homeless Hospitality Center.

Connecticut College student one of only 20 accepted to the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute
Yalidy Matos, a junior at Connecticut College, has been accepted into the Ralph Bunche Summer Institute, a five-week academically intense summer program for students from underrepresented groups interested in political science.

onStage at Connecticut College presents The Acting Company´s ´Moby Dick Rehearsed´
onStage at Connecticut College will present The Acting Company´s "Moby Dick Rehearsed," Thursday, May 1, at 8 p.m. in the Palmer Auditorium at Connecticut College.

Hearst Foundation´s $300k grant to support an innovative science curriculum at Connecticut Col
Connecticut College has received a $300,000 grant from The Hearst Foundation Inc. to establish the William Randolph Hearst Endowed Fund for curricular collaboration in mathematics, computer science and the life sciences.

Connecticut College receives $150k grant to support classroom renovations
Connecticut College has received a $150,000 grant from the Booth Ferris Foundation to support the renovation of several classrooms in the college´s Bill Hall.

Five Connecticut College students and one faculty member win Fulbright grants for research and teach
Three graduating Connecticut College seniors and two recent alumni have been selected to receive prestigious U.S. Fulbright Student Program grants to live, teach and conduct research abroad for an academic year. Additionally, a Connecticut College faculty member has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to teach and conduct research in Ecuador.

Connecticut College Music Department presents eight May concerts
The Connecticut College Music Department will present eight concerts in the month of May. All concerts will be held in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center, at Connecticut College, unless otherwise noted. For tickets and information, call (860) 439-2720.

Nearly 500 Connecticut College students will receive their diplomas this year at the college´s
Nearly 500 Connecticut College students will receive their diplomas this year at the college´s 90th commencement on Sunday, May 18, at 10 a.m.

Connecticut College receives $1 million gift to endow Center for Teaching and Learning
Connecticut College has received a $1 million gift from Joy Shechtman Mankoff, a 1956 graduate of Connecticut College, to endow the college´s Center for Teaching and Learning.

Deep Dish: All the News that's fit to eat Thu, 22 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Ah, the weather is warming, the dorms are unloading and reloading, and New Haven’s restaurant scene just keeps percolating, in spite of this recession that’s squeezing our purses a bit tighter. Here are six new and semi-new eateries, that we’re calling The Summer Six, that will keep us coming back...

Filming a Billie Holiday movie in the state? Fri, 23 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

I have a few ideas for a good movie. Hear me out. I’m thinking about writing a script for Denzel Washington to play a young football star who has a penchant for going to strip clubs and creating chaos. It’s going to be called “Making it Rain.”

Academy Award winner Sydney Pollack dies Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

LOS ANGELES — Academy Award-winning director Sydney Pollack, a Hollywood mainstay who achieved commercial success and critical acclaim with the gender-bending comedy “Tootsie” and the period drama “Out of Africa, has died. He was 73.

Media Advisory: Connecticut College Reunion Weekend
Connecticut College´s annual alumni reunion is this weekend, May 30 - June 1. Reunion usually draws 800-1,000 alumni and guests back to campus.

Connecticut College receives $1 million gift to renovate residence hall common rooms throughout camp
Connecticut College has received a $1 million gift from 1957 Connecticut College graduate Sylvia Pasternack Marx through the Virginia and Leonard Marx Foundation to renovate the common room spaces in residence halls and enhance residential education throughout campus.

Legal journalist Jeffrey Toobin to speak at Connecticut College May 30
Jeffrey Toobin, a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1993 and Emmy-award winning legal analyst for CNN, will speak Friday, May 30, at 8 p.m. in Evans Hall, Cummings Arts Center, at Connecticut College. A Q&A and book signing will follow.

Book by Connecticut College professor wins Abbott Lowell Cummings Award
Abigail Van Slyck, the Dayton Professor of Art History and chair of the Department of Art History and Architectural Studies at Connecticut College, has been awarded the Abbott Lowell Cummings Award from the Vernacular Architecture Forum for her book, "A Manufactured Wilderness: Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890-1960."

Connecticut College graduates urged to lead with ´passion, purpose and principle´
Public radio and television host, author, philanthropist and advocate Tavis Smiley urged the 450 graduates at Connecticut College´s 90th Commencement Sunday to focus on issues of humanity, to contest injustice and to have the courage to lead.

Connecticut College and the NLHHC to host ´May Move Out´ sale to raise money for homeles
Connecticut College and the New London Homeless Hospitality Center (NLHHC) have asked students to donate unwanted, useable furniture items, which will be sold at a "May Move Out" tag sale June 7 in the Dayton Arena at Connecticut College. Proceeds from the sale will benefit the NLHHC.

Connecticut College to renovate tennis courts
With a lead gift from Connecticut College alumni Anne and Carter Sullivan, Connecticut College will completely renovate the campus tennis facility this summer.

Sunny side up Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NEW HAVEN — By the time the majority of people heard Titles’ self-titled debut, the guys barely played those songs, and the ones that did get performed sounded nothing like the original recording. Unlike most acts that gig around for a while and, when ready, hit the studio, the New...

Second chances: Is Rilo Kiley still worth seeing? Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

I have a friend who was the biggest — the biggest — Rilo Kiley fan I’d met. She would travel long distances to see any of the band’s gigs. Now, she refuses to even discuss the group. She even can’t stand to even hear the quartet’s name. When “More Adventurous”...

Dysfunctional and distaff in the desert: ‘In Plain Sight’ Fri, 30 May 2008 00:00:00 -0400

USA Network has done a lucrative business in the cable age with network reruns, recent-era movies, a little sports and a few original series.

Hulk; Take two Fri, 13 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Only five years after Oscar winner Ang Lee’s disappointing “Hulk,” Marvel Studios is effectively going back to the drawing board and taking a mulligan. “The Incredible Hulk” is not a sequel or a remake; it’s more like a “do over.” It’s also a big improvement.

Connecticut College Dining Services Recognized for Start on Success Program
Connecticut College´s Department of Dining Services was recognized recently by the National Organization on Disability for its participation in the Start on Success Program (SOS), which provides introductory job experiences to high school students with physical, mental and sensory disabilities.

Connecticut College professors win college´s highest faculty awards
Connecticut College Professors Jefferson Singer, Hisae Kobayashi and Bridget Baird have been honored with the college´s most prestigious faculty awards.

´May Move Out´ sale rescheduled for June 21 at All Souls Unitarian Church in New London
The "May Move Out" tag sale, hosted by the New London Homeless Hospitality Center and Connecticut College, has been rescheduled for Saturday, June 21, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at All Souls Unitarian Church, 19 Jay Street in New London. In the event of rain, the sale will be Sunday, June 22.

New leadership for four of Connecticut College´s interdisciplinary centers
Three of Connecticut College´s interdisciplinary academic centers have new directors and an interim director will lead the college´s Center for the Comparative Study of Race and Ethnicity during the 2008 - 2009 academic year.

Connecticut College welcomes seven new faculty members
Seven new tenure-track faculty members, including a history professor fluent in six languages, a classics professor with a passion for jazz and a psychology professor who gets local children excited about neuroscience, are joining the Connecticut College faculty.

Rock of Ideats Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0400

NEW HAVEN — Over the course of a year, you can see dozens and dozens of local bands in New Haven. If you try really hard, that number can easily move into the hundreds. But on any given weekend, the most you’ll be able to catch is 10, at most....

Library Consortium security breach may affect some Connecticut College library patrons
Connecticut College has learned that two computer servers containing a database of Connecticut College, Wesleyan University and Trinity College library patrons were accessed by a hacker or hackers. The database includes the names, addresses and social security or driver´s license numbers of approximately 2,800 Connecticut College library patrons. Twelve library patrons from Wesleyan University and three from Trinity College were also affected.

Connecticut College partners with The Posse Foundation
Connecticut College is partnering with The Posse Foundation, an organization that identifies, recruits and trains student leaders from urban public high schools to form multicultural teams called "Posses" that enroll in top-tier colleges nationwide.

Connecticut College hosting International Chrysophyte Symposium June 23 - 27
Connecticut College will host the seventh International Chrysophyte Symposium June 23 - 27. The symposium will bring together nearly 100 experts from around the world representing a variety of disciplines.

Connecticut College student receives prestigious undergraduate fellowship
Caitlin K. Scott, a rising junior a Connecticut College, has been selected to receive a 2008 Fund for Theological Education (FTE) Undergraduate Fellowship, which recognizes students with a gift for leadership who are considering ministry as a vocation.

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