W&J Professor Jonathan Gottschall Speaks at Prestigious Writer’s Conference
Gottschall is the author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human.
Civil Rights Activist Delivers Address at Keuka MLK Commemoration
Walter Cooper ’50, a scientist, humanitarian, activist and educator, recently spoke on “Education Then and Now: How Historically Underrepresented Groups are Faring in the Current Climate” at Keuka College.
Energy Lecture Series to Take a Look at Nuclear
WASHINGTON, PA (Oct. 18, 2013)—Washington & Jefferson College’s Energy Lecture Series continues with “Should We Rethink Nuclear?,” Wednesday, Oct. 23 at 6:30 p.m., in the Howard J. Burnett Center’s Yost Auditorium.
Presented by W&J’s Center for Energy Policy and Management and…
Garbage to Art: Philosopher, Artist Bob Johnson to Speak at W&J
WASHINGTON, Pa. (Nov. 14, 2013)—Bob Johnson, philosopher and artist interested in human ecology and designer of “River Cubes,” will speak at Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. in Room 103 of the Howard J. Burnett Center.
Johnson’s lecture, free and open…
Retired Sen. George Mitchell to Speak at W&J
WASHINGTON, Pa. (Nov. 4, 2013)—Retired Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine)—author, former U.S. special envoy for the Middle East, where he worked toward an end of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and lead investigator in Major League Baseball’s steroid scandal—will speak at Washington & Jefferson College (W&…
Retired Sen. George Mitchell Discusses Conflict Resolution
WASHINGTON, Pa. (Nov. 8, 2013)—Retired Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine)—former senate majority leader; U.S. special envoy for the Middle East; and lead investigator in Major League Baseball’s steroid scandal—addressed in a public lecture Thursday at Washington & Jefferson College (W&J) conflict resolution, particularly his…
Smithsonian Curator Michael Neufeld to Give Lecture on Wernher von Braun
WASHINGTON, PA (Nov. 14, 2013)—A pioneer of the space program. The Father of Rocket Science. This is how many describe aerospace engineer and scientist Wernher von Braun, who played an important role in building a space program for the United States.
But when Dr. Michael Newfeld, a curator in the history department…