Lecture innovation may not apply to F&M, but is still beneficial
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor As soon as Catherine Drennan started teaching chemistry, she noticed an issue with her teaching style, and indeed the teaching style of most…
Elizabeth Kolmstetter, Nick Skytland speak on NASA’s future at Common Hour
By Christa Rodriguez ||Campus Life Editor Common Hour this past Thursday featured two representatives from NASA who talked about its future directions both as an agency and as a workplace. Nicole…
F&M community gives feedback to BPC on budget concerns at Now Hour
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor This past Thursday’s Now Hour differed from the usual format for Common Hour, as it was framed as a conversation between speakers and the F&M Community. This…
Jonathan Lomma ‘99 talks success in entertainment business at Common Hour
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor Photos courtesy of patrickmcmullan.com William Morris Endeavor agent Jonathan Lomma ’99 presented at Common Hour last Thursday on what he has learned through…
Megan Red Shirt-Shaw talks on experiences of Native peoples in the U.S.
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor Natives in America is an online literary publication which displays the research, prose, and poetry of young Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and Native…
Past Common Hour speaker Katie Meyler resigns from CEO position amid rape scandal
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor Former Common Hour speaker Katie Meyler, founder and CEO of the nongovernmental organization More Than Me, temporarily resigned after a rape scandal…
Binh Danh, Robert Shultz present on Walt Whitman-inspired art exhibit
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor Binh Danh and Robert Schultz presented at last Thursday’s Common Hour on their collaborative art installation titled, “War Memoranda: Photography, Walt Whitman, and…
English department and Writers House host annual Emerging Writers Festival
By Vanessa Chen and Christa Rodriguez || Staff Writer and Campus Life Editor The annual Emerging Writers Festival (EWF), hosted by the English Department and the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House,…
Tom BK Goldtooth talks Indigenous peoples, the environment at Common Hour
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor This past Thursday, Common Hour speaker Tom BK Goldtooth, the Executive Director of the Indigenous Environmental Network, gave his talk titled “Ecological Justice:…
Thomas Hull talks applications of origami to math, science at Common Hour
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor This past Thursday’s Common Hour talk, “Folding Paper, Polymers, and Robots: Origami and Math,” was given by Thomas Hull, Associate Professor of Mathematics…
CEC brings Creed Bratton to campus for a night of music and comedy
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor This past Monday, January 29, Creed Bratton visited campus along with Erik Abel ’99. Both participated in the Q&A, held in the…
Professor Elizabeth De Santo talks protecting national Monuments at Now Hour
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor F&M Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Elizabeth De Santo spoke at this week’s Common Hour, which focused on protecting Monuments and the legal…
Lori Marino provides perspectives on whale sanctuaries at Common Hour
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor This week’s Common Hour presentation was given by Dr. Lori Marino, President of The Whale Sanctuary Project. Her talk, titled “Captive Whales and…
F&M Dance Company performs, exhibits dance as knowledge at Common Hour
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor This past week’s Common Hour featured the F&M Dance Company, incorporating both lecture and performance into the presentation, with a focus on dance…
Philosophy professor Stephen Käufer talks phenomenology at Common Hour
By Christa Rodriguez || Campus Life Editor Stephen Käufer, John Williamson Nevin Memorial Professor of Philosophy, gave this past Thursday’s Common Hour talk in Barshinger Concert Hall instead of the…