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questions for ... Jim Roberts
TU’s Deliberative Polling Project to lead to May 10 community event
TU is opening a dialogue on the role of a growing metropolitan university in the community. Jim Roberts, chairperson of the Department of Political Science, is coordinating a survey of faculty, staff, students and local residents. [more]
 Commitment to diversity
Maryland Hispanic Youth Symposium to come to Towson
TU will host the 2008 Maryland Hispanic Youth Symposium (HYS), a nationally recognized college access program that addresses the adversity and lack of educational opportunities faced by much of the Hispanic youth today. [more]
 Printmaking, post-Mao to present day
Asian Arts & Culture Center to exhibit contemporary Chinese prints
What? Realized in Wood: Contemporary Prints from China
When?
Now until May 16. There will be a curator's talk and opening reception on Saturday, April 12, from 3 to 5 p.m.
Where? Center
for the Arts, Asian Arts Gallery
Why? The exhibit displays a distinctive style of European-influenced contemporary Chinese printmaking that celebrates the artists, all from Hebei Province, for their exquisite technique and succinct expressions of pure creativity.
How? Admission
is free. Gallery hours: Monday–Friday, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.;
Saturday, 1–4 p.m. For more information about this and other
Asian Arts & Culture Center events, call x42807.
TU in
the news
New grads face slow job market
The Sun, April 5
Business reporters Jamie Smith Hopkins, Tanika White and Megan Hartley spoke with TU seniors Nikki Goh and Krysta Moore about entering the job market just as economic conditions have rapidly taken a turn for the worse. Goh, who transfered to TU from a school in Malaysia two years ago, will be heading to Britain to look for jobs after graduation. Moore is trying to find a job teaching English overseas to prepare for a career in international health.
Evidence shows humans in N. America earlier
The Sun,
April 4
Science reporter Dennis O'Brien spoke with Robert Wall, Department of
Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice, about a new study in Science that now has some scientists convinced that humans have been in North America for 1,000 years longer than previously thought. Although the researchers "were real careful about contamination issues and handling the DNA," Wall said, the absence of stone tools and other artifacts was disappointing.
Interview
Voice of America News (Chinese edition),
March 31
Winnie Cheng interviewed Steven Phillips,
Department of History, about the recent presidential elections on Taiwan, which the Nationalist Party candidate won. "The primary reason the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) lost the election," Phillips said, "was ineffectiveness and corruption of Chen Shuibian's adminstration." He said the DPP will survive this election and have a clean slate with voters after Chen leaves the scene.
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