Stash that trash

The Adopt-A-Campus initiative is asking faculty, staff and students to assume responsibility for keeping TU’s 328-acre campus easy on the eyes. [more]

Five questions for ... Clarinda Harriss

For English professor, Grub Street  is preferred address

Harriss, teacher, muse and mentor to generations of TU students, talks about TU's award-winning literary and arts magazine and the pleasures of advising its talented undergraduate staff.[more]

So they said...

"There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it's going to be a butterfly."

R. Buckminster Fuller, 1895-1983

Transforming lives with words

Book-of-the-Year author to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Who? Esmeralda Santiago, author of the acclaimed memoirWhen I was Puerto Rican and this year's TU Book of the Year author, is also a documentary and educational filmmaker, essayist, novelist and co-editor of two anthologies.

What and When? Santiago will host a Q&A session about the writer's art on Wednesday, October 4, at 3 p.m. in the University Union's Potomac Lounge. She will read from her work at 7 p.m. in Stephens Hall auditorium.

Why? Santiago, who came to the United States from Puerto Rico at age 13, will discuss the power of words to transform lives as part of TU's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month.

How? Admission is free. For more information, see Daily Digest or call Campus Life, x42332.

TU in the news

Rescuing math and science

The Sun, September 25

The editorial lauded Baltimore-area partnerships between philanthropy and academia to help ease the state's perpetual shortage of math and science teachers. Citing complementary approaches by UMBC and TU, the paper said the efforts, if successful, could be expanded and replicated to address a critical need. TU is using a $1 million gift from Willard Hackerman, head of the Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., to create a mathematics and science academy.  

UB freshmen to get free first year

The Sun, September 24

Reporter Gadi Dechter consulted James F. Brennan, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs, about the University of Baltimore’s plan to offer a year of free tuition to members of its first freshman class. Although one area educator suggested that UB could now be competing with TU for students, Brennan disagreed. “My sense is that [UB] may run head on with Baltimore City Community Colleges and maybe the Community College of Baltimore County,” he said. 

Debate continues over Senate debate

Associated Press, September 22

Reporter Tom Stuckey spoke to Donn Worgs, Department of Political Science, about Rep. Ben Cardin and Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, who have thus far scheduled one debate and are negotiating a second. Worg said both candidates for the U.S. Senate could profit by joint debates. He said a debate could make Steele come across as more exciting, although Cardin could use the opportunity to play up Steele’s ties to the Republican Party and the policies of President Bush.