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Featured Course – Brazilian Carnaval: The 'Heart' of Brazilian Culture (FG206)

Celebrating Professor Emeritus Ray O. Werner

Celebrating Professor Emeritus Ray O. Werner

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Anne Basting ’87 Named MacArthur Fellow

Second ‘genius grant’ for CC alumni in two years

CC-FAC Listening Sessions Scheduled

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Legendary Tiger Andy Gambucci ’53 Passes Away

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Sarah Hautzinger Research: Soldiers as Heroes or Perpetrators?

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Margot Flynn ’20 takes notes in the Getty Villa, a full-scale reproduction of a Roman mansion in Los Angeles, during her Classics First Year Experience class. The class traveled to Los Angeles during Block One to study the renowned ancient art collection. Photo by Ella Hartshorn ’20.

CC President Jill Tiefethaler welcomes the audience before the start of the taping of “Washington Week with Gwen Ifill” in the Celeste Theatre. The show aired on Friday, Sept. 9.

Gwen Ifill speaks to a combined political science class in the screening room in the Cornerstone Arts Center. Ifill was on campus as part of CC’s Sondermann Presidential Symposium.

Cheristy Jones ’20 takes advantage of the Colorado autumn and studies in a hammock outside Cutler Hall with the Rocky Mountains in the background.

Political strategist David Axelrod P ’09 joins CC students for breakfast in Slocum Commons. Axelrod was on campus as part of CC’s Sondermann Presidential Symposium.

CC recently had a four-legged visitor early in the morning on Cutler Quad. Thanks to Ian Johnson, sustainability director, for capturing this image!

Donna Brazile, interim chair of DNC, speaks to a full house in Mohrman Theatre as part of CC’s 13th Sondermann Presidential Symposium. Photo by Nina Riggio ’17.

CC started its 143rd academic year with Opening Convocation, held at Shove Memorial Chapel. John Novembre ’00 gave the opening address, titled “Community and Wilderness: The Adventures of Learning.”

Keith Maddox, associate professor of psychology and director of the Tufts University Social Cognition Lab, gives the NSO capstone address, discussing CC’s 2016 common read book, “Whistling Vivaldi.” Following Maddox’s address, students broke into small groups for discussion of the book.

New Student Orientation volunteers await the arrival of first-year and transfer students at Mathias Hall.

Bridge Scholars attend a class called People and the Environment, taught by Assistant Professor Jean Lee, who teaches in the Environmental Program. The class looked at the different dimensions of environmental justice and how environmental justice can be understood at a local scale as well as an international scale.