F&M Common Hour

Joe Queenan: Journalist, Critic and Essayist Recorded April 25, 2013, in Mayser Gymnasium. Joe Queenan is the author of nine books, including, most recently, One for The Books. His memoir Closing Time was a New York Times Notable Book of 2009. Queenan writes the Moving Targets column for the weekend edition of the Wall Street [...]

Annie Leonard, Author Thursday, April 18, 2013 11:30 a.m. Annie Leonard differs from many “environmental” spokespeople in that she radiates hope and optimism. After traveling to 40 countries to explore environmental issues and meeting with communities, governments and businesses, she is absolutely convinced that it is possible to find a way to live on this [...]

Jill Tarter, Director of the Institute for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Recorded Thursday, April 11, at 11:30 a.m. in Mayser Gymnasium Jill Tarter holds the Bernard M. Oliver Chair for SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) at the SETI Institute in Mountain View, California. Tarter received her Bachelor of Engineering Physics Degree with Distinction from Cornell [...]

Featuring the F&M Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Brian Norcross, Conductor The F&M Orchestra: Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian Easter Overture and the PREMIERE of Andrew Glennan ‘13, Rustic Travels. The Symphonic Wind Ensemble: Boris Kozhevnikov, Symphony No. 3; Gustav Holst, Second Suite; and John Carbon, CCXXV, celebrating the 225th anniversary of Franklin & Marshall. Recorded April 4, [...]

Kerry Whiteside, Clair R. McCollough Professor of Government Kerry Whiteside, the Clair R. McCollough Professor of Government, is the 2009 recipient of the Bradley R. Dewey Award for Outstanding Scholarship, Franklin & Marshall’s highest honor for scholarship. There is nothing dry or monastic about research in Professor Kerry Whiteside’s experience. For him, research in political [...]

Thursday, March 21, 2013 11:30 a.m. Mayser Gymnasium Lynn Nottage’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Ruined, which involves the plight of women in the civil war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo, premiered at Manhattan Theatre Club and Goodman Theatre. It subsequently toured widely throughout US regional theatres and premiered internationally at the Almeida Theatre in London. The play [...]

Chris Reddy, senior scientist with the Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, discusses the various responses to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Recorded March 7, 2013, in Mayser Gymnasium. Petroleum hydrocarbons in the marine environment have been at the forefront of the news from the Exxon [...]

Manuela Veloso, Herbert Simon Chair at Carnegie Mellon University Thursday, February 28, 2013 11:30 a.m.-12:35 p.m. No recording was made of this event. Manuela M. Veloso is Herbert A. Simon Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. She researches in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. She founded and directs the CORAL research laboratory, for the [...]

Cornel West, Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University Recorded Feb. 21, 2013 in Mayser Gymnasium. Cornel West is a prominent and provocative democratic intellectual.  He is a Professor of Philosophy and Christian Practice at Union Theological Seminary and Professor Emeritus at Princeton University.  He has [...]

February 14, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. Mayser Gymnasium This week’s Common Hour is organized and run entirely by students.  The theme as planned had been Stand-Up Comedy, particularly as informed by the liberal arts experience.  Given our community’s recent loss, the students organizing the event have decided to restructure the hour in a way that [...]