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Prof. Connor Williams, Ph.D. Candidate ‘08, Yale University, will give a guest lecture, titled “Making Treason Odious Again: Perspectives from the Naming Commission and the Army’s War on the Lost Cause”

Sharing the Naming Commission’s story provides a rare opportunity to reflect—from start to
finish—on how the American government came to terms with the history and commemoration

Images of bucolic landscapes, covered bridges, neat farms, and tightly knit communities are central to popular conceptions of Vermont. These same impressions, however, have rendered much of the region’s historical violence invisible. Local historian Ethan Mitchell will present new research uncovering murders of Chinese immigrants on human smuggling routes through Vermont and upstate New York in the early 20th century.  

CIA Representatives will provide information regarding the variety of career and paid internship opportunities available. The presentation will include details about application processes and suggestions for making yourself competitive for employment, including tips for writing cover letters and resumes, and preparing for an interview with CIA. Students of all academic disciplines are encouraged to attend.

Storytelling and Folktale Traditions from the Arab World

The line between wellness and illness seems thick, well drawn, and impermeable. We believe ourselves, and others, to be firmly situated on one side or the other. But that is not true. We all come to realize this about physical illness. We come to realize that eventually it will touch and alter our lives, either through our own direct experience or that of a loved one. So, we begin to learn the language of cancer, of Alzheimer’s, of Parkinson’s. What of mental illness, though?