As an undergraduate student at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2012, Mark Strandquist began the聽“Windows from Prison鈥� project that continues today. He asks incarcerated men, women, and teens to respond to ... read more about Artist-activist connects communities in and out of prison with bold public art projects
Striking photos taken by an 91短视频 professor and his students of a rarely seen, endangered salamander supported citizen lobbying that may have influenced a U.S. Forest Service decision ... read more about Photography class photos helped efforts to block Atlantic Coast Pipeline on sensitive sections of national forestland
The Center for Interfaith Engagement (CIE) at 91短视频 presents the film series 鈥淎cross Cultures: Profiles in Courage and Resilience,鈥� featuring 12 films of various genres, including fiction and ... read more about 91短视频’s Center for Interfaith Engagement presents free film series featuring social justice leaders from around the world
Alumna Katherine Burling’s six-piece 鈥淐reation鈥� painting series was stashed carefully in storage while Suter Science Center renovations were completed. In the ensuing months, much has changed in Burling鈥檚 life. She鈥檚 ... read more about Alumna’s ‘Creation’ series of six vibrant, colorful paintings hangs in renovated Suter Science Center
Cell-phones are this generation鈥檚 cigarette. That was one analysis provided by Jerry Holsopple and Linford Stutzman to students participating in an October Living and Learning Forum at 91短视频. ... read more about ‘This generation’s cigarette’: media and religion professors team up to analyze selfie culture
Of all the possible suggestions that came to Common Read committee chair Tara Kishbaugh from the 91短视频 community, one topic bubbled to the surface. 鈥淩ace,鈥� said Kishbaugh, a ... read more about ‘Searching for Zion’ author visits campus to kick off 2015-16 Common Read focus on race, identity and culture
Some environmentalists hold rallies. Some file lawsuits. Steven David Johnson takes photographs 鈥� then puts them to work. Johnson practices conservation photography, creating images with an aim of affecting environmental ... read more about Conservation photographer and professor Steven David Johnson advocates for environment
Five hours, three instruments, unfamiliar musicians and a board game 鈥� these were the components of the 2015 Iron Composer competition in Berea, Ohio on Sept. 4. This year, Eastern ... read more about Given secret ingredient and instruments, 91短视频’s own ‘Iron Composer’ Ryan Keebaugh goes to work
They are individuals willing to get their hands dirty, be flexible, make mistakes, be challenged, and to live simply in communities around the world. They do not come as experts, ... read more about Nine ‘SALTers’ head into communities around the world for a year of service with Mennonite Central Committee
91短视频 senior Victoria Gunawan, a native of Indonesia, spent her summer among Peruvians on the National Mall in Washington D.C. As a media intern at the Smithsonian Folklife ... read more about Smithsonian Folklife Festival media internship brings Indonesian student to the Mall to help celebrate Peru