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Nov 30, 2011
"It's easy to get lost in a city," said Brian Bockelman, a history professor at Ripon College.
Professors Brian Bockelman (left) and David Miller will lead the fall 2012 Newberry Seminar.
This is not the kind of "lost" where you ask a passerby for directions.
Rather, it's getting lost in stories of immigrants and stockyards, jazz and tango, devastating fires and epidemics, riots and literary movements, social reformers and captains of industry.
It's being lost in times and places of great, relentless change – during the decades stretching before and after the dawn of the 20th century, when the burgeoning mega-cities of Chicago and Buenos Aires muscled their way onto the world stage.
And it's becoming lost – immersed – in the vast resources of the Newberry Library in Chicago, where Bockelman and Allegheny College English professor David Miller will team up to lead a seminar next fall on "Wild Cities: The Nature of the Modern Metropolis." Read more
Newberry Library Is a Perfect Match for Student's Love of Research and Writing Apr 18, 2011- Virginia Henry, winner of the 2011 Award for Outstanding Research on an ACM Program, pulled many interests together in her independent project on the ACM Newberry Seminar.
Tempting, Astounding, Challenging – Read All About It in the ACM Student Blogs Sep 24, 2010- With words and photos, and in their distinctive voices, Global Ambassadors offer unfiltered views of their off-campus study experiences around the world.
Engaging in a Dialogue that Can Both Surprise and Inspire Apr 11, 2010- Students will gather in Chicago on April 16-17 to reflect on their off-campus study experiences at the 2010 Student Symposium on Off-Campus Study.
Portraying the Journey of Life Dec 16, 2009- Encounters with people, cultures, history, and the physical environment are among the experiences chronicled in the prize-winning photos from the 2009-10 ACM Off-Campus Study Photo Contest.
On the Road Again to the Newberry May 27, 2009- Lake Forest professors David George and Benjamin Goluboff enjoyed teaching the ACM Newberry Seminary so much three years ago that they will return in fall 2010.
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- Newberry Seminar Participant Virginia Henry Receives 2011 Award for Outstanding Research Apr 25, 2011
- Two other finalists also honored for independent research projects they conducted on ACM off-campus study programs in Costa Rica and Tanzania.
- New Award Will Honor Students' Independent Research During Off-Campus Study Dec 15, 2010
- Annual award highlights outstanding research conducted by students on ACM programs.
- ACM Symposium Will Highlight Students' Research, Internships, and Experiences on Off-Campus Study Mar 19, 2010
- Students' presentations and panel discussions on April 16-17 will be streamed live on the ACM website.
- Application Deadline Extended for some ACM Programs Mar 17, 2010
- ACM has extended the application deadline for several upcoming ACM off-campus study programs. Interested students should contact the ACM office immediately.
- 2010-11 Off-Campus Study Program Prices Announced Feb 5, 2010
- The updated pricing for ACM's 2010-11 off-campus study programs has been approved and is now posted online.
- Traveling Photo Exhibit Will Showcase Students’ Off-Campus Study Experiences Dec 9, 2009
- Winning and honorable mention photos from the 2009-10 ACM Off-Campus Study Photo Contest will be exhibited on 11 ACM campuses in early 2010.
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