Four years ago, a woman who had spent over two decades working as a caregiver for elderly people took on the federal government, demanding that the Fair Labor Standards Act require overtime pay for home care workers like herself.
Evelyn Coke lost her bid, but the issues at the heart of her suit, are as relevant today as ever, according to Ethnic Studies Professor Evelyn Glenn.
Home to Middle Eastern societies for five thousand years, the Dhiban plateau east of the Dead Sea offers insights into how people live under harsh conditions, as well as an opportunity to develop sustainable archaeological tourism programs.
The University Chorus as well as the more intimate Chamber Chorus offer unique opportunities for both music and non-music students to study and sing a rigorous repertoire of choral music. Auditions for the two ensembles are held every semester.
Dean Tyler Stovall, Dean of the Undergraduate Division, is pleased to announce that Roseanne Fong has been named Director of the Office of Undergraduate Advising for the College of Letters and Science.
Saul Perlmutter, along with another team working on the same subject, was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work proving that the rate of expansion of the universe is increasing. Perlmutter will teach an L&S Discovery Course this Spring. His Nobel is the tenth awarded to the Physics department faculty.
Namwali Serpell, an assistant professor of English and a novelist, is one of the winners of the 2011 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award, given annually to six promising women writers. Serpell’s first published story, “Muzungu,” was included in The Best American Short Stories 2009 and was short-listed for the 2010 Caine Prize for African Writing.
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