Professorial passions
Subtitle: eight lectures in honor of the inauguration of Ruth J. Simmons, ninth president of Smith College
By: edited by Peter I. Rose
Contributors: Simmons, Ruth, 1945-
Publisher: Smith College, Board of Trustees
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 173
ISBN-13: 9780966454703
Subjects: Inauguration, 1995; Presidents; Inauguration; Higher Education; Artes liberales; Smith College
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Academy's freedom- the academy's burden  -- John M. Connolly ;; title: Mind matters  -- Jill de Villiers ;; title: "Polyrhythm-wise": no more bad guys in black hats  -- Andrea Hairston ;; title: Seven characters in search of the twelfth century  -- Lester K. Little ;; title: Connections: sculpture, graphic art and students  -- Elliot Offner ;; title: Birth of stars and the origin of planetary systems: 1796 to 1996  -- Suzan Edwards ;; title: Medusa face: Tolstoy's Anna Karenina  -- Maria Nemcova Banerjee ;; title: Hollywood and America  -- Philip Green ;; title: Afterword -- Ruth J. Simmons.