Posted May 8, 2013
The Frederick Burkhardt Residential Fellowships for Recently Tenured Scholars support scholars in the humanities and social sciences in the crucial years immediately following the granting of tenure, and provide potential leaders in their fields with the resources to pursue long-term, unusually ambitious projects. The Burkhardt Fellowships are generously supported by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. [...]
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Posted April 30, 2013
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Posted April 17, 2013
At the annual meeting of the Society of Architectural Historians on April 11, 2013, Barbara Miller Lane was named Fellow of the Society “in recognition of a lifetime of significant contributions to the field of architectural history.” The citation, read at the meeting by Kathleen James-Chakraborty, is quoted below. “Almost fifty-eight years ago to the [...]
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Posted May 6, 2011
Celebrations of the 40th anniversary began early in the 2010-2011 academic year with a series of dinner research talks at which faculty shared current projects with students and each other. Next was a lecture by professor emeritus Barbara Miller Lane, noted architectural historian, on “Why Study Houses?” Lane emphasized the dominant importance of houses and [...]
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Posted October 18, 2010
The Growth and Structure of Cities Department inaugurates celebration of our 40th anniversary year with two events on Thursday, October 21. The first is the Fall Major’s Tea, Quita Woodward Room, Thomas 130, at 5:30 (pizza Will be served). At 6:30, we walk upstairs toThomas 224 where Barbara Miller Lane, professor and founder of the [...]
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Posted August 24, 2010
Posted August 20th, 2010 in Job Opportunities/AmeriCorps Opportunities Project SHINE (http://www.projectshine.org) is a national service learning program that creates intergenerational relationships with immigrants and refugee elders through language, health literacy and citizenship tutoring. AmeriCorps members with Project SHINE promote a healthy community and strengthen social connections by tutoring English, health literacy, healthy workshops and recreational [...]
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