Archive for the “University Section” Category

Posted on September 4 2010 by John Grant

Laurie Hertzel series, Part 2: When I Was … 19

When I Was … is a monthlong series that will appear on this blog on Mondays throughout September. The series, by Star Tribune books editor and author Laurie Hertzel, moves chronologically through Hertzel’s early years and adventures in writing and while on assignment at the Duluth News-Tribune. You can find the first entry in the [...]

Posted on August 31 2010 by John Grant

Choosing a College Major You Can Live With

When it comes to choosing majors in college, you might be feeling a little overwhelmed  – it’s hard to decide what you want to do with the rest of your life! My College Guide to the rescue! We’ve got a few tips to help you choose a college major that’s right for you – and [...]

Posted on August 26 2010 by John Grant

A WordPress 3.0 theme to do more with less at The University of Alabama

Offering a consistent look and feel on the Web at a big university is a challenge. When implementing a content management system across hundreds of units or departments isn’t an option – for budget reason, some institutions have to adopt a different approach. At the University of Alabama, the central web communications team includes only [...]

Posted on August 23 2010 by John Grant

“No One Loves a Loser” — life on the streets in San Francisco.

The following is an excerpt drawn from the new book Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco, by Teresa Gowan. Gowan will be giving a talk and signing books tonight at University Press Books in Berkeley, CA, and tomorrow night at Modern Times Bookstore in San Francisco. Find more event info on our website. [...]

Posted on August 22 2010 by John Grant

An in-house new redesign for Macalester College website

This is just a quick post about a newly redesigned website: Macalester College’s. Nick Balcom Raleigh, Online Communications Coordinator at Macalester, emailed me a couple of weeks ago about the redesign – so it’s about time I share it with you The new version was developed in-house by a team of four and has replaced [...]

Posted on August 18 2010 by John Grant

Stay culturally satiated this month …

In Metro Magazine.

Posted on August 13 2010 by John Grant

Peter Paik’s politics of catastrophe—as revealed in The Matrix films, superhero comics, and other science fiction.

Scholar J. Kameron Carter looks at the problem of political theology as he sees it within Peter Y. Paik’s book From Utopia to Apocalypse: Science Fiction and the Politics of Catastrophe.

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