Author name: Tara de Souza

The results of the inaugural Goucher Poll are in. The poll, conducted October 21-25, asked Maryland residents for their perspectives regarding the favorability ratings of President Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, and Martin O’Malley; right track/wrong direction of the nation; personal financial situation; and perceptions of state spending and taxation. The poll surveyed a dual-frame (landlines […]

After more than a year of planning and production, Goucher College has launched a new, streamlined website that features improved interactive and social media tools. Produced by the Office of Communications in consultation with key college constituencies, the new site was designed to be simple and intuitive, while presenting a wealth of information to college-seekers,

Jeff Israel, Goucher visiting professor of Judaic studies, will lead these workshops on timely and relevant issues: The Jewish Vote in the Election Thursday, November 1 What are the political values that guide Jewish American voters? How is Judaism interpreted differently among Jewish conservatives and liberals? Who are Jews in the popular American political imagination?

Dr. Robert Turner, director at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, will present “We Never Use the Same Brain Twice: A Lecture on Neuroscience, Culture, and Experience” on Tuesday, April 9, at 4 p.m. in Buchner Hall of the Alumnae/i House. Turner’s talk will share cutting-edge neuroscience imaging

Filmmakers Sarah Burns and David McMahon will screen and discuss their film The Central Park Five on Wednesday, May 1, at 7 p.m. in the Hyman Forum of Goucher College’s Athenaeum. The film tells the story of a highly publicized rape in New York’s Central Park in 1989 and the five black and Latino teenagers

Goucher College is presenting “Go-Go Live: An Evening with Author Natalie Hopkinson and DJ Stylus” on Thursday, April 11, at 8 p.m. in the Gopher Hole. Hopkinson, author of Go-Go Live: The Musical Life and Death of a Chocolate City, will give a talk on go-go music and black cultural production. The talk will be

Goucher College’s Kratz Center for Creative Writing is presenting a reading, discussion, and book signing by its Spring 2013 Writer in Residence, Kyoko Mori, on Tuesday, April 2, at 7 p.m. in Buchner Hall of the Alumnae/i House.

The Goucher Poll asked Maryland citizens for their perspectives on hydraulic fracturing—or fracking,  a process that uses the high-pressure injection of water, sand, and chemicals to remove natural gas from rocks deep in the earth’s surface. About half of the respondents to the survey were given questions with the words “hydraulic fracturing or fracking” included.

Goucher College President Sanford J. Ungar will join Charlie Kolb, president of the French-American Foundation, to discuss the future of post-secondary education on the Internet radio program Global Reach on Thursday, March 14, 2-3 p.m. EST. Questions slated to be covered include: Is it the role of universities to prepare students to be engaged citizens

On Thursday, February 28, Goucher College will join nearly 100 educational institutions worldwide to participate in the first-ever Student Engagement and Philanthropy Day. The initiative, organized by CASE Affiliated Student Advancement Programs (ASAP), is designed to increase student understanding of philanthropy on college and university campuses. Institutions from the United States, England, South Africa, and