Dear Seminars Community, As the 2023-2024 academic year begins, there are several exciting new developments to report. The office team has planned and brought to fruition new platforms that are being rolled out this fall. Gesenia Alvarez-Lazauskas created a new administrative portal to consolidate and simplify the many processes involved in the organization and execution […]
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Dear Seminars Community, It’s been a great few months since the last newsletter! An unprecedented number of complex and resoundingly successful events were expertly (and indefatigably!) orchestrated by Alice Newton. The Annual Dinner in November— the first in years —included the presentation of the Tannenbaum Award to Marianne Hirsch and an engrossing lecture by Deborah […]
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Dear Seminars Community, We are finally meeting in person, but not without some understandable trepidation. Since our 76th Annual Dinner was postponed three times, we decided to have the dinner and lecture as soon as possible, rather than waiting until the spring of 2023. So, our Annual Dinner Meeting will be held on November 16, […]
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Dear Seminars Community, We are finally meeting in person, but not without some understandable trepidation. Since our 76th Annual Dinner was postponed three times, we decided to have the dinner and lecture as soon as possible, rather than waiting until the spring of 2023. So, our Annual Dinner Meeting will be held on November 16, […]
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Dear Seminars Community, Happy Chinese New Year, belated New Year and MLK day. As I look out at our first real snowfall of the year, my thoughts are with my grandson, Oscar, in Georgia. He was born on February 29, 2020, days before widespread shutdowns; masked adults are the norm in his life. My husband […]
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Dear Seminars Community, Welcome to a new academic year! I say this with a bit of irony since we are not where we hoped to be. This pandemic is clearly an endurance test. Columbia University is doing an excellent job at keeping its community safe. And while all seminar members are part of the community, […]
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Dear Seminars Community, Happy spring! May the season bring us all a sense of joy, renewal, and rebirth. I hope that everyone has gotten at least an appointment for vaccination. If you have not, please email me. I keep hearing about different resources in NY and NJ. Many of us are feeling hopeful about being […]
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Dear Seminars Community, I wish a very happy, healthy, and peaceful New Year to us all. As you have probably guessed, we will not be meeting in person this spring. I am heartened by all of the efforts that make it possible for your seminars to meet through Zoom. Whether we are able to meet […]
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Dear Seminars Community, I begin this semester hoping that all of you are well and are able to deal with the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic as best as possible. I speak for the office when I say we are happy and willing to help if we can. Columbia University has had the enormous burden […]
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Dear Seminars Community, I am lucky enough to be in Georgia with my spouse, daughter, new grandson, and our dog. We arrived on February 27 fully expecting to be home by late March. Now I suspect we won’t return to NYC until June. I hope you are all safe and healthy and with loved ones, […]
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Dear Friends and Members of the Seminars, I wish you all a Happy and Peaceful New Year. We have some events coming up. The first is our Seminars Wine Reception on February 10, 5-7 pm in Faculty House. The purpose of this gathering is for members of The Seminars community to talk about their experience […]
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Dear Seminar Members and Friends, Welcome to another year of The University Seminars. Our office is both excited and a bit trepidatious. Our Director, Bob Pollack, is on sabbatical and I am the Acting/ Interim Director. As you may know, I love The Seminars and my colleagues. I have learned and enjoyed so much in […]
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