Category: News

Congratulations to Karen von Kunes

Karen von Kunes, senior lector in Slavic languages and literatures, has been included in the Princeton Review’s new book “300 Best Professors.” The book’s selections are based on reviews from RateMyProfessors.com. The book is designed to highlight “professors who have…

Why Study a Language?

Here is a link to an article by Russell A. Berman, the 2011 President of the MLAand professor of Comparative Literature and German Studies at Stanford University: http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/05/my-view-why-language-study-should-be-part-of-your-college-experience/  

TED Talks for Language Lovers

Here is a link to a collection of TED talks on a variety of linguistics-related topics as compiled in a blog hosted by Bachelors Degree Online: http://www.bachelorsdegreeonline.com/blog/2011/20-terrific-ted-talks-for-language-lovers/.

Conversation on Language and Globalization

Earlier this fall, the Columbia University Language Resource Center held an event questioning “why the issue of language study has hardly been included in the ongoing globalization of the university as an institution.” Since then, they have blogged about it…

Congratulations to Maria Kaliambou

Maria Kaliambou, Senior Lector in Modern Greek, was recently elected by the European Commission as Erasmus Student Ambassador to represent Greece in Brussels in 2012. ERASMUS, launched by the European Union in 1987, is an academic exchange program among European…