News and Media
12.18.09 Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing Program to present series of authors at Enders Island in Mystic
12.10.09 Fairfield University's Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies announces 2010 winter and spring schedule
12.08.09 Fairfield University's Director of the Program on the Environment comments on greenhouse gas summit in Copenhagen
12.01.09 On 68th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Fairfield University students assess the commercial use of the peace sign in "Posing for Peace"
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11.25.09 Large Hadron Collider (LHC) restarts with a "bang" after being shut down for over a year
11.19.09 Fairfield University music program director, Dr. Laura Nash named 2009 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Connecticut Professor of the Year
11.18.09 Fairfield University's Theatre Fairfield ends 2009 with student-generated theatrical pieces in A Class Act
11.16.09 Dr. Paul Lakeland to discuss "Church: Living Communion" at Living Theology Workshop on November 21
11.10.09 Philosophy professor develops online course management and assessment system that is going commercial
11.06.09 Three inspired writers - Fairfield University celebrates the creative process and the MFA in Creative Writing
11.04.09 Internationally acclaimed poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko speaks at Fairfield University November 18
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10.28.09 Bridgeport students to visit Fairfield University Psychobiology Lab
10.23.09 Award-winning author Rev. John O'Malley, S.J. to offer a gripping account of the Second Vatican Council at Fairfield University Center for Catholic Studies event
10.22.09 Rabbi Marc Schneier, named by Newsweek one of America's top rabbis, to deliver Fairfield University's 2009 Adolph and Ruth Schnurmacher Lecture in Judaic Studies on December 2
10.21.09 David Plouffe, author of The Audacity to Win, speaks at Fairfield University's Open VISIONS Forum November 4
10.16.09 Pulitzer Prize-winning author Junot Diaz speaks at Fairfield University's Open VISIONS Forum October 26
10.13.09 Fairfield University's Theatre Fairfield launches 2009-2010 season with "Machinal" by Sophie Treadwell
10.09.09 Award-winning writer Patricia Hampl to deliver Fairfield University's 4th Annual Catholicism and the Arts Lecture
10.05.09 Fairfield University's Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies and KADIMA students celebrate Jewish fall harvest festival of Sukkot by building a Sukkah hut
10.01.09 Fairfield University presents renowned Korean virtuoso in concert October 6
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09.23.09 Fairfield University's Bennett Center presents scholar Gary P. Zola in talk entitled "He Was One of Us: American Jewry and the Idealization of Abraham Lincoln"
09.21.09 Mathematician and MacArthur Fellow, Dr. Jeffrey R. Weeks, uses computer games and interactive 3-D graphics to explain "The Shape of Space" at Fairfield University
09.17.09 Khaled Hosseini, best-selling author of "The Kite Runner" and "A Thousand Splendid Suns," to deliver Fairfield University's Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lecture
09.16.09 Fairfield University History professor, Dr. Yohuru Williams, invited to present at 39th Annual Legislative Conference of the Congressional Black Caucus Issue Forum
09.14.09 Fairfield University's 16th Annual Christopher F. Mooney, S.J. Lecture to feature James Alison
09.08.09 Pilgrimage for Peace to stop at Fairfield University on 9/11
09.04.09 Fairfield University's Center for Academic Excellence receives $200,000 grant from The Davis Educational Foundation to impact teaching of the core curriculum
09.03.09 Margart A. Farley, prominent Christian ethicist and Yale Divinity School Professor, to deliver Fairfield University's Anne Drummey O'Callaghan Lecture on Women in the Church
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08.25.09 Globalization no longer just for business courses: Intradisciplinary English team brings globalization to literature
08.20.09 Voice of America Global College Forum features Fairfield University student Ali Abdul Majeed
08.17.09 Rev. Victor F. Leeber, S.J., "Father of Athletics" and founding faculty member at Fairfield University, dies at 87
08.11.09 Fairfield University senior Thomas Russo awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship for Environmental Studies in Thailand
08.10.09 National Institutes of Health awards Fairfield University science faculty members $433,000 for cancer research
08.05.09 Fairfield University's Fall "Irish in Film" series begins September 16
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07.27.09 Fairfield University professor to head Catholic Theological Society of America
07.24.09 Fairfield University names Dr. Elizabeth Boquet first Dean of Academic Engagement
07.23.09 Dr. David McFadden comments on Russian-Georgian conflict
07.22.09 Fairfield University's Carl and Dorothy Bennett Center for Judaic Studies announces fall 2009 schedule
07.22.09 Fairfield University's Center for Catholic Studies announces fall schedule of events
07.08.09 Media Center and Media Relations present Fr. Ryscavage video on Pope's new social encyclical
07.06.09 Dr. John Orman, professor of politics at Fairfield University, dies at 60
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06.24.09 Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing presents Ricky Moody, Michael White, Baron Wormser, Jennifer Lauck, Kim McLarin, Mary Szybist, Da Chen, Sue Silverman, Lary Bloom, William Patrick and others - at Enders Island in Mystic
06.12.09 Fairfield University social justice event bringing together all of nation's Jesuit universities to Fairfield campus
06.11.09 Ahna Johnson of Hamden Awarded prestigious Loyola Medal at Fairfield University
06.08.09 Connecticut's Lary Bloom among top authors who join faculty in Fairfield University's MFA in Creative Writing Program
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05.28.09 Fairfield University Catholic Theology scholar comments on Obama's selection of new ambassador to the Holy See
05.26.09 Dr. Donald Greenberg on President Obama's pick of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court
05.08.09 Fairfield University to host "Transforming the World and Being Transformed" bringing together all of nation's Jesuit universities as well as developing countries
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04.29.09 "Hip Hop Block Party" at Fairfield University explores political issues
04.28.09 Fairfield University's Center for Catholic Studies to bring influential Catholic media professionals to campus for conference discussing the future of the Catholic Media
04.27.09 Obama's first 100 days as historic as any others says Fairfield University professor
04.23.09 Acropolis Museum caryatid coiffures come to life at Fairfield University
04.20.09 Fairfield University's visiting professor from Iraq teaching students about the complexities of past and present Iraq
04.19.09 Fairfield University annual student film festival, Cinefest Fairfield, to be held on campus May 1
04.17.09 Study shows "Obama Effect" short-lived in city children
04.16.09 Fairfield University MFA student receives Artist Fellowship Award from Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism
04.16.09 "Cooperating in Ministry" is theme of Living Theology Workshop at Fairfield University April 25
04.16.09 Fairfield University's 'green team' plans events for Earth Week 2009
04.15.09 Fairfield University's Bennett Center for Judaic Studies presents the Samuel and Bettie Roberts Lecture in Jewish Art: "Confessions of a Practicing Jewish Artist"
04.14.09 Fairfield University professor says President Obama's policy change on Cuba is good for Cuban Americans but more needs to be done
04.10.09 Black Studies Lecture Series presents screening of "I Sit Where I Want: The Legacy of Brown v. Board of Education"
04.09.09 Fairfield University's annual Earth Day lecture to be delivered by renowned ecologist and economist Robert Costanza, Ph. D., of the University of Vermont
04.06.09 Fairfield University's Studio Art Program presents Creative Scape - an exhibition opening April 14
04.02.09 New Italian filmmakers' work to be screened at Fairfield University April 20
04.01.09 Russian scholars at Fairfield University
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03.30.09 Fairfield University's Bennett Center for Judaic Studies presents Holocaust Remembrance Service
03.23.09 Best-selling author Sue Miller speaks at Fairfield University at the Inspired Writers Series April 7
03.22.09 Fairfield University Awards Dinner to raise multicultural scholarship funds
03.20.09 Author of epic poem on the black experience in America to speak at Fairfield University March 26
03.19.09 Gordon Bardos of the Harriman Institute of Columbia University to speak at Fairfield University April 6
03.18.09 Former slave who became Virginia landowner subject of March 30 talk at Fairfield University
03.17.09 Inspired Writers series with author-illustrator John Bemelmans Marciano at Fairfield University April 2
03.16.09 Tim Wise, anti-racist activist, to speak at Fairfield University March 23
03.13.09 Fairfield University's Inspired Writers series continues with "Matrimony" author Joshua Henkin March 31
03.12.09 Fairfield University hosts two Information Sessions in April for graduate programs
03.12.09 Harvard Divinity School professor, Fr. Francis X. Clooney, S.J., to speak on "Christian Faith in Light of Hinduism" March 25
03.07.09 Teresa Younger, Ex. Dir. CT Permanent Commission on the Status of Women, to speak at Fairfield University March 16
03.05.09 National Gallery Director Earl A. Powell III speaks at Fairfield University's Open VISIONS Forum March 23
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02.27.09 Untold story of American legend John Henry at Fairfield University March 11
02.27.09 Wellesley Classics Professor to speak at Fairfield University March 10
02.27.09 A retrospective exhibition "Robert Vickrey: The Magic of Realism" opens at Fairfield University's Thomas J. Walsh Art Gallery March 23
02.12.09 The Children in Room E4: American Education on Trial author to speak at Fairfield University Feb. 24
02.12.09 New play introduces Helen Keller the woman/activist
02.04.09 Fairfield University announces new Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs
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01.23.09 Fairfield University hosting forum about climate policy in Connecticut and the U.S.
01.21.09 Dr. Cheryl Lynn Greenberg to deliver talk entitled, "Black-Jewish Relations: Why Should Americans Care?" sponsored by Fairfield University’s Bennett Center for Judaic Studies
01.20.09 'Green Cleaning Parties' to promote understanding of environmentally friendly (and inexpensive) ways to clean your home set for January 28 and 30
01.12.09 Children lead the way with "Poetry for Peace"
01.05.09 Fairfield University presents post-World War II Europe in American Films, a series beginning January 28
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