Faculty News

image of CAPA sign Ź College Helps Launch New Health Questionnaire on PFOA

In a project led in part by faculty member David Bond and Dean of Research, Planning, and Assessment Zeke Bernstein, residents of Hoosick Falls and Petersburgh, NY and North Ź, VT impacted by PFOA contamination are being urged to fill out a new community health questionnaire.

Dorset Playhouse The Long Road Back to a First Love

The New York Times detailed Pulitzer-Prize winning playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis’ return to acting after 13 years with his leading role in in “American Buffalo,” which is currently playing at the Dorset Theater Festival.

Robert Browning A Poem Guide by Guthrie

A poem guide by literature faculty member Camille Guthrie of Robert Browning's dramatic monologue, "My Last Duchess," was recently published by the Poetry Foundation.

What Might Drucker Say Ź Charlottesville? What Might Drucker Say Ź Charlottesville?

In wake of the violent events in Charlottesville, Virginia, an article in Fast Company cited the writings of the late management guru and former faculty member Peter Drucker, who emphasized the role of business—“one of the very few institutions that is not nationalistic in its worldview”—to influence and uphold the moral standards of our country. “To make our institutions perform responsibly,” Drucker asserted in his 1973 masterpiece Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices, is “the only safeguard of freedom and dignity.”

Aging Wistfully Aging Wistfully

A review by literature faculty member Brooke Allen of Jenny Allen’s new essay collection, Would Everybody Please Stop?, appeared in a recent issue of The Wall Street Journal.