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German filmmaker Alyse Polat, presenting screening of her award-winning film, "En Garde," 7 p.m. at Copley Science Center, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland ... "Science and Faith: A Clash of Fundamentalisms?" featuring Stephen Hawking biographer Kitty Ferguson for the Alexander Gustavus Brown Lectures, 7 p.m. in the Topping Room, Old Chapel, Randolph-Macon College, 110 College Ave., Ashland ... Fifth annual Washington-Franklin Collegiate Challenge Debates, less-than-polite competition on hot... (Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA)
Cheap things to do Mar 3, 2006
Rachel Simmons "Oprah," "Today" and "Dateline" guest -- in lecture at 4 p.m. in Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland ... Comic hypnotist Dale K, 8 p.m. at Blackwell Auditorium, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland. (Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA)
Giving birth to supermom Feb 19, 2006
" It's a casual, common slur. Even women use it to describe how disorganized they feel in the first frantic days after giving birth. Yet milk brain is just a temporary effect, brought on by sleep deprivation, plus the need to learn (or relearn) the details of child care. The lasting effect of being a mother, neuroscientists are finding, is the exact opposite of milk brain."It's interesting to consider what contributed to the myth of the less-than-intelligent maternal brain," says Kelly Lambert,... (Globe and Mail)
Batman To "kick a lot of al Qaeda butt" In Future Graphic Novel Feb 16, 2006
"The majority of comic-book readers are in their 20s, 30s and 40s," said M. Thomas Inge, professor of English and the Humanities at Randolph-Macon College in Virginia. "Most writers hardly ever write with children in mind. These are fully grown writers who want to produce good stories without dumbing it down.". (Playfuls.com)
February Geology media highlights Jan 27, 2006
Assessing decadal scale changes to a giant sand wave field in eastern Long Island Sound Michael S. Fenster, Randolph-Macon College, Environmental Studies, Ashland, VA 23005, USA; et al. Pages 88-91. This study analyzed the relatively long-term behavior of giant sand dunes or sand waves-up to 17 meters in height-that reside on the eastern Long Island Sound seafloor. (EurekAlert!)
Today's freshmen want to lend a hand Jan 26, 2006
Many colleges, including Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Va. and McDaniel College in Westminster, Md. (USA Today -- National)
Want to boost your brain power? Just have a baby Jan 15, 2006
Many benefits seem to emerge from motherhood, as the maternal brain rises to the reproductive challenge,' says Professor Craig Kinsley, of Richmond University, and Professor Kelly Lambert, of Randolph-Macon College, both in Virginia, writing in the latest Scientific American. In other words, when the going gets tough, the brain gets going. (Guardian Unlimited)
Kaine's Cabinet choices Jan 8, 2006
Education: Randolph-Macon College, bachelor's degree in English, 1986; University of Richmond, master's degree in humanities, 1988; University of London, master's degree in modern British literature. Family: Wife, Elizabeth. (Richmond Times-Dispatch, VA)
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