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Darwin’s Impact – A Georgia State University Library Exhibit

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: November 18, 2009
When was the last time you got a good look at a Neandertal’s skull? Well check out the Georgia State University Library’s Exhibit on “Darwin’s Impact.” This display is part of the university’s commemoration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth and the 150th anniversary of the first publication of On The Origin of [...]
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New Browsing Books on Library North 1

By Daryle | Published: November 10, 2009
Kindred in death / J.D. Robb. Under the dome : a novel / Stephen King. Googled : the end of the world as we know it / Ken Auletta. A Christmas blizzard / Garrison Keillor.
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By Daryle | Published: November 3, 2009
The most they ever had / by Rick Bragg. Che : a graphic biography / Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon. Eating animals / Jonathan Safran Foer. Rainwater / Sandra Brown. Paul McCartney : a life / Peter Ames Carlin. Anita Blake, vampire hunter. Guilty pleasures / writer, Laurell K. Hamilton & Jonathon Green ; adaptation, Stacie Ritchie & Jess Ruffner-Booth [...]
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Journalist and author Susan Faludi to speak at GSU

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: October 27, 2009
The following news was originally posted on the Georgia State University News blog by Liz Babiarz: ATLANTA – Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Susan Faludi will lecture at Georgia State University Nov. 2 about gender, media, popular culture and political life in the contemporary age. Her lecture, titled “Losing Ourselves in the 21st Century,” is part [...]
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By Daryle | Published: October 23, 2009
Heidegger and a hippo walk through those pearly gates : using philosophy (and jokes!) to explore life, death, the afterlife, and everything in between / Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. I am the new black / Tracy Morgan ; with Anthony Bozza. The Scarpetta factor / Patricia Cornwell. Look at the birdie : unpublished short fiction / Kurt [...]
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APA Style Guide 6th edition “laden with errors”

By Tammy | Published: October 20, 2009
Since the 6th edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association was released in July, there have been many comments from librarians, faculty, and students, about rules that have been changed from the 5th edition.  It is no easy task to interpret the 188 style rules contained in the 6th edition. One change that I find confusing is [...]
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Darwin’s Impact

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: October 15, 2009
Georgia State University is hosting a lecture series celebrating Charles Darwin’s 200 year anniversary. Sponsored by the GSU Center for Collaborative Scholarship in the Humanities, the lecture series features scholars from various disciplines and institutions. To support this event, the Georgia State University Library has created an online research guide on Darwin. This guide features Darwin [...]
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Author Talk and Book Signing: Martha Ackmann, author of “The Mercury 13″

By La Loria | Published: October 15, 2009
“The Lost Story of 13 American Women & the Dream of Space Flight“  Dr. Martha Ackmann will talk about her book on Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009 @ 7:30 p.m. in Gaines Chapel, Presser Hall at Agnes Scott College. The lecture is free and open to the public. No ticket is required. Reception and Book Signing will follow [...]
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Constellations: of Comparative Literature and the new Humanities

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: October 14, 2009
The Department of Comparative Literature at Emory University is hosting an interdisciplinary conference this weekend from October 16-18 called Constellations: of Comparative Literature and the new Humanities. The conference features a round table discussion between Geoffrey Bennington, Peggy Kamuf, Thomas Keenan and Gayatri Charkravorty Spivak. The Georgia State University Library has items from all of [...]
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Professor Lynne Huffer – Lecture and Book Reception

By Christian Steinmetz | Published: October 14, 2009
Emory Professor Lynne Huffer is extending an invitation to a lecture and reception to launch her new book, Mad for Foucault: Rethinking the Foundations of Queer Theory (Columbia University Press).  The book launch is being held in connection with her Life of the Mind lecture, “Why Is Sexuality a Moral Experience?”   The [...]
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