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Katie Cannon Gives Annual Judith Plaskow Lecture on Women and Religion

Katie Cannon leaned against the stool placed at the front of the Manhattan College library’s Alumni Room. Speaking with a Southern accent as rich and textured as the browns and golds of her dress. She began her lecture, “Now the story this afternoon goes like this.” Titled “Zora Neale Hurston: Telling a Truth that Alters the World,” Cannon’s story told of a “trial that shook … Continue reading Katie Cannon Gives Annual Judith Plaskow Lecture on Women and Religion

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Lead Engineer on the World’s Tallest Building Shares Philosophy Behind Design

Keep it simple, stupid. That was the message Lawrence Novak, lead structural engineer on the Burj Khalifa, had for a captive audience of students and faculty March 12. Novak discussed his approach to engineering the tallest building in the world and his belief in the human desire to build. “Making something simple is the hardest thing to do,” Novak said. “The reason it’s simple is … Continue reading Lead Engineer on the World’s Tallest Building Shares Philosophy Behind Design

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