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An eerie quiet at Nazareth College

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A long time Brighton teacher continues to change lives
by [email protected] | Jun 28, 2022 | Education | 0 |
[Lura Kelley with student] By Amy C Stockwell If you are ever feeling sad or depressed, and you...
Read MoreSchool of the Arts completes successful season after hosting sectionals at Cobb’s Hill
by [email protected] | May 26, 2022 | Education, Sports | 0 |
[5/25/22 SOTA players were in good spirits if maybe a little subdued during the sectional loss to...
Read MoreDemocrat and Chronicle prints “Teacher gave concerning lesson”
by [email protected] | May 8, 2022 | Education | 0 |
[Captain Charles Price addressing the “What makes us, US? Conflict and Community” (2012)...
Read MoreLouis Menand, “The Lives of Literature” (2021) and Brown University Professor Arnold Weinstein’s biggest fan in Iran
by [email protected] | Feb 19, 2022 | Education | 0 |
Poem Read by Shirzad Alipour – YouTube As seen in The GREAT COURSES® and Professor Arnold...
Read MoreOn the new Netflix series “The Chair” and the missing adjuncts
by [email protected] | Aug 25, 2021 | Cultural Life, Education | 4 |
[Pembroke Hall, Brown University, Providence, RI (Lost New England) Pembroke College was the...
Read MoreNow that the Nathaniel Rochester Community School is changing its name, the John James Audubon School needs to be considered.
by [email protected] | Jul 10, 2021 | Education | 0 |
[John James Audubon School # 33, 500 Webster Avenue. Photo: David Kramer, 6/25/21] A few weeks...
Read MoreShould the RCSD change the names of some schools? The Alexander von Humboldt Academy instead of the Henry Hudson School?
by [email protected] | Feb 1, 2021 | Education | 1 |
Henry Hudson School No. 28, 450 Humboldt Street [Photo: David Kramer, 1/30/21] For decades, the...
Read MoreThe GREAT COURSES® and Professor Arnold Weinstein gets his essay 37 years later
by [email protected] | Dec 28, 2020 | Education | 1 |
“Professor of Comparative Literature Arnold Weinstein reads from his new book, Morning, Noon and...
Read MoreSeeing “The Rochester Effect” at the University of Rochester
by [email protected] | May 4, 2020 | Education | 0 |
New member of the Class of 2020, University of Rochester, Eastman Quadrangle. Photos by David...
Read MoreThis series comes to end: An eerie quiet at SUNY Empire State and Medaille Colleges in Brighton
by [email protected] | Apr 29, 2020 | Education | 0 |
Recently, I’ve made excursions to eight mostly deserted educational campuses: a high school, a...
Read MoreAn eerie quiet at St. John Fisher College
by [email protected] | Apr 28, 2020 | Education | 0 |
4/25/20. St. John Fisher College. Photos: David Kramer Recently, I’ve made excursions to six...
Read MoreAn eerie quiet at Monroe Community College
by [email protected] | Apr 21, 2020 | Education | 0 |
Monroe Community College, April 21st, 2020. Except where indicated photos by David Kramer. Note I...
Read MoreAn eerie quiet at Rochester Institute of Technology
by [email protected] | Apr 21, 2020 | Education | 0 |
Rochester Institute of Technology, back lawn of Liberal Arts Hall, April 20th, 2020. Except where...
Read MoreAn eerie quiet at the University of Rochester
by [email protected] | Apr 18, 2020 | Education | 0 |
University of Rochester, Saturday, April 18th, 2020. Amatuer photographer Joe and an empty Eastman...
Read MoreAn Eerie Quiet at Nazareth College, Part Two, by Ian Richard Schaefer
by [email protected] | Apr 18, 2020 | Education | 0 |
Nazareth College, April 15th, 2020. Except where indicated all photos by Ian Richard Schaefer In...
Read MoreAn eerie quiet at Nazareth College
by [email protected] | Apr 17, 2020 | Education | 0 |
4/15/20. Nazareth College. Chairs and tables in the Natapow Quad [Photos: David Kramer] At the...
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