Adrian College’s 2010-2011 Dr. James Borland convocation series kicked off Wednesday at noon in Herrick Chapel and featured speaker Jonah Lehrer, author of “How We Decide” and “Proust Was a Neuroscientist.” Lehrer is a contributing editor for Wired magazine, National Public Radio’s “ Radio Lab” and Scientific American Mind. In addition, Lehrer has written...
It all starts with an idea. Most people meet success when they get a good idea, recognize it for what it is, and run with it. Or, at least, that’s what Ryan D’Agostino, author of “Rich Like Them” and the articles editor for Esquire magazine, said yesterday during convocation. To write this book, which...
Rupert Isaacson, author of “The Healing Land,” spoke in the Dawson auditorium yesterday at noon. His movie, entitled “The Horse Boy,” gives an account of life with an autistic child and the unique form of healing Isaacson found on his journey with his family through Mongolia. His discussion was a follow-up to the screening...
Garin Horner, assistant professor of art and design, introduced Adams by explaining how he came to be at AC. Horner met Adams at Photostock during the summer, when the men had the opportunity to have lunch together. During this encounter, Adams said something very interesting to Horner. He said he was making a photograph,...
“Where would you stand in 1850?” That was the question posed by Dr. James Horton, the guest speaker at Adrian College’s opening convocation ceremony held yesterday at the campus chapel. Dr. James Horton, the Benjamin Banneker Professor Emeritus of American Studies and History at George Washington University, said AC and the surrounding community have...