The frontispiece from the 17th-century book "Leviathan" (left) is among the works on display in Bird Library's spring exhibition, "The Power and the Piety: The World of Medieval and Renaissance Europe." Co-Sponsored by the Ray Smith Symposium, the exhibition showcases SU's collection of rare illuminated manuscripts and early printed works.

Ben Kuebrich, a graduate student in the Department of Writing's Composition and Cultural Rhetoric Program, spent two years working with the Gifford Street Community Press to bring I Witness: Perspectives on Policing in the Near Westside to fruition.

The SU Humanities Center has announced the lineup of the 2012 Spring Symposia. More than a dozen scholarly presentations by HC Dissertation Fellows, HC Faculty Fellows, and Humanities Faculty Fellows are on tap for the semester. The symposia is designed to spur conversations about the possibilities of the interdisciplinary humanities.

Ruth Appelhof '65, G'74, G'80, G'89, shown here with Alec Baldwin and Martha Stewart, draws on her liberal arts training to make Guild Hall the Hamptons' leading cultural center. (Photo by Barry G.)