It?s an experience that, at first blush, seems ideal for outdoor enthusiasts: Spend your days skiing, rappelling and ice climbing in a wintry wilderness. But there are a handful of downsides ? sudden snowstorms and hidden crevasses, for example. Oh, and polar bears. Still, there?s nowhere else Penn State graduate student Kiya Riverman would rather […]
Allan ?Bud? Selig, one of most accomplished alumni in the history of the University of Wisconsin, seems to have done about as much as a person can in one lifetime. He?s served in the U.S. Army. He?s sold cars. He?s owned a professional sports team. He?s been the Commissioner of Major League Baseball - and […]
Part carnival. Part expo. All fun. It?s Maryland Day, which happens tomorrow at the University of Maryland?s campus in College Park. Along with games, activities and entertainment, Maryland Day features information about a variety of student-run organizations at the university. And Terps Against Hunger, fresh off of its win in Maryland?s annual Do Good Challenge, […]
[btn-post-package]There are plenty of great stories about students, faculty and alums of the universities in the Big Ten Conference. Too many, in fact, for us to cover here on BTN.com. But many of the ones we don't get to tell in this space still get some love through our Twitter handle, @BTNLiveBIG. We're retweeting, responding […]
During football and basketball games, BTN LiveBIG will spotlight notable examples of research, innovation and community service from around the conference. In-Game stories will provide more background on these features, and the opportunity to view the videos again. William Shakespeare?s ?The Tempest? is a treasure trove for the English language. Common phrases such as ?all […]
During football and basketball games, BTN LiveBIG will spotlight notable examples of research, innovation and community service from around the conference. In-Game stories will provide more background on these features, and the opportunity to view the videos again. When Kristen Lewis arrived in Bloomington, Ind., several summers ago, she was expecting to learn about scientific […]