Summer 2001

While the Green Honors Chair in English warned students that making a living in the arts is a brutal existence, he also proves it is still quite possible.

Astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the director of the Hayden Planetarium and a researcher at Princeton University, carries the periodical table of elements in his Palm Pilot. He is prone to quirky moments of “nerd-dom,” such as the time he calculated how many times around the world all the hamburgers McDonalds has served would wrap (13). But this Green Honors Chair for astronomy and physics also spoke frankly to Honors students about his love for the heavens and his second mission … his role in erasing societal stereotypes.

Invite to campus Hollywood producer Kurt Inderbitzen, the Green Honors Chair for radio-TV-film, and he just might bring Hollywood with him.

International Olive Oil Council member Connie Peraglie Guttersen ’86, the Green Honors Chair for nutrition and dietetics, says what is needed at the nation’s dinner tables is an ethnic cuisine led by the olive itself.

The Van Cliburn International Piano Competition has become the premier career-launching venue for the world’s top young pianists. To have one student among the 30 competitors is a high honor. This year, TCU Prof. Tamas Ungar has three.

Tadashi Imai is one of 30 competing for Cliburn gold.

Gifted pianist plans to perform at the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition as if it were a concert.

Studying with Tamas Ungar has taught this intense Belarussian pianist to inject his own style into his performances.

The Moudy Building became its own work of art when lighting design students and faculty used the atrium as a canvas for a spectacular living-color painting.

To borrow from Kodak, beginning photography students took pictures — further.