According to Yahoo!’s The Buzz Log, online research into all things April Fools’ Day (practical jokes, pranks, etc.) is up 40% over last year. Clearly, there’s some need of levity out there. Before we present some April Fools’ links for your amusement, let’s get serious and find out where this celebration of hi-jinks comes from.
Tag Archives: history
Jonathan Soffer Gives Two Invited Talks
February 11, 2008 – 3:13 pm
Jonathan Soffer, Associate Professor of History, has given two invited talks. On January 15, he addressed a history department seminar at the University of Delhi in Delhi, India. His talk was titled “Scheming for Freedom, Fun, Profit, Justice or Empire: American Machiavellianism in the Progressive Era.” On October 30, he spoke at Columbia University to [read more]
Featured New Addition: Professor Myles W. Jackson, Ph.D.
December 11, 2007 – 2:52 pm
http://www.vimeo.com/420303
In September, Poly welcomed Myles W. Jackson, Ph.D., Dibner Family Professor of the History of Science and Technology and Senior Faculty Fellow of the Othmer Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, to its Humanities and Social Sciences department. His research interests include molecular biology and intellectual property in Europe and the US, genetic privacy issues, and the [read more]