Since its inception in 1889, presidents and members of the Chautauqua Women’s Club have been influential in state, regional, national and even global policymaking — not only as leaders in the growth of the Chautauqua
Deborah Trefts
Launched a mere eight months ago, on Christmas 2021, the James Webb Space Telescope is the largest optical telescope in space. Its primary mirror consists of 18 hexagonal mirror segments that together extend six and
Try to imagine what it may have been like for a master’s student in classical studies — one who has excavated Mediterranean archaeological sites in Israel, Greece and Sicily and is on the classical studies
There are all sorts of reasons why people are reluctant to talk to family, friends and even professionals, about money. Among the most prevalent and enduring reasons is that from a very young age, many
Improving the health of Chautauqua Lake so that it will long serve as a source of clean water for drinking, swimming, fish and wildlife is eminently doable. There are ready solutions that exemplify the title
Pain is a normal reaction to illness and injury. Whether acute or chronic, it lets people know that something is wrong. Severe pain, however, can hijack one’s life. Chronic pain — as from arthritis, atypical
Fourteen weeks after Mikhail Gorbachev was elected as the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, and thus its de facto head of government, Chautauqua Institution opened its 1985 season with a
There are five federally funded military service academies in the United States. Together, they provide for the undergraduate education and training of commissioned officers in the U.S. Armed Forces. The oldest of these academies, established
Come one, come all to the Chautauqua Women’s Club’s largest single fundraising event of the season — a two-day Pop-up Tent Sale and Silent Auction this weekend. This event will take place between 11 a.m.
Chautauqua Visual Arts is comprised of the Chautauqua School of Art’s multimedia artists-in-residency summer program; Special Studies classes taught by CVA faculty in the Arts Quad; the Strohl Art Center, Melvin Johnson Sculpture Garden and
Oceans and seas cover 70% of the Earth’s surface and account for 97% of its water, yet the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration estimates that 80% of the ocean has yet to be mapped,
When nonprofit leadership expert Joan Garry spoke at the Chautauqua Women’s Club’s Contemporary Issues Forum on July 2, she said: “Nonprofits are essential to building a truly civil society. Nonprofits turn towns into communities.” Among
Most Chautauquans owe their life, in part, to the fact that one or more of their antecedents survived the devastating 1918 influenza pandemic — the most severe pandemic in recent history, according to the Centers
Cancer is so prevalent in the United States that most adults know of at least one person, and often several, who have been diagnosed with one of more types. According to the Centers for Disease
Every three years an alumni of the School of Music’s Piano Program — the winner of the Sigma Alpha Iota Competition for Piano at Chautauqua — performs in the Amphitheater with the Music School Festival
To policy scientists who seek to resolve complex public policy problems in the common interest and whose benchmark goal is human dignity, the late Eleanor Roosevelt is a rock star. Not only did Roosevelt serve