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Bonobo Handshake is ORI book

Bonobo Handshake is ORI book

A story on the curious habits of two sets of primates — the chimpanzee-like bonobos and humans — earned Vanessa Woods’ Bonobo Handshake the thumbs-up as the 2011 Oswego Reading Initiative selection.

| Aug 24, 2011 | Comments 0
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Novelist and famed book cover designer Chip Kidd has a hard time keeping a straight face as he poses Sept. 15 with autograph-seeker Casi Tredo, a junior graphics design major. Kidd, author of ORI selection "The Learners," spoke to a full house at Waterman Theatre, displaying his wit and versatility -- for example, he mimicked the Wicked Witch of the West and a newborn hamster, among other shticks -- in a presentation that began with footage of the infamous 1961-62 obedience experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram at Yale University.

Kidd offers insight during campus visit

Novelist and famed book cover designer Chip Kidd visited campus for a talk at Waterman Theatre in September.

| Mar 04, 2011 | Comments 0
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