Writing French History: Confronting French and American Practices A Three Week Cycle of Exchanges Telluride House is proud to be a co-sponsor of the Blumenthal Lectures at Cornell University. Many of the esteemed speakers who are participating in this program, initiated by the French Studies Department, are guests residing in Telluride and participating in the [...]
Open House
Please join us for an Open House on Monday, September 13 from 5:30PM to 7PM or on Thursday, September 16 from 4PM to 6PM. For those of you interested in applying to the house, this is an excellent opportunity to get to know the house and its residents before you apply. Applications for the 2011-2012 [...]
Winter Experiments with Hyperbolic Space (Archive)
This year’s 3-day Telluride Association Winter Program expanded our academic horizons toward a whole new dimension: that of hyperbolic space. Hyperbolic planes make for beautiful hats… …..scarves….. ….or um, shoulder thingies… Yet, what professor Daina Taimina showed us through such seemingly innocent figures was actually a philosophical revolution. Euclid’s laws of geometry – for centuries [...]
CBTA Formal Dinner 2009 (Archive)
Ah, the Formal Dinner: a chance to forget our status as struggling college students and wine and dine in a manner that rivals any aristocracy’s. Trading worn-out denim and T-shirts for swanky cocktail dresses and starched button-downs, Telluride Housemembers enjoyed each others’ company at this black-and-white themed event with great conversation and even better food. [...]
I’m interesting, I swear!
Before I arrived to the Telluride House, I promised myself that I would dispel all myths of the social ineptitiude people commonly form after meeting me for the first time. But as I look back on how orientation went and my general behavior as a new housemember, it’s easy to see that these efforts were [...]
Ladies and Gentlemen… The Sky Is Falling! (Archive)
Emergency preparations must be made at once! Zombie hoards are sure to follow… But no, really, orientation does feel kind of like that sometimes. It’s absolutely bewildering and I’m trying to figure out if college is really that different or if it’s just another level–much like the switch into high school. The above has most [...]
Orientation Time (Archive)
It’s a new year here at Telluride House and we’ve been having some orientation events, what with nine new housemembers needing to learn the ins and outs of the House fast. Today I’m going to be doing a technology orientation along with Ian, part of which consists of showing people how to blog, so I’m [...]
