Applications are now open for the 2024 Telluride Association Summer Seminar! High school sophomores and juniors are welcome to apply for this life-changing summer experience. Applications are due January 3, 2024. TASS applications are open to all high school sophomores and juniors (“rising juniors” and “rising...
From now through December 1, 2023, Telluride Association is accepting nominations for the Telluride Association Summer Seminar (TASS). We seek nominations for high school sophomores and juniors ("rising juniors" and "rising seniors"), who will be invited to apply to our free, six-week seminar in Summer...
In response to the recent article written by Dr. Vincent Lloyd, Telluride Association has received a number of questions about the 2022 Telluride Association Summer Seminar discussed in his article. We’ve reviewed our records and endeavored to answer these questions to the extent possible, without...
This past Friday, we learned of an article by Dr. Vincent Lloyd, a faculty member at one of our 2022 Telluride Association Summer Seminars, expressing his dissatisfaction with his teaching experience. We greatly respect Dr. Lloyd’s academic expertise and his contribution to our summer seminars....
This past holiday season, Telluride members and a group of Michigan Branch alumni participated in an informal book exchange. If anyone is looking for a good read during this long winter, here are some ideas! Some of what was on L.L. Nunn's shelf, from the Deep...
by Fred Baumann | August 31, 2018 Harry Clor, beloved professor of Political Science at Kenyon College, taught Telluride Summer Programs in 1975, 1979, 1985, 1995, and 1998. He died in 2018 and his friend and Kenyon colleague Fred Baumann CB62 TA64 wrote this moving tribute...
Editor's Note: Telluride welcomes blog submissions from associates about issues they care about and would like to share their personal perspectives on. By Annia Koroliak SP04 This week, news broke that grocery store workers in Southern California are preparing to strike. As these workers get ready to leverage...
by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 To my mild chagrin, I confess to having another dream about Telluride last night. As a long-time alum and current staffer, I probably shouldn’t be surprised that Telluride haunts some of my sleeping as well as waking hours, and I...
by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 Reading old Telluride Newsletters often affords interesting perspectives on commonalities—and differences—with the Telluride of today. The March 1969 issue is no different! Here are a few highlights. We invite you to click on the link and take a walk back in...
by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 [caption id="attachment_3660" align="alignright" width="256"] NASA photo, via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] It turns out that Deep Springs is not the only arid, dusty valley memorialized by a Nunn. Joseph Nunn, who was L.L. Nunn’s nephew and a CBTA member in the 1920s (and...
by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 The Fall Creek and Cascadilla Creek gorges flanking Cornell University’s campus are a signature attraction for visitors, and have also been popular destinations for generations of Cornell branchmembers, TASPers, and TASSers. Perhaps lesser known to outsiders, Cornell Branch has its...
[caption id="attachment_3501" align="alignright" width="215"] The 1974 Cremona Field TASP living up to its name[/caption] by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 Two hundred and twenty-five TASPs have been held since 1954, and 54 TASSes since 1993, covering an extremely broad range of topics in the liberal arts. Indeed,...
by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 [caption id="attachment_3426" align="alignright" width="225"] Many roads lead to Telluride, including this freshly paved one.[/caption] Preparing the logistics for Telluride’s summer programs entails a lot of different tasks, from creating contracts to ordering books and…buying extra sheets. Telluride’s Administrative Director Ellen Baer...
by Anmol Kabra CB17 [caption id="attachment_3413" align="alignright" width="380"] TASPers hanging out on at a summer concert on Cornell's Arts Quad one Friday evening. TASPers loved Ithaca sunsets and would often go to Cornell's slope an hour before the sunset to catch the colorful skies.[/caption] Just until 3...
This spring's Mansfield-Wefald Senior Thesis Prize was awarded to Cengiz Cemaloglu SP13. Cengiz shares an abstract of his thesis below, which will be of particular interest to economists, anthropologists, political scientists, and others. What role do banks play in society? Can nations and religions systematically reinterpret...
by Nate May MB07 In April 2014 I was working as a high school math teacher in Fayette County, West Virginia, when I accepted an offer to begin a master’s degree in music composition in the coming fall at the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati. I...
By Ave Leslie SP00 TA06 The following is my personal understanding of the history and current status of the LLN LLC, based on interviews and documentary research. Given the complexity and controversy of this topic, alternative perspectives and disagreement probably are inevitable. I welcome your corrections,...
By Michael Becker SP08 TA13 This past weekend, Telluride Association members and associates gathered in Ithaca, New York, for the 107th annual Convention. At this annual meeting, we evaluate the success of our programs and committees throughout the year, make decisions on major policy and spending...
by Matthew Trail Over the last 100 years, the Telluride Newsletter has regularly featured letters and articles from its overseas associates. From the croquet lawns of Oxford to Mussolini’s Italy and the Biafran War, Telluriders have brought their insights, humor, and critical eye to their experiences—and...
This week's blog features Deep Springs College's online digital collection of nearly 1,000 photos relating to the College. Many photographs feature Telluride alumni as well, of course, reflecting the (variously) close ties between the two Nunnian institutions over their more than 100 years of shared history. Online...
by Ridley Jones SP05 MB06 TA08 __________ Seattle Freeze Beneath the sky's furrowed brow Furtive rivulets of we disappear And the mountains lay down Their daily burden _________ Autumn Song Slide with me, world, dark and gentle Fall through me, time, swift and lovely In dying days I lift my eyes, I fill them up With warm...
by Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 Telluride Association's history is rich with colorful characters, interesting traditions, and great stories. In today's blog, we feature just a few of the interesting photos from our archives...
by Jess Falcone CB04 TA07 photos by Puneet Singh MB16 TA17 [caption id="attachment_3217" align="alignleft" width="300"] Jess Falcone CB04 TA07 makes a comment as Alexandra Medzibrodszky CB17 looks on[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3215" align="alignleft" width="300"] CBTA faculty guest Matteo Magarotto CB16 introduces a classical music concert[/caption] The first Nunnian Weekend ran from...
by Michael Becker SP08 TA13 With our annual Convention approaching, Telluride Association is once again recruiting alumni of our programs interested in applying for membership on our Board of Directors. TA members serve on TA committees throughout the year and attend an annual Convention each June....
50 Years Ago in the Telluride Newsletter: Past Telluride Newsletters are often a fascinating window into both the history of Telluride Association and the wider currents of social and political issues of the day. The November 1968 issue is a great example of both. Interspersed with chatty,...
Music—both its performance and study—has been a topic of great interest to many Telluriders over the years (it is no accident that one of Cornell Branch’s public rooms is known as the “Music Room,” nor that music is a frequent topic of TASS and TASP...
By Michael Becker Rebecca Carter has a Ph.D. in Environmental Science, Policy and Management, but she’s eschewed her former work on the behavior and evolution of spiders to delve into data science with the major online auction site eBay. Editor Michael Becker recently sat down with...
By Matthew Trail SP81 CB82 TA84 Telluride has had at least two Olympians among its ranks, and both were medalists: Meredith Gourdine in the 1952 Summer Olympics and Bonnie St. John in the 1984 Winter Paralympics. Both went on from their Telluridean and Olympic careers to...
By Michael Becker [caption id="attachment_3004" align="alignleft" width="451"] James Farmer (far left), director of Congress on Racial Equality, addresses the audience at the Cornell debate, as moderator Rev. Paul L. Jacquith, director of CURW, and Malcolm X (far right) of the Nation of Islam look on. Used...
by Maia Dedrick Miriam Aukerman SP86 CB87 TA88 is a senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Michigan, and manages the ACLU’s West Michigan Regional Office. Miriam graduated summa cum laude from both Cornell University and the New York University Law School,...
Nominations are now open for the 2018 TASS and TASP programs, and applications are available online! Explore next summer's seminar topics, access the application forms, read the online program brochures, and learn more about life at TASS or TASP. Nomination are due November 27th (we recommend getting them to...
Have you always wanted to be in print? Want to share your creative work or thoughts with fellow Tellurideans? We're currently seeking proposals for content for this spring's newsletter. We welcome book reviews, op-eds on social issues, poetry, investigative journalism, visual art, reflections on your...
TASS and TASP need you! If you are a college student or recent college graduate, please consider applying to become a factotum. As the name implies, factotums "do everything" in support of the summer programs, from organizing guest lectures to ensuring the smooth functioning of student social life. The...
Have you always wanted to be in print? Want to share your creative work or thoughts with fellow Tellurideans? We're currently seeking proposals for content for this fall's newsletter. We welcome book reviews, op-eds on social issues, poetry, investigative journalism, visual art, reflections on your...
May 16th is the new deadline for the 2017 TASS Faculty Application. Visit Teach at TASS for more information. Application available here....
TASS Alumni Retreat and Workshop in NYC May 21: Black Study, Black Struggle: Student Movements in the Age of #BlackLivesMatter. Please join your fellow New York-area TASS alumni for a day-long workshop about Black activism and its impact and place in the academy. Keynote Speaker...
The application for the Mansfield-Wefald Senior Thesis Prize is due on May 6, 2016. You can access the application here or read more on our Awards page....
Telluride student alums over 18 can apply for Yarrow Award, to support summer public service work. The deadline is March 10th. More information....
The Overseas Student Exchange Committee has reopened applications for the Capetown-UMichigan exchange. To apply or to learn more about the exchange, please visit the Awards page....