Proud of Rutgers Classics

I know I always complain about Rutgers, but believe it or not, there IS one thing I love about Rutgers -- the classics department! I have nothing bad to say about any of the classics courses I've taken nor any of the classics professors.

I've already written a post about my thesis adviser, Prof. Corey Brennan, who is super famous in the classics world. Today I was in his office and he had tons of correspondence from various universities and even something from the US Supreme Court about Cicero! (Not that I was snooping around or anything... it was all sprawled out on the table.)

Anyway, today I just read his blog post on my Latin professor, Serena Connolly, who is my all-time favorite professor and who apparently just was awarded a fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton. And guess what she is working on? A "book-length examination of the Disticha Catonis—an Imperial collection of Latin aphorisms—in their classical context"!!

I am quite excited for her and the topic she is studying. Hope to read her work when she's done! Here's the link for the rest of the blog post: http://rutgersclassics.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/serena-connolly-receives-200910-mellon-fellowship-for-assistant-professors-at-institute-for-advanced-study/

Oh and as a side note. My adviser also wrote an introductory blog post on my thesis topic. =) Here it is: http://rutgersclassics.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/a-60-second-ru-history-lesson-the-rutgers-latin-motto-sol-iustitiae-et-occidentem-illustra/

More about that later!