Researchers at University College London are working on a newly found manuscript of the Codex Gregorianus — a compilation of Roman laws from the early 4th c. A.D. You can read more about it at the Science Daily web-site….Continue Reading New Roman Law Text Found
The American Philological Association has launched a new blog to announce news of interest to Classicists everywhere. Items posted include calls for papers (for upcoming conferences), job listings, and more. I’ve added an RSS feed to the APA blog on my side bar. Check it out below….Continue Reading APA News Blog
It is the end of the semester, but never too late to cover a few more basics. I’ve long intended to put together a basic format and style guide for papers, but until now had never done so. Please add other suggestions! Here are my top 16 items: 1. Staple the paper at the top…Continue Reading 16 Format and Style Tips for College Papers
It was just announced that the Graduate Record Exam (the standardized test used for admission to most graduate programs) will be getting a new format and scoring system in 2011. The old scoring scheme that used 800 as the top score for each section (like the SAT) will be changed to a system with a maximum…Continue Reading GRE test to change in 2011
As a follow up to my post this summer about the Walters Museum in Baltimore, I wanted to point out that the museum has a special exhibit going on now through January 3, 2010 on heroes in the Greek world. As always with the Walters, an outstanding website accompanies the exhibit, with images of items…Continue Reading Heroes Exhibit at the Walters Museum