Great news on a colleague's work!

Folks, I am thrilled to let you know that Professor John Wall, in the Department of English, and his colleagues Professor David Hill (Architect, College of Design) and graduate student Joshua Stephens, also an architect, received very favorable media attention for their fascinating project on recreating the sounds of the old (pre-London Fire) St. Paul Cathedral. With support from an NEH Digital Humanities Startup grant, John and his colleagues, working with other experts, are seeking to understand how a famous sermon by John Donne would sound as it was delivered in St. Paul's churchyard in 17th century London. The work is fascinating, and worth learning about. Here are some links to explore:

http://chassnews.blogspot.com/2011/08/time-machine-see-and-hear-john-donne.html

http://www.ncsu.edu/project/design-projects/dlife/2011/09/02/time-machine-see-and-hear-john-donne-preach-sort-of/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/08/travel-back-in-time-virtually-to-hear-john-donne-preach/244339/

Congratulations to John and his colleagues! We will continue to share good news about our faculty's accomplishments.