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Karacaahmet Cemetery
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Kenyon Collegian - October 2, 2025
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Tomb of Nasreddin Hodja
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Kasbah of the Udayas, Entrance
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Essay by Huang Du Impermanence, Zhu Jinshi: Toward Cultural Relativism
No full textIn this essay, Huang Du, s Beijing-based critic and curator, argues that the work Impermanence (1996) represents the instability Zhu Jinshi experiences as a Chinese artist working in Berlin in the late 1980s. Huang focuses on the materiality of the work to pull his critical analysis. According to the critic, the use of Chinese traditional rice paper in the work evokes a relationship between systematic cyclicity, textuality, material installation, and a return to nature . Finally, he draws his argument back to the artist claiming that Zhu Jinshi subverts the expectations of contemporary art, reinvesting in history and spirituality in a way that elevates meaning in his multicultural identity. Both English and Chinese texts are available. Huang published this essay in a catalogue called Impermanence that included work by the artist, analytical essays, and the artist\u27s resume. (Nicole Wang \u2726)https://digital.kenyon.edu/zhoudocs/1516/thumbnail.jp
Kenyon Collegian - November 13, 2025
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Monomers for Degradable Polymers via Green Baeyer-Villiger Oxidation
No full textPolymers are an essential part of our culture; they are a part of our daily lives. However, we have continued to see the negative effects of the long lifespan of some polymers. This has led to increased research in the monomer and polymer cycle. The Getzler lab aims to synthesize a variety of monomers, specifically ε-caprolactones (ECLs), to polymerize. These polymers will then be profiled in order for us to further understand their properties, such as degradation conditions. The previous method for synthesizing ECLs involved using meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA) as an oxidation method and dichloromethane (DCM) as a solvent. These two compounds are carcinogenic. On top of this, the reaction took 23 hours to complete and included a lengthy purification method to remove mCBA. As a new method of ELC synthesis, Oxone was used to oxidize the starting ketone in a phosphate buffer. The new method involves less harmful materials and a significant decrease in time and resources. This process yielded results ranging from 50-90% yield in 30-50 minutes. Further work will involve optimizing this process to provide consistent results for various ketones
