Contents for Oct. 17-23, 1997

• A two-day celebration puts The Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning in the spotlight. Events include a keynote address and presentation of teaching awards

• Professor David Kertzer's `Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara' is nominated for a National Book Award

• OFF HOURS: Graduate student Sara Beliveau: Running her first marathon to raise money for MS research

• You say `potato,' I say `patata': Some juicy tidbits from the exhibition, "A Harvest Gathered: Food in the New World," at the John Carter Brown Library

• Mummy dearest: Looking back at ancient Egypt through funerary rituals

• LAST WORD: Providence Journal-Bulletin columnist Froma Harrop on campus drinking, reprinted from the Oct. 7 Journal-Bulletin. Sorry: only available in the paper edition distributed on campus