Bryn Mawr College

Rice University professor Naomi Halas, M.A. ’84, Ph.D. ’87, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences for her distinguished and continuing achievements in original research in science and engineering. According to the Rice University press release, Halas is one of the world’s most-cited experts in nanophotonics and a pioneering researcher in the field of [...]

Routine archaeological research at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo, led by Salima Ikram ‘86, Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo (AUC), resulted in the discovery of leather fragments of a chariot from ancient Egypt. In an AUC news release, Ikram stated: “The discovery of such leather fragments is extremely rare and unusual. [...]

Alice Rivlin ’52 will be awarded The Robert M. Ball Award for Outstanding Achievement in Social Insurance by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI) in a ceremony in June.  Each year, the award is presented to an individual whose recent work has made a significant impact on the U.S. social insurance system. According to the press [...]

Emily Pulitzer ’55 and Maxine Savitz ’58 were elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which includes some of the world’s most accomplished scholars, scientists, writers, artists, and civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders. Pulitzer has been elected for her work in education and philanthropy as founder and chairman of the Pulitzer Foundation for [...]

The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has named Christine Bourgeois ’07, M.A. ’08, a 2013 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellow. She is one of 22 candidates selected as fellows to complete a dissertation related to questions of religious and ethical values. Bourgeois is a doctoral candidate in French and Italian at Princeton University and [...]

Jennifer Gerarda Brown ’82 was named dean of the Quinnipiac University School of Law, effective July 1. 2013. Brown has been a professor of law at Quinnipiac since 1994 and for 15 years has served as the director of the School of Law’s Center on Dispute Resolution. She has also served on the law school’s [...]

Karen Sullivan ’86, professor of romance culture and literature at Bard College, was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship to support her research on Arthurian romance in the Middle Ages. Sullivan’s current project, The Danger of Romance, will focus on the clash between the historical and religious authors who rejected Arthurian romance during this time and [...]

Jennifer Ho ’87 has recently been appointed Senior Advisor for Housing and Services at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. In this role, Ho will manage the Department’s work to connect housing with health and social services. From February 2010 to February 2013, Ho was a Deputy Director at the United States Interagency [...]

Everyone and I, a new work by playwright Elizabeth Scanlon ’99, premieres next week as part of the 2013 Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts. Taking audiences back to 1959, Everyone and I will offer a glimpse into renowned poet Frank O’Hara’s writing of his elegiac poem, “The Day Lady Died”— a reaction to the [...]

Lost Letters of Medieval Life: English Society, 1200-1250, a book co-written by Martha Carlin ’75 and David Crouch, has recently been published by University of Pennsylvania Press. The book tells the story of early 13th-century England and the correspondences of people from all classes, from peasants and shopkeepers to bishops and earls. These documents include [...]