Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has recognized Juliet Goodfriend ’63 as a 2009 Distinguished Daughter of Pennsylvania. “Women recognized as Distinguished Daughters are those whose achievements on a national and statewide scale have been so outstanding that they have brought honor and respect to the commonwealth,” says the Pennsylvania Commission for … Read more»
The New York University Press recently published Boulevard of Dreams: Heady Times, Heartbreak, and Hope along the Grand Concourse in the Bronx by veteran New York Times writer and editor Constance Rosenblum ’65. The book traces the 100-year history of the four-mile-long Grand Boulevard and Concourse, a broad avenue that … Read more»
A documentary produced and directed by Joanna Chejade-Bloom ’02 made headlines when it aired on the History Channel in September. Read more»
Scott Silverman, who earned an M.A. in history from Bryn Mawr in 1990 and served on the College’s library staff for more than 20 years, was appointed library director and coordinator of information services at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., last spring. He began work at Earlham on Aug. 1.
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Classical archaeologist Leslie Preston Day ’66 has been named the Charles D. and Elizabeth S. LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at Wabash College. She is the first woman to hold the post.
Day, who first taught at Wabash as a visiting assistant professor in 1977 and joined its permanent faculty … Read more»
Filmmaker Sarah Schenck ’87 has been selected as a 2009-10 Fellow of Bryn Mawr’s Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center. The Hepburn Fellows Program brings to Bryn Mawr’s campus individuals who bridge academics and practice in nontraditional or unconventional ways in any of the three broad areas the Hepburn Center supports: film … Read more»
The American Society for Cell Biology has announced that Toby Horn ’71, the co-director of the Carnegie Academy for Science Education in Washington, D.C., is the recipient of the 2009 Bruce Alberts Award for Excellence in Science Education. The award will be presented at the society’s December meeting.
Horn is a … Read more»
The Art of the Steal, a documentary produced by Sheena Joyce ’98 and directed by Don Argott, has been selected for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, to take place in September. The Art of the Steal “plays like a thrilling whodunit,” says the festival’s Web site, as it delves into the controversies surrounding the Albert C. Barnes Foundation … Read more»
Jane Monnig Atkinson ’71, the vice president and provost of Lewis & Clark College, has been appointed interim president of Lewis & Clark. She will serve as interim president from Aug. 1 until the college’s board of trustees approves a new president to succeed Thomas Hochstettler, who announced his intention … Read more»
Genevieve Bell ’90, an anthropologist who serves as director of user experience for Intel Corporation’s Digital Home Group, has gathered some impressive laurels lately.
An Intel Fellow who has profoundly influenced the company’s understanding of cultural factors in the use of technology, Bell was recognized by Fast Company’s Web site in … Read more»
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