A blog about the achievements of Bryn Mawr alumnae/i, compiled by the Bryn Mawr College Communications Office
The business journal Mass High Tech has named Barbara Fox ’78, the founder, leader and chief science officer of Avaxia Biologics, to its 2012 list of “Women to Watch.”
Fox, who majored in chemistry at Bryn Mawr before going on to earn a Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, holds a number … Read more»
Ilene Warner-Maron ’96 has been named a Fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, the country’s oldest professional medical institution of its kind.
Maron, who received her Master of Law and Social Policy degree from Bryn Mawr’s Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, also holds a bachelor’s degree … Read more»
Critics from The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The San Francisco Chronicle, Vogue, and O: The Oprah Magazine are among those heaping praise on The Last Nude, a novel published in January by Ellis Avery ’93.
A fictionalized biography of painter Tamara de Lempicka, the novel recreates the Paris art scene of … Read more»
Shazia Rafi ’79, the secretary-general of Parliamentarians for Global Action, has been appointed to serve on the United Nations Democracy Fund Advisory Board. The UNDEF advisory board is composed of 13 UN member states, two international civil-society organizations, and three individual members: Rafi will serve as an individual member for … Read more»
Luz María (Luzma) Umpierre-Herrera, Ph.D. ’78, is the 2011 recipient of the Michael Lynch Service Award from the GL/Q Caucus for the Modern Languages. This award is given each year to an academic activist in recognition of extraordinary contributions in the LGBT community. The award was presented to Umpierre by … Read more»
Jessie Rosenberg ’04 recently appeared on Forbes magazine’s “30 Under 30″ list of “Rising Stars in Science.” A physics major at Bryn Mawr, she’s now working for IBM, researching how to use light technology to make computers faster.
A lengthier profile of Rosenberg tied to her inclusion on the list appeared … Read more»
It’s Too Crowded in Here! and Other Jewish Folktales, a collection by Vicki L. Weber ’78, has won the Sugarman Family Children’s Book Award. The prize, given every other year to recognize the best recent contribution to Jewish children’s literature, was presented to Weber at the Hyman S. & Freda … Read more»
Rabbi Barbara Penzner ’78,of Temple Hillel B’nai Torah in West Roxbury, Mass., was honored with Rabbis for Human Rights-North America‘s 2011 Human Rights Hero Award this Dec. 19.
Rabbi Jill Jacobs, the organization’s executive director, hails Penzner as a “dedicated, fearless advocate for human rights with a particular passion for fighting … Read more»
Marcia Cantarella ’68, the author of the recently published I CAN Finish College: The Overcome Any Obstacle and Get Your Degree Guide, was featured on NPR’s Tell Me More on December 13. In a segment titled “Keeping First-Generation College Kids on Track,” Cantarella discussed some common pitfalls faced by students who feel … Read more»
P. Gregory Warden, Ph.D. ’78, has been appointed president of Franklin College, an American-style liberal-arts institution in Lugano, Switzerland.
An alumnus of Bryn Mawr’s Department of Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology, Warden is University Distinguished Professor of Art History and associate dean for research and academic affairs at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of … Read more»
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