2006-2007 SLC in the News
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Fred Smoler, Literature Faculty
A blog posting on AmericanHeritage.com by alumnus and literature faculty member Fred Smoler is cited in an article questioning the disappearance of military history as an academic subject. More on this discussion can be accessed here.
Also on the American Heritage Web site, an interview with military historian Edward Luttwak by Professor Smoler on past and present war strategy.
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Nicolaus Mills, Literature Faculty
Nicolaus Mills, literature faculty, draws on his background in American studies and experience as a professor to discuss why the class of 2007 is a wary generation. His article can be found on Newsday.com.
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Katie Watson '07
Recent graduate Katie Watson '07 remembers her grandfather, who fought in World War II, this Memorial Day in an opinion piece published in USA Today.
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Mikal Shapiro, Undergraduate
SLC student Mikal Shapiro is a member of the Kansas City art and music scene when she's at home. Read an interview she gave to the Kansas City Star.
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Sara Rudner, Dance Faculty
A performance by Sara Rudner, director of the Sarah Lawrence College dance program, is reviewed in the New York Times. Alastair Macaulay concludes his admiring review: "As she danced, the sun was setting behind her, the sky glowing, and the day was indeed very good."
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Writing the Medical Experience Summer Program
Writing the Medical Experience, one of the College's summer programs, is mentioned in a New York Times article about physicians who write.
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Mari Rosa ’02
Mari Rosa '02 is "catching the attention of bossa nova and Latin jazz aficionados".
Read the full article on the Boston Globe's Web site.
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Carly Simon ’65
Singer-songwriter Carly Simon '65 talks about her career on CBS' Second Cup Café.
Read the full article on the CBS News Web site.
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Melvin Bukiet, Writing Faculty
Writing faculty member Melvin Jules Bukiet reviews The Unknown Terrorist: A Novel by Richard Flanagan in the Los Angeles Times.
Read the full article on the LA Times Web site.
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Caroline Lieber ’80, Human Genetics Faculty
Director of the Joan Marks Graduate Program in Human Genetics Caroline Lieber discussed the role of the genetic counselor in family decision-making related to genetic testing for inherited diseases on National Public Radio.
Lieber was also quoted in a press release issued by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on new agreements with Columbia University Medical Center and New York-Presbyterian Hospital ensuring that patients can make educated decisions about genetic testing.
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Vera Wang ’72
A Newsweek special featuring women in leadership and how they got there profiles Vera Wang ’72. She shares her experience breaking into the fashion world: Starting as a salesgirl at Yves Saint Laurent, becoming one of the youngest editors in the history of Vogue, to her current life as a designer.
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Michele Tolela Myers, Administration
An op-ed by President Michele Tolela Myers in The Washington Post raises questions about the reliability and influence of the U.S. News & World Report college rankings.
Inside Higher Education reports on the controversy prompted by President Myers’ op-ed in an article entitled Would US News Make Up Fake Data? (Note: This article also links to President Myers' op-ed).
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Thyra Briggs, Administration
Thyra Briggs, Dean of Enrollment, discusses the merits of a gap year in an article found on The Journal News Web site.
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Tina Yun Lee MFA ’98
In a recent interview, performer Tina Yun Lee MFA ’98 discusses audience reactions to her one-woman show “My Mom Across America,” based on her experience on an all-Korean bus tour through Canada. Additional information on Lee’s future projects and why she is accompanied by an accordion in her current show can be read on The Ithaca Journal Web site.
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Diana Jones ’84
The music of Diana Jones ’84 has enchanted the Americana/folk scene with her most recent release, “My Remembrance of You,” making several critics' lists for Top Albums of 2006. More about Jones and her career can be accessed online at santacruzsentinal.com.
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Heather McDonnell, Administration
Financial-aid director Heather McDonnell talks about issues related to calculating need for self-employed parents applying for financial aid for their children. The full article can be found on SmartMoney.com.
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Clay McLeod Chapman ’00
According to the Telluride Daily Planet, Clay McLeod Chapman ’00 embodies an intellectual cool. The author, teacher of short story writing/performance, and creator of “The Pumpkin Pie Show,” a self-described artistic hodgepodge of music, theatre, and literature, shares his inspirations in a profile focusing on his recent tour through Telluride, Colorado.
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Fred Smoler ’75, Literature Faculty
In his most recent submission to The New York Times, “All _______ on the Western Front (You Decide),” literature faculty member and alumnus Fred Smoler '75 addresses the revival of World War I drama “Journey’s End” on Broadway, with an analysis of audiences’ interpretations of the play in comparison to the playwright’s original intentions. The full article can be accessed online here.
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Nancy Kadel ’83
Former dance and science student Dr. Nancy Kadel ’83 is starting a new institute for dance medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle—only the second clinic of its kind in the country, aimed to provide free or pay-what-you can care for dancers without insurance on the West Coast. For more information on Dr. Kadel’s work in dance and medicine, visit the online edition of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer with its article on Dr. Kadel.
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Verone Kennedy ’00
Time magazine profiles Art of Teaching graduate Verone Kennedy for his work as principle of MS 584, a middle school in Crown Heights, New York. Two and a half years after participating in a training program for future principals called the NYC Leadership Academy, his strong emphasis on literacy, social development, and college preparation is making a difference in the lives of his students. More on Kennedy’s educational philosophy can be found on the Time Web site.
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Abigail Goldman ’04
Abigail Goldman '04, now a reporter with the Las Vegas Sun, was named Suburban Newspapers of America's Journalist of the Year for nondaily newspapers for her work with The News, eight weekly newspapers operated by the Greenspun Media Group. She also won a second-place award for her series on methamphetamine problems in the community.
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Sarah Elder ’69
Alumna Sarah Elder '69 co-directed and co-produced "Drums of Winter: Uksuum Cauyai," a 1988 documentary about Alaska's Yup'ik Eskimos that has been added to the National Film Registry. The full article can be accessed at the University of Buffalo Reporter's Web site.
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Rahm Emanuel ’81
The Globe and Mail, Canada’s largest national newspaper, features an article on alumnus Rahm Emanuel '81 in its international news section headlined One to Watch: Rahm Emanuel; Architect of victory builds reputation. "At 47, Rahm Emanuel has emerged as the Democratic Party's not-so-secret weapon, the man credited with turning around the party's electoral fortunes as the main architect of its victory in the Nov. 7 midterm elections...” writes Washington correspondent Alan Freeman.
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Joan Countryman ’62
Joan Countryman '62, a member of the College’s Board of Trustees, has been appointed as interim head of school for the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy, a new boarding school for poor girls in South Africa. Read an article on the appointment in The Providence Journal.
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Amy Hempel, Writing Faculty
The Collected Stories of Amy Hempel, who will teach writing at the College starting this spring, has been listed by the New York Times as one of the 10 Best Books of 2006.
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Gabrielle Calvocoressi ’96
Gabrielle Calvocoressi '96 won the prize for poetry at the 2006 Connecticut Book Awards on December 3. In an interview in the Hartford Courant she talks about becoming a poet. You can read the interview on the Hartford Courant's Web site.
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Ray Seidelman, Politics Faculty
Politics faculty member Ray Seidelman offers comments on negative political ads to the LA Times and the ABC Australia Radio News. Read a transcript of the radio interview on the Australian ABC News Web site.
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Joshua Muldavin, Geography Faculty
The BBC interviewed Geography faculty member Joshua Muldavin on social inequality and unrest in China. The segment begins with comments from an elderly peasant woman, counterpoint by Governor Huang Huahua of Guangdong province, followed by a discussion with Prof. Muldavin in which he highlights long-simmering problems and argues that rural unrest is the most pressing challenge the Chinese state faces today.
Listen to the World Today segment from the BBC's World Service (MP3 | 8.5 MB)*
* This recording furnished courtesy of BBC World Service. ©2006 BBC World Service, all rights reserved.
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Fawaz Gerges, History Faculty
History faculty member Fawaz Gerges writes in the International Herald Tribune (October 13) that Muslim activists, human-rights advocates, Islamists, liberals and ordinary citizens believe that the West, particularly the United States, is waging a modern crusade against Islam. Read his editorial on the Herald Tribune Web site.
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Rahm Emanuel '81
"Hillary Clinton may or may not become the party's presidential nominee. Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi may or may not remain the GOP's favorite tetherballs. But Emanuel—now only 47 years old and in a safe district—is fast emerging as a new force in the Democratic Party." –Nina Easton, Fortune Washington bureau chief.
Read this article about SLC alumnus Rahm Emanuel
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Jon Grinspan '06
Recent graduate Jon Grinspan '06 published a commentary on the 61st anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima on AmericanHeritage.com.
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Fawaz Gerges, History Faculty
Fawaz Gerges, holder of The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Chair in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs, comments on Hezbollah and the current hostilities in Lebanon in Newsday.
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Fawaz Gerges, History Faculty
Fawaz Gerges, holder of The Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Chair in Middle Eastern Studies and International Affairs, published an article titled Postcard from Lebanon in The Washington Post.
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Kristin Sands, Islamic Studies Faculty
Islamic faculty member Kristin Sands writes on Teaching Islamic Studies Post 9/11 in the Christian Science Monitor.
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Elke Zuern, Politics Faculty
Politics faculty member Elke Zuern co-authored an op-ed in the Sunday Times, Johannesburg, South Africa.
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Jon Grinspan ’06
Recent graduate Jon Grinspan '06 published an article on AmericanHeritage.com about Israel's attack on Iraq's nuclear reactor 25 years ago.