Video: SLC in the News
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Ann Patchett '85
In The Oregonian, Ann Patchett ’85 credits Allan Gurganus ‘72, her former teacher at Sarah Lawrence, with suggesting that she “cut the high-flown rhetoric” and instead talk about her life for the commencement address she delivered at her alma mater in 2007. The speech titled “What now?” was subsequently published as a book and has received nationwide acclaim.
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Karen Bell MFA '80
The Columbus Dispatch looks at the potential of Ohio State University, the nation’s largest university, to become a global leader in the Arts under the direction of alumna Karen Bell MFA ‘80, the university's first associate vice president for arts outreach. The position was created with the idea of establishing the state of Ohio as a “center for arts and culture.”
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Lesley Gore '68
In a phone interview with Cleveland Jewish News, Lesley Gore ’68 talks about performing with the likes of The Rolling Stones, James Brown, and Smokey Robinson while attending Sarah Lawrence College.
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Courtney Hunt '86
The Newark Star Ledger reviews “Frozen River”, which won the prestigious Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in Utah. “Frozen Rover” is directed by first-time filmmaker, alumna Courtney Hunt ‘86.
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Norman Dello Joio, Former Music Faculty
A popular and prolific composer, Norman Dello Joio, who wrote music for chorus, orchestra, ballet, solos, chamber groups, television, and opera, contributed to the foundation of a strong music program at Sarah Lawrence. An obituary in the New York Times reviews his long career.
On the music faculty from 1945–1951, Dello Joio staged his opera "The Triumph of Joan," about Joan of Arc, at Sarah Lawrence with a combination of student actors, dancers, and chorus. According to writer Gillian Gilman Culff '88, this collaborative effort would mark an extraordinary moment in the College's history, bringing together creative and performing arts as a course for credit in the dance, music, and theatre programs. To read more of Culff's article about Triumph of Joan, visit http://www.slc.edu/magazine/teaching-the-visual-arts/From_the_Archives.php.
To learn more about Dello Joio's time at Sarah Lawrence, read a first-hand account courtesy of the SLC Archives (PDF download).
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Victoria Hofmo '81
Victoria Hofmo '81 discusses her Scandinavian background and the museum she founded -- the Scandinavian East Coast Museum -- with The New York Times correspondent Jennifer Bleyer. Hofmo credits a research paper on Norwegians in Bay Ridge (Brooklyn), that she wrote while at Sarah Lawrence, for “awakening her interest” in her heritage.
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Sara Rudner, Dance Faculty
Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art staged Sarah Lawrence dance program director Sara Rudner's “Dancing-on-View: The ICA Variations” July 26-27, and The Boston Globe dance critic, Karen Campbell, was clearly impressed.
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Anita Brown, Music
Music instructor Anita Brown is one of the arrangers for the jazz performances taking place at the Fifth Annual Nyack Jazz Week, as reported in The Journal News.
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Melvin Bukiet, Writing Faculty
In an opinion piece in Forward, writing faculty member Melvin Jules Bukiet criticizes the performance of Richard Strauss' opera “Ariadne Auf Naxos” at a synagogue in Manhattan.
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Debra Winger
The Washington Post reports on actress Debra Winger’s new memoir Undiscovered. She credits courses taken at Sarah Lawrence as her “inspiration to write.” Winger hopes to write a novel about women’s lives in the very near future.
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Barbara Probst Solomon, Graduate Writing Program Faculty
Graduate Writing Program faculty member Barbara Probst Solomon has been awarded the 25th Francisco Cerecedo Prize by the Association of European Journalists in Spain. She is the first North American to receive the prestigious award, as reported in the New York Times.
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Warren Green
The College’s newest green initiative — the renovation of Warren House, renamed Warren Green to reflect environmentally sustainable changes to the building, as well as anticipated student behaviors — leads off an Associated Press story on the greening of campus residence halls, and appears on MSNBC’s Web site.
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Meema Spadola '92
Afterellen.com profiles Meema Spadola ’92, whose documentary Our House: Kids of Lesbian and Gay Parents has been re-released on DVD. The documentary received many honors, including Best Documentary at both Newfest in New York and Outfest in Los Angeles.
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Marylou Berg '92
The Washington Post mentions the appointment of Marylou Berg ’92 as the new spokeswoman for Rockville, MD. She had served as acting director of communications since February.
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Porochista Khakpour '00
Payvand reports that Porochista Khakpour’s ’00 first novel, Sons and Other Flammable Objects, is in contention for the $115,000 Dylan Thomas Prize, one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards for writers.
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Haven Tyler '89
Haven Tyler ’89, joins Altitude Inc., an innovation firm in Somerville, MA, as Vice President of Program Development reports Wicked Local, a Somerville online journal.
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Sage Salzer '96
Sage Salzer ’96 talks to Ventura County Star about her career as a plus-size model. Salzer hopes she can change people’s perception of beauty to include a variety of all sizes, not just the “runway size 0.”
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Andrew Butler '00
Washington City Paper reviews Hercules and Love Affair, citing Andrew Butler ’00 as the “creative force” behind the band's eponymous debut album.
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Emma Duncan '12
New Times of Canada profiles incoming freshman Emma Duncan ’12, who starred in a production of “The Belle of Amherst”, a one-woman show about the life of Emily Dickinson, for her senior thesis.
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Meredith Monk '64
At the American Dance Festival 75th Anniversary Season, Meredith Monk ’64, discusses how she “sang folk songs throughout high school” in order to attend Sarah Lawrence, as featured in the online publication RedOrbit.
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Heather McDonnell, Director of Financial Aid
Heather McDonnell, director of financial aid, is quoted in Inside Higher Education as she discusses why many New York schools have dropped their preferred lender lists after last year’s student loan controversy.
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Nancy Tyndall '75
The Sun Journal profiles Nancy Tyndall ’75, who has entertained Maine audiences with her puppet shows and teaching workshops for over 20 years.
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Karen Bell MFA '90
The Ohio State University has named Karen Bell MFA ’90 as their first associate Vice President for Arts Outreach. Bell has served as dean of the University's College of the Arts since 2002.
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Brian J. O'Connor '82
Brian J. O’Connor ’82 is honored as one of the funniest columnists in America at the annual conference of the National Society of Newspaper Columnists in New Orleans. He is the personal finance editor and columnist for The Detroit News.
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Steve Lewis, Writing Institute Faculty
Center for Continuing Education Writing Institute faculty member Steve Lewis pens an opinion piece about the transformation of New Paltz, NY from a “frayed-at-the-edges town to a sudden popular weekend destination” in The Christian Science Monitor.
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Laura Weil, Interim Director of the Health Advocacy Graduate Program
Laura Weil, interim director of the Health Advocacy Graduate Program, is quoted in the Chicago Tribune on a new trend whereby consumers contract with “professionals to help them navigate the complexities of modern medicine at a hefty price”. These services “increase the discrepancy between the health-care haves and the have-nots." Laura is also quoted in a blog on the Chicago Tribune web site on the same topic.
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Nancy Cantor '74
Alumna and former Trustee Nancy Cantor, Chancellor and President of Syracuse University, is one of two recipients of the 2008 Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award. The award annually celebrates "outstanding individuals whose uncompromising commitment to academic excellence and bold, visionary leadership are establishing new standards for U.S. higher education." See Carnegie's announcement and news coverage in the Syracuse Post-Standard and Newsday.
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Fawaz Gerges, History Faculty
Fawaz Gerges, holder of The Christian A. Johnson Chair in International Affairs, compares the views in two new books on Al-Qaeda, Leaderless Jihad by Marc Sageman and The Confrontation by Walid Phares, in The Washington Post.
International media outlets Arab Times and Pakistan’s Daily Times also mentioned Gerges’ review of Leaderless Jihad.
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Joseph Caputo '07
Joseph Caputo ’07 is profiled in the Staten Island Advance for winning a $10,000 grant in the inaugural Harold G. Buchbinder Entrepreneurial Media Studies Competition.
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Joann Smith, Director of The Center for Continuing Education
Joann Smith, director of The Center for Continuing Education, gives advice on effectively balancing work and school schedules in an article appearing in The Wall Street Journal.
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Desi Shelton-Seck MFA '04
The Philadelphia Inquirer profiles artistic director Desi Shelton-Seck MFA ’04, whose creative productions have been lauded by performers; her many contributions to the Camden area have been praised by the community
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Sabina Amidi '11
Student Sabina Amidi ’11, who is in Iran for a research project, writes about the abused children of Tehran in special reports to Middle East Times
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Wayne Sanders, Voice Faculty
The Staten Island Advance reports that The National Council of Negro Women, North-Shore Staten Island Section, will celebrate its 40th anniversary and will honor three individuals from the arts, including Voice faculty member Wayne Sanders, who is also co-founder of Opera Ebony.
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Joan Gill Blank '49
The Miami Herald profiles Joan Gill Blank ’49, known by many as Key Biscayne’s “unofficial historian”, for her role in creating the Key Biscayne Heritage Trail.
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Rahm Emanuel ’81
The Washingtonian profiles the careers and lives of the three Emanuel brothers, Zeke, Ari, and Rahm Emanuel ’81, the Illinois Congressman.
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Hunter Kaczorowski '07
The Wall Street Journal features toy theater at the International Toy Theater Festival, including “Duncan, Part One, or the Boy with a Bird in his Heart” by Hunter Kaczorowski '07.
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Sara Rudner, Director of the Dance Program
“Positions–The All Star Variation,” by Sara Rudner, director of the College’s Dance Program, was reviewed by The New York Times during “Dancing Divas”, part of the La MaMa Moves! Festival.
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Sara Rudner, Director of the Graduate Program in Dance
The dance listings section of The New York Times lists “Dancing Divas” as a highlight of the La Mama Moves! Festival, stating “the real interest of [the] program is the must-see starry lineup of female choreographers” including Sara Rudner, director of the College’s dance program, and Pam Tanowitz ’98.
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Mikal Shapiro
Current student Mikal Shapiro talks with the Kansas City Star about her solo album “The Crow, the Lark & the Loon” and the friends that helped her along the way.
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Lorayne Carbon, Director of the Early Childhood Center
Lorayne Carbon, Director of the Early Childhood Center, is quoted in the Newark Star Ledger about the relevance of homework in preschool, which has recently become the norm.
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Laura Hercher, Human Genetics Faculty
In a Journal News op-ed, Human Genetics faculty member Laura Hercher praises a new federal law banning discrimination in employment and health care on the basis of genetic information, thus opening new doors to the promise of personalized medicine. However, Hercher cautions, work still needs to be done to put tools for the appropriate use of genetic information into place.