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Bryn Mawr Holds Digital Humanities Workshop in Connection With Project on Cold War-Era Mind Control
Posted March 8, 2013
Bryn Mawr College is holding a digital humanities workshop on Thursday, March 21 and Friday, March 22, in the Benham Gateway Conference Room. All are invited to attend.
The workshop, titled “Traces of Mind Control From Cold War America: Exploring the Challenges of International Digital Humanities Initiatives,” covers the challenges of … Read more»
read the post»-->Bryn Mawr Mourns the Passing of Beloved Dean Karen Tidmarsh
Posted March 3, 2013
Karen MacAusland Tidmarsh, beloved long-time Dean of the College at Bryn Mawr College, died at age 63 in her Haverford home on March 2, 2013, of end stage carcinoid syndrome.
Born May 19, 1949, she devoted more than half of her life to Bryn Mawr College, from which she graduated in … Read more»
read the post»-->Students Thank Donors During “Give a Hoot Week”
Posted February 28, 2013During this year’s Give a Hoot Celebration, students signed a record 5,000 thank you cards to send to donors.
In addition to the cards, some students expressed their gratitude via video.
Bryn Mawr Give a Hoot symbolically marks the point halfway through the school year when revenue from students’ tuition ceases to … Read more»
read the post»-->The Philadelphia Inquirer Profiles Former Bryn Mawr President Harris Wofford
Posted February 28, 2013Bryn Mawr’s fifth president, Harris Wofford, who led the college from 1970 to 1978, was profiled by The Philadelphia Inquirer on Feb. 28.
Wofford was profiled in connection with being awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal earlier this month.
From the article:
Omnipresent as a civil-rights and antipoverty crusader in the 20th century, Wofford … Read more»
Dick Gregory Interviewed by Huffington Post Blogger in Advance of Talk at Bryn Mawr College
Posted February 28, 2013 Huffington Post blogger Lonna Saunders interviewed legendary comedian and social activist Dick Gregory in advance of his keynote address today at 7:30 p.m. in Thomas Great Hall in celebration of Black History Month. Gregory’s sure-to-be fascinating talk (sponsored by Sisterhood and the Pensby Center) is free and open to the … Read more»
read the post»-->New Book from GSSWSR Professor Dana Becker Asks, “Have We Become Too Stressed about Stress?”
Posted February 28, 2013 From the mundane beep of a cell phone announcing the arrival of yet another new message to the horrors of the evening news, stress, it seems, is all around us.
But what if we’ve become too stressed about stress? Might it be keeping us from paying more attention to the problems … Read more»
read the post»-->English Professor Bethany Schneider Talks About Bryn Mawr Students in Promotion of Debut Novel
Posted February 28, 2013 “Stubborn, amazing, brilliant, exciting, fun, stubborn.”
Those are the words Bryn Mawr Professor of English Bethany Schneider (aka Bee Ridgway) uses to describe Bryn Mawr students in a video produced to promote her debut novel, which is coming out in the U.S. and U.K. and which is being translated into five … Read more»
read the post»-->Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust ‘68 Critiques New “College Scorecard”
Posted February 22, 2013In a New York Times letter to the editor, Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust ‘68 critiques the federal government’s new “College Scorecard.”
From the letter…
I graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1968, and my first job was working for the Department of Housing and Urban Development. My starting salary … Read more»
Hannah Smith ’14 Talks Publishing, Politics, and Activism at Bryn Mawr
Posted February 21, 2013On Feb. 12, the Huffington Post published junior Hannah Smith’s article, “Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics Makes Women’s Colleges Relevant.”
In 2011, a piece by Smith was published on the New York Times blog “The Choice” about her experience choosing and attending a women’s college.
The College Communications Office asked Smith to share … Read more»
read the post»-->Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program Now Offers Master’s Opportunity
Posted February 21, 2013 The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program continues to grow, introducing a new component in which Bi-Co undergrads can attend one year at the University of Pennsylvania to complete a master’s degree in education. Students can use their Noyce scholarship to pay the additional one-year tuition to complete the degree.
read the post»-->BMC Noyce Scholars Talk About Teaching Experiences
Posted February 21, 2013The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program is funded by the National Science Foundation and seeks to encourage talented science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors and professionals to become K-12 mathematics and science teachers. At the end of this academic year, the first three Bryn Mawr Noyce scholars will graduate.
Did … Read more»
read the post»-->Media Coverage of Patti Smith Being Awarded the Hepburn Medal
Posted February 14, 2013The awarding of the 2013 Hepburn Medal to Patti Smith made both local and national headlines.
The Associated Press reported on Patti Smith being awarded the 2013 Hepburn Medal and the article was picked up by media outlets across the nation, including the Detroit Free Press, The San Francisco Chronicle, and … Read more»
read the post»-->Chemistry Professor Michelle Francl Takes on “Chemophobia” in Slate Article
Posted February 14, 2013 In the Slate article, “Don’t Take Medical Advice From the New York Times Magazine: The Dangerous Chemophobia Behind its Popular Story About Childhood Arthritis,” Bryn Mawr Professor of Chemistry Michelle Francl points out the possible dangers of benignly named alternative medicines.
Francl’s article created a lot of buzz online, with more than … Read more»
read the post»-->I was Patti Smith’s Roadie (for a day)
Posted February 14, 2013Bryn Mawr Now guest blogger Laura Reeve is a Bryn Mawr senior studying English and Creative Writing. She also works part-time as a program assistant at Girls Rock Philly, a local music and mentoring organization dedicated to empowering girls and young women through music education and other … Read more»
read the post»-->Hannah Smith ’14 Writes About the Importance of Women’s Colleges in The Huffington Post
Posted February 14, 2013 An opinion piece by Hannah Smith ’14 about the relevancy of women’s colleges in the current political age was posted by The Huffington Post on Feb. 12. In the article, titled “Women’s Underrepresentation in Politics Makes Women’s Colleges Relevant,” Smith argues that women’s colleges can play a major role in … Read more»
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