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April 24, 2008

Mans

Paula Mans '08 wins Fulbright for study in Brazil
Mans, a Spanish major who plans to pursue a Ph.D. in anthropology or African-American studies, will spend her Fulbright year researching a community-based supplementary education program for girls in a favela—the Brazilian equivalent of a shantytown—in Salvador. The program Mans will study, called Bahia Street, supplements the girls' education in public schools with tutoring in all basic subjects including math, science and reading. In addition to this standard curriculum, Bahia Street provides programs in self-defense, health care, sexual education, art therapy, Afro-Brazilian culture, and a series of programs that focus on issues of violence and inequality.

Dancers

Spring Dance Concert features reconstruction of late work by modern master José Limón
2008 is the centennial year of the pioneering modern dancer and choreographer José Limón, and the Bryn Mawr-Haverford Dance Program will mark it with a reconstruction of one of the master's final works at the Spring Dance Concert on Friday and Saturday, April 25 and 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Goodhart Theater.

 

Continuing Ed Staff

TLI pilots continuing staff education program
A new resource will soon be available for members of the Bryn Mawr staff who are interested in pursuing first-time degrees. This summer, the Teaching and Learning Initiative (TLI) will pilot a Continuing Staff Education Program that will help aspiring students clarify their educational needs and find programs that fit them.

 

Stevens

Gastronomic guru Molly Stevens to speak
On Friday, May 2, at 4 p.m. in Thomas 224, the Tri-College Food Studies Initiative will present "Food Writing 101: Turning Love of Food Into a Career." The talk will be given by Molly Stevens, a chef, food writer, and cooking teacher who has won high honors for both her writing and her teaching.

 

BMC to test emergency siren next Wednesday
If you plan to be on the Bryn Mawr campus next Wednesday, April  30, at about 3 p.m., be prepared: the College plans to test its recently acquired emergency siren, which is mounted atop Canaday Library. The siren, a key element of the College's emergency-response system, uses radio technology to produce a warning tone and a voice message through four powerful omnidirectional speakers.

laughing student at may day

May Day to be celebrated Sunday, May 4
Bryn Mawr students will briefly set aside their books to gambol on the green at the College's annual May Day celebration on Sunday, May 4. The day's events begin at 5:45 a.m., when sophomores awaken seniors with a song written by Henry VII and conclude just before midnight as the credits roll on The Philadelphia Story, starring Katharine Hepburn '28.

 

Bryn Mawr in the News
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Bryn Mawr Featured in Associated Press Article on the Posse Foundation

Bryn Mawr is featured prominently in "College students find support in campus 'posses,'" an Associated Press story about the Posse Foundation. Pos...

Creative Writing Program Director Karl Kirchwey Featured on Poetry Daily

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Director of Creative Writing Karl Kirchwey is the featured poet of the day on Poetry Daily for Tuesday, Nov. 17. The Web site will post a selection...

Yuh Min Chook ’88: Exploring the Gateway to the Cell Nucleus

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Biophysicist Yuh Min Chook ’88 studies the mechanisms of protein transport through the nuclear membrane by transporter proteins, or Karyopherin b...

Q&A Part Two with Alice Rivlin ’52: Health Care, Technology, and the Economy

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In Part Two of our interview with Alice Rivlin '52, the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office and former vice chair of the Federal R...

Would Mad Men’s Betty Draper Have Made it at Bryn Mawr?

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Widely lauded for its attention to period-specific details, the AMC television series Mad Men has had its slips. The show's "most egregious stumble...

Today's Calendar

Amnesty International Petition Tabling

Nov 23 2009 11:00AM, Campus Center Foyer

Finance Resume and Interview Workshop: Getting Through the Door

Nov 23 2009 11:00AM, Gateway Conference Room

Tri-Co Reunion Lunch

Nov 23 2009 12:00PM, Dorothy Vernon Room

From the Bi-Co to Wall Street: Being a Woman in Finance (Presented by BMC Alumnae with Goldman Sa...

Nov 23 2009 6:30PM, Dorothy Vernon Room

Owl Investment Group

Nov 23 2009 9:00PM, Dalton Hall 119

Harvest Christian Fellowship Family Group

Nov 24 2009 7:30AM, Quita Woodward Room

TLI Computing III

Nov 24 2009 9:00AM, Canaday Media Lab