Highlights from the Bryn Mawr Alumnae Bulletin Fall 2003 issue
View the back cover.
NO COOKIE CUTTER MAWRTERS
In keeping with the Reunion 2003 theme of "Challenging Convention," directors
of BrynMawr's interdisciplinary centers reported on their activities and programs,
which bring together scholars from various fields, students and staff to examine
diverse ways of thinking about areas of common interest.
SURPRISED BY 'JOINS'
A Bryn Mawr faculty trio argues that conversations among those trained in
disciplines with significantly different languages show a type of interaction
"prototypical of creative intellectual work in general."
AN ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM
At a five-part symposium held this spring, Bryn Mawr philosophers, physicists
and biologists summarized theories about the function of time in society, science
and the universe.
Commencement honors.
Convocation speaker David Oxtoby urges graduates
to "live your lives right on the edge of chaos, where the opportunities for growth
and change are the greatest."
Faculty Notebook: Michelle Francl
Threepenny Opera
Obituary: Aaron lemonick, Trustee
