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Bryn Mawr Now

July 13 , 2006

Bryn Mawr Chosen to Host Microsoft Robotics Institute

The software giant cited Bryn Mawr's expertise in educational robotics software and innovative teaching methods in selecting the College to partner with Georgia Tech in the new venture.

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			Famed Actress Blythe Danner to Accept Hepburn Medal Danner, a critically acclaimed star of stage and screen and a committed environmentalist, will be honored alongside Lauren Bacall at a September gala celebrating the launch of Bryn Mawr's Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center.

From Recent Issues:

			Screen Legend Lauren Bacall to Accept First Katharine Hepburn Medal The award, which recognizes "women whose lives, work and contributions embody the intelligence, drive and independence of Katharine Hepburn," will be presented to Bacall at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Sept. 9.

			Mallory Research Partnership Honored for Lifetime Achievement W. Alton Jones Professor of Chemistry Frank Mallory and his wife and research partner Sally Mallory '59, M.A. '60, Ph.D. '63, were invested as fellows of the Inter-American Photochemical Society — an honor only 12 other scientists have received.

			Chemistry Professor Goes Broccoli One Better in Search for Cancer Drug Scientists at the Lankenau Insititute for Medical Research turned to Bryn Mawr Assistant Professor of Chemistry William Malachowski to help them create a more potent version of a compound found in broccoli as a potential cancer-immunotherapy drug.

			Dar Williams to Headline Hepburn Center Launch on Campus Folk-pop singer/songwriter Dar Williams will bring her insightful lyrics and energetic vocals to Bryn Mawr College Friday, Sept. 8, in one of several events to launch the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center.

			Sarah Johnson '06 Wins Fulbright to Study Critical Theory in the United Kingdom Sarah Johnson '06, a political-science major whose senior thesis uses the example of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to critique the structure of modern political sovereignty, has won a Fulbright Fellowship to study in England.

			Junior Wins Prestigious Beinecke Scholarship to Fund Graduate Study in Psychology Laura Sockol '07, a double major in English and psychology, is one of just 20 college juniors in the nation to win a 2006 Beinecke Scholarship, with a total award of $32,000 to fund graduate study.

			Bryn Mawr Seniors Awarded Fulbrights Two Bryn Mawr seniors have been awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships for 2006-07. Jodi Eisenberg, a major in comparative literature, will teach in Spain; Katherine Klenn, an English major with a minor in anthropology, will teach in South Korea.

			Chemistry Major Awarded Thomas J. Watson Fellowship Chemistry major Shadia Bel Hamdounia '06 will spend next year studying birthing practices in Denmark, India and South Africa, thanks to a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. The prestigious grant is awarded annually to about 50 graduating seniors nationwide.

INSIDE BRYN MAWR

New Signs to Honor Bryn Mawr's History

Bryn Mawr Now

The software giant cited Bryn Mawr's expertise in educational robotics software and innovative teaching methods in selecting the College to partner with Georgia Tech in the new venture.

Danner, a critically acclaimed star of stage and screen and a committed environmentalist, will be honored alongside Lauren Bacall at a September gala celebrating the launch of Bryn Mawr's Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center.

From Recent Issues:

The award, which recognizes "women whose lives, work and contributions embody the intelligence, drive and independence of Katharine Hepburn," will be presented to Bacall at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts on Saturday, Sept. 9.

W. Alton Jones Professor of Chemistry Frank Mallory and his wife and research partner Sally Mallory '59, M.A. '60, Ph.D. '63, were invested as fellows of the Inter-American Photochemical Society — an honor only 12 other scientists have received.

Scientists at the Lankenau Insititute for Medical Research turned to Bryn Mawr Assistant Professor of Chemistry William Malachowski to help them create a more potent version of a compound found in broccoli as a potential cancer-immunotherapy drug.

Folk-pop singer/songwriter Dar Williams will bring her insightful lyrics and energetic vocals to Bryn Mawr College Friday, Sept. 8, in one of several events to launch the Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center.

Sarah Johnson '06, a political-science major whose senior thesis uses the example of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to critique the structure of modern political sovereignty, has won a Fulbright Fellowship to study in England.

Laura Sockol '07, a double major in English and psychology, is one of just 20 college juniors in the nation to win a 2006 Beinecke Scholarship, with a total award of $32,000 to fund graduate study.

Two Bryn Mawr seniors have been awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantships for 2006-07. Jodi Eisenberg, a major in comparative literature, will teach in Spain; Katherine Klenn, an English major with a minor in anthropology, will teach in South Korea.

Chemistry major Shadia Bel Hamdounia '06 will spend next year studying birthing practices in Denmark, India and South Africa, thanks to a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. The prestigious grant is awarded annually to about 50 graduating seniors nationwide.