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March 2008

Emily McGlynn

Emily McGlynn '09, a student partner of Joanna Underwood '62, wins prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship
Environmental activist Emily McGlynn '09 has been awarded the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship, which recognizes college juniors with exceptional leadership potential who are committed to careers in public service. Working with longtime activist Joanna Underwood '62, McGlynn has helped persuade the city of Philadelphia to begin replacing its gas-guzzling garbage trucks with cleaner, quieter natural-gas-powered vehicles.

Alice Rivlin

Former Fed Governer Alice Rivlin '52 in the news
Dramatic actions by the Federal Reserve in recent weeks have led many news organizations to seek the expertise of Brookings Institution economist Alice Mitchell Rivlin '52, a former vice chair of the Fed's Board of Governors and the founding director of the Congressional Budget Office. In addition to appearing in several national news broadcasts and publications, Rivlin has been traveling around the United States with a bipartisan panel of fiscal-policy experts on an economic "wake-up call tour" to educate the public about the federal defecit. Rivlin has also been named co-chair of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's new Commission to Build a Healthier America, which will investigate ways in which factors outside the helath-care system, such as education, environment, income and housing, affect health. On March 17, Rivlin joined Washington Post readers for an online conversation about the Fed's actions and economic prospects.

Cynthia McFadden

ABC Nightline Anchor Cynthia McFadden
to Deliver Commencement Convocation Address
Cynthia McFadden, the co-anchor of ABC News' Nightline and Primetime, will deliver Bryn Mawr's 2008 Commencement Convocation address, the President's Office has announced. The convocation speech will be the second major address to a Bryn Mawr audience for McFadden, who served as Mistress of Ceremonies at the launch of the College's Katharine Houghton Hepburn Center in September 2006.

Tiffany Shumate

For Young Scholars, a Taste of the Academic Life at Mellon-Mays Undergraduate Fellows Conference
One experience nearly all academics share is that of facing a room full of relative strangers and presenting research findings. Undergraduates from Bryn Mawr, Haverford, Swarthmore, Princeton, Cornell, and Penn got a taste of the anxiety and the exhilaration of sharing their work with colleagues last Saturday at a conference of Mid-Atlantic Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellows.

Yao Yao

Street Outreach Tackles the Leftovers Dilemma
Two seniors decided that it was time to act on an issue that had been bothering them since they were were first-year students working part-time for Bryn Mawr Dining Services: the disposal of large quantities of leftovers. With the help of the Civic Engagement Office and Dining Services, Yao Yao and Adaobi Kanu have founded Street Outreach, a brand-new student organization already numbering between 30 and 40 members. The group ferries leftovers to Philadelphia's Sunday Breakfast Rescue Mission three times a week.

Dancing Toward a Thesis from Different Directions
Adaobi Kanu '08 is a social activist who wants to use the storytelling potential of dance to build connections between people across the spectrum of physical ability. Ellen Gaintner '08, a classically trained dancer, hopes to join a professional ballet company. Their strikingly different approaches to the art were on display at the annual Tabitha Performance Group concert in Pembroke Studio in March.

Bryn Mawr in the News
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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...

Q&A with Alice M. Rivlin ’52: A World Stage in Economic Policy-Making

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Alice M. Rivlin ’52 is a Senior Fellow in the Economic Studies program at the Brookings Institution and director of the Brookings’ Greater Wash...

Bryn Mawr in the Media: BMC Anthropologist Contributes to Major Study of Early Hominid Skeleton

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Assistant Professor of Anthropology Denise F. Su co-authored one of a suite of papers about Ardipithecus ramidus, the earliest known hominid skelet...

Bryn Mawr in the Media: Inside Higher Ed

Bryn Mawr’s new Test Flexible policy is among the innovations taking place in the use of standardized testing by higher education institution...

Bryn Mawr in the Media: O. The Oprah Magazine

Bryn Mawr student Manal Zaher is among the students profiled in this article about the “Hope Fund,” a scholarship program for Palestini...

Today's Calendar

Women's Consortium Conference

Nov 5 2009 10:00AM, Quita Woodward Room

Public Service & Action Expo: Gap-Year Adventures to Shape Your Career.

Nov 5 2009 2:30PM, Campus Center Main Lounge

McBride Wellness Seminar

Nov 5 2009 3:00PM, Quita Woodward Room

"Rome 1735: Making Sense of the Chinese Rites Debates" by Carlo Ginzburg

Nov 5 2009 4:00PM, Carpenter Library Room B21

French Table

Nov 5 2009 6:00PM, Haffner Dining Hall

Parents' Council Meeting

Nov 6 2009 2:00PM, Dalton Hall 300

Parents' Weekend Registration

Nov 6 2009 2:00PM, Campus Center Main Lounge