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April 10, 2008

Diana Tung

A step toward the sweat-free sweatshirt: BMC endorses labor-practices proposal
At the urging of student activists, Bryn Mawr has joined the ranks of colleges and universities endorsing the Designated Suppliers Program, an ambitious new framework for collective action against sweatshop labor practices, President Nancy J. Vickers and the BMC Sweatshop-Free Coalition have announced.

 

Enrique Sacerio-Gari

Q&A: Enrique Sacerio-Garí on Cuba
Next Wednesday, April 16, Dorothy Nepper Marshall Professor of Hispanic and Hispanic-American Studies Enrique Sacerio-Garí will give the final talk in the "Our Neighbor, Cuba" lecture series sponsored by Main Line School Night. Sacerio-Garí, a Cuban immigrant who advocates reconciliation between his homeland and the United States, recently returned from a trip to Cuba. Here, Sacerio-Garí briefly answers a few questions about his topic for Bryn Mawr Now.

 

Manthia Diawara

Africana Studies conference: the changing meaning of black identity in the United States
The presidential campaign of Barack Obama, an African American who is not descended from American slaves, has brought unprecedented public attention to the complexities of black identity in the United States. What does it mean to be black in the United States today? Next Friday, April 18, and Saturday, April 19, the Africana Studies Program will explore that question with a conference titled "The Changing Meaning of Black Identity in the United States."

Around the Bi-Co this weekend: Tenure, the movie; Choosing sides: GLBT people of color; Jumping Off Bridges screening and discussion; Berlioz Requiem; Creative Writing faculty reads
An overview of some of the events coming up at Bryn Mawr.

 

Bryn Mawr in the News
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Bryn Mawr Chemistry Professor Writes About the Explosive Allure of Unsupervised Science

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In a recent piece for Slate, Bryn Mawr Chemistry Professor Michelle Francl writes about how “doing chemistry that pushes beyond the boundarie...

English Professor Bethany Schneider (aka Bee Ridgway) Continues to Garner Press in Connection wit...

Bryn Mawr English Professor Bethany Schneider continues to garner press coverage in connection with her book The River of No Return. A review of th...

Two New Rankings Recognize Bryn Mawr

As CBS.com “MoneyWatch” reports, the Center for College Affordability and Productivity has named the College to its list of “25 C...

Psychology Professor Clark McCauley Examines Boston Attacks

Clark McCauley is the Rachel C. Hale Professor of Sciences and Mathematics and co-director of the Solomon Asch Center for Study of Ethnopolitical C...

Bee Ridgway Interviewed in USA Today

Bryn Mawr Professor of English Bethany Schneider (a.k.a. Bee Ridgway) discussed the blending of genres in her new novel, The River of No Return, in...

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