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May 1, 2008

Adaobi Kanu

Bryn Mawr seniors win $10,000 Davis Grant to fund arts project involving homeless men
Bryn Mawr seniors Lucy Edwards and Adaobi Kanu believe in the power of art to transform the lives of those who practice it. This summer, a $10,000 grant from the Davis Projects for Peace foundation will enable them to put that faith to work in West Philadelphia, where they will collaborate with homeless men on an ambitious project to generate income, self-esteem, and community understanding through artistic production.

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Howard Hughes Medical Institute awards $1.2 million Undergraduate Science Education Grant to Bryn Mawr
The grant will fund a host of initiatives including two yearly $5,000 fellowships to help matriculated Bryn Mawr science and math majors complete teaching certificates in secondary education; two postdoctoral fellowships; and two scholarships for Science for College, a residential summer program for high-school girls considering careers in science, medicine, and technology.

Hughes

Senior math majors chat with J. Crew CEO
At the end of every semester mathematics Professor Rhonda Hughes likes to take some time out of her senior seminar to inspire her students as they go off into the real world. She happened upon the perfect thing April 21 when she caught J. Crew CEO Millard "Mickey" Drexler on The Charlie Rose Show.

 

 

From Recent Issues

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.

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.

 

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

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

Intermediate Excel Course-Staff

Nov 24 2009 9:30AM, Dalton Hall 20

French Table

Nov 24 2009 12:00PM, Haffner Dining Hall

TLI Computing II

Nov 24 2009 2:00PM, 315 Language Learning Center