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Today’s editions are the last issues of the Weekly Insider and Campus Weekly for the 2012-13 academic year. We’ll have a special post-Commencement edition some time next week. Expect to see Summer Insiders in June, July, and August with updates about everything from campus renovations to interesting summer research. Special issues may appear if news is especially compelling or important. The [...]

Do you have an exciting internship, fellowship, or research opportunity lined up? Are you traveling abroad? Road tripping across the U.S.? Spending quality time with family and friends? Let us know! Send Bryn Mawr College a “postcard” of your summer adventure (or staycation) by filling out a few quick questions and sending a picture via [...]

The following email was sent to faculty and staff by Employment Manager Syndi Bleiweis on Tuesday, May 14. Dear Faculty and Staff members, I would like to clarify a few items related to the changes in student hiring. In my previous email I stated that you can hire a student without employment aid but they must [...]

GSSWSR Professor Toba Kerson was a panelist at a joint annual conference of the German and Austrian Societies for Epileptology and the Swiss League Against Epilepsy. At the conference, which in German is titled Dreilandertagung Epilepsie 2013, Kerson presented on the portrayal of epilepsy on YouTube. She was joined by three other panelists who are [...]

The following email was sent to faculty and staff by Director of Digital Research and Teaching Katherine Rowe on Thursday, May 9. Dear Colleagues, We are excited to announce the next round of Tri-Co DH grants for faculty and staff. For those wanting to pursue summer work, the Steering Committee will expedite proposals received by May [...]

The Staff Picnic will be held on Monday, June 3 from noon to 2 p.m. on the Wyndham Lawn. Winners of the staff McPherson Award and Newberry Award will be announced and service pins will be distributed. Staff are given two hours paid release time to attend the picnic. Rain site is Wyndham Alumnae House.

Chemistry Major Terry Huh ’14 has received a $5,000 Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the American Chemistry Society Division of Organic Chemistry. Huh is researching a new and efficient synthetic strategy that can, in the long run, be useful in building complex, biologically active molecules. The Division of Organic Chemistry annually awards summer undergraduate research [...]

The below email was sent by the Office of Residential Life on May 8. This email is important for you if you are: 1. The organizer/advisor of a student group returning early to campus for training or programming (Athletics, Customs, TAs, etc.) 2. A campus employer whose student workers will be returning early to campus [...]

While many questions remain regarding some of Bryn Mawr’s most pressing student-housing issues, including future plans for dedicated space for traditionally under-represented minority students, the Student Housing Options Committee, which was made up of students, staff, and faculty, has once again shown the community’s dedication to finding solutions collaboratively. The committee was formed by President [...]

The below email was sent by Bryn Mawr Chief Administrative Officer Jerry Berenson on May 8. Dear Bryn Mawr College Faculty, Staff and Students, A few weeks ago I wrote to let you know about changes to planned renovations of Haffner Hall that will be much more extensive than originally planned. While many details of [...]