The Campbell Collaboration has elected Professor of Social Work Julia H. Littell as co-chair of their steering group. The organization is a nonprofit dedicated to the synthesis and dissemination of research on effects of programs and policies in social work and social welfare, education, crime and justice, and international development. Littell has been actively involved [...]
Katherine Marcoux ’14 has received the 2013 Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) award from the U.S. Department of State. The award grants study in one of 13 critical-need foreign languages; Marcoux will be studying Japanese in Japan during the summer of 2013. CLS participants will spend 7-10 weeks in intensive language institutes this summer in one [...]
At the meeting of the general faculty last week, a memorial minute for Nancy Dersofi, retired professor of Italian, was read by History of Art Professor David Cast and recorded in the faculty minutes. Ten faculty members (current and retired) wrote the memorial minute together with a former student. Our beloved friend and colleague Nancy [...]
Lena Ferguson ’13 and Julia Reeves ’13 (HC), both Growth and Structure of Cities majors, will spend a “Summer of Maps” interning with Azavea, a Philadelphia-based company specializing in geographic web and mobile software development and geospatial analysis services. Students in the Summer of Maps program partner with non-profit organizations in need of geospatial data [...]
The Bryn Mawr College Owl Investment Group (OIG) was ranked sixth out of 18 in this year’s Adirondack Cup, an initiative through which college and graduate students can create their own hypothetical small cap portfolio for six months. The OIG finished with an investment return of 26.44 percent, beating the Russell 2000 market return of [...]
Professor Emeritus in Political Science Marc Ross received a Distinguished Scholar Award at the International Studies Association Conference held earlier this month. His award was in the ethnicity, nationalism, and migration category. ISA was founded in 1959 to promote research and education in international affairs. The organization cooperates with 57 international studies organizations in over [...]
The following email was sent by Nell Anderson, co-director of the Civic Engagement Office and director of praxis and community partnership programs, on Monday, April 22. Dear Bryn Mawr Community, We hope you will take advantage of the beautiful weather and come to the Civic Engagement Office’s 2nd Pop-Up Café on Friday, April 26, from [...]
The following email was sent to faculty and staff by Employment Manager Syndi Bleiweis on Tuesday, April 23. Beginning with the 2013 fall semester the College will only guarantee jobs for students who have a student employment award from the College. The reason for this change in policy is that the College student employment budget is [...]
In the hopes of establishing a new on-campus tradition, the recently formed student photography club, BMC Focus Photography, is offering graduating seniors the opportunity for informal portraits in the weeks leading up to Commencement. There is no charge for the service, which allows seniors to be photographed by underclass students in locations on campus that [...]
Growth and Structures of Cities Professor Emeritus Barbara Miller Lane was named a fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH). This fellowship is given to individuals who have distinguished themselves by a lifetime of significant contributions to the field. From the SAH website: “Almost 58 years ago to the day, Walter Gropius dictated a [...]