Archived News 2011-2012 News articles from 2011-2012 Table of Contents Lauren Busser '12 talks about the fears and hopes Nicoletta Barolini '83 interviewed by Bronxville of a college senior ............................................... 9 Patch about "Flatlands" exhibit........................ 19 Literature faculty member Nicolaus Mills The Los Angeles Times calls writing professor compares Obama's reelection campaign to that of Scott Snyder "one of the fastest-rising stars in FDR in Dissent.................................................... 9 comics" ............................................................. 19 Sabina Amidi '11 and Kayla Malahiazar '12 Gary Ploski MFA '08 wins best acting honors for explore Beirut's LGBT community in new short film Objects of Time ................................ 19 documentary........................................................ 9 Tennis players Maddy Dessanti '14 and Kayla Writing faculty member Scott Snyder revamps Pincus '15 take home conference honors for Batman and Swamp Thing for DC Comics......... 9 excellent play.................................................... 20 Cellist Zoe Keating '93 profiled on NPR's All Americans for UNFPA's 2011 international Things Considered ............................................ 10 honorees to speak at SLC ................................. 21 Alexandra Pezenik '14 "Spotted on the Street" by Author to speak about Eleanor Roosevelt on The New York Times ......................................... 10 October 11 ........................................................ 23 Literature faculty member Nicolaus Mills recalls On CNN.com, literature professor Nicolaus Mills "the 9/11 photo that changed America" ............ 10 remembers Ted Williams' final baseball game Sarah Lawrence College remembers 9/11 with and John Updike's essay on the occasion ......... 24 poetry ................................................................ 11 Sarah Janosky '15 named HVWAC Cross Work by Chester Biscardi (Music), Country Runner of the Week............................ 24 commissioned by Library of Congress, debuts in Sarah Lawrence College named to Unigo's "Top NYC .................................................................. 15 10 Hidden Gems" list ....................................... 24 Microbe hunter Dr. W. Ian Lipkin ‘74 discusses From Art to Landscape: Unleashing Creativity in the realities of infectious diseases in The New Garden Design.................................................. 25 York Times ........................................................ 16 Antonia Verdi '12 named HVWAC Tennis Politics professor Sam Abrams weighs in on Player of the Week ........................................... 26 special elections in an Agence France-Presse SLC listed among Forbes Magazine's "25 article................................................................. 16 Colleges with the Best Professors"................... 26 Sarah Hreyo '12 crowned Miss Westchester..... 16 Samantha Friedman '12 wins SLC's own Presser Literature professor Nicolaus Mills recalls the Music Scholar Award....................................... 27 anthrax scare of 2001 in The Guardian ............ 16 Variety reports on first place win by Frederic Literature professor Nicolaus Mills compares his Richter '10 in Slamdance Film Festival............ 28 experiences as a civil rights worker in 1966 Literature professor Nicolaus Mills talks about Mississippi with The Help ................................ 17 Occupy Wall Street and past political movements Alumna Julianna Margulies wins Emmy for on CNN.com..................................................... 28 Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series ... 17 President Karen Lawrence on SLC's "most John Simon, Writing Institute instructor, featured expensive" ranking on Forbes.com .................. 28 in The New York Post........................................ 17 Nancy Cantor '74, chancellor of Syracuse Food Systems Colloquium to be presented by University, to receive honorary degree from the students September 24 ...................................... 18 University of Michigan..................................... 29 Sarah Lawrence College News Archives 2011-2012 2 SLC to Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Jewelry designer Meghan Farrell '06 named the Freedom Rides of 1961............................... 30 Creative Game Changer by Refinery 29 .......... 40 Award-winning author Nancy Huston '75 Basketball co-captain Nick Streltzov '12 named profiled by France Today ................................. 31 HVMAC Player of the Week ........................... 40 Writing professor Marie Howe discusses her Swimmers Rowan Schoales '15 and Sarah poem "What the Living Do" on NPR ............... 31 Lenson '15 earn HVWAC honors..................... 40 Publisher's Weekly reviews memoir by alumna Best-selling novelist Ann Patchett '85 opens Deborah Feldman.............................................. 31 independent bookstore in Nashville ................. 41 Literature professor Nicolaus Mills takes a Eileen Townsend '12 explores 1964 World's Fair historical look at war memorials on through oral history project .............................. 41 HuffingtonPost.com.......................................... 32 SLC students surpass peer benchmarks in Rashaun Mitchell '00 receives Bessie Award for National Survey of Student Engagement ......... 42 Sustained Achievement in Performance ........... 32 Former AOL senior vice president Charlie Fink Literature professor Nicolaus Mills likens '81 urges congress to let Bush-era tax cuts Occupy Wall Street to 1960s Students for a expire ................................................................ 44 Democratic Society movement on CNN.com... 32 Literature professor Nicolaus Mills draws Early Decision 1 and Spring Transfer parallels between Depression-era protest and applications to be accepted through November 7 Occupy Wall Street........................................... 44 due to Northeast storm; details on Admission Sarah Lawrence College featured in Unigo's site..................................................................... 33 "Intellectually Endowed" list............................ 44 Renowned art lecturer Rosamond Bernier '38 Writing Institute instructor Wendy Townsend's publishes new memoir ...................................... 33 book among Kirkus Reviews Best Children's Poetry group started by Alex Dimitrov MFA '09 Books of 2011................................................... 45 featured in The New York Times ....................... 33 Sara Wilford, director of the Art of Teaching Second annual symposium on indigeneity to take graduate program, cited in New York Times place November 11-12...................................... 34 article on building blocks ................................. 45 Bobby Elliott '11 celebrates artist Romare Art History professor Susan Kart and Freedom Bearden on HuffingtonPost.com....................... 35 Riders exhibit featured in Journal News article 45 Dean of Studies Allen Green adds Chief The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings MFA Diversity Officer title and responsibilities to his '02 turned into motion picture starring George portfolio............................................................. 36 Clooney............................................................. 46 Literature professor Nicolaus Mills presents Huffington Post Education piece praises Child primer on Occupy Wall Street in The Development Institute's symposium on "Nordic Guardian........................................................... 37 Perspectives on Caring and Teaching in Early Nancy Bennett '73 profiled by Rochester Childhood"........................................................ 46 Business Journal ............................................... 37 John Jasperse '85 and Writing professor Ann Writing professor Matthea Harvey interviewed Hepperman receive USA Fellows awards as two by The Poetry Foundation................................. 37 of America's 50 finest artists ............................ 46 Cellist Zoe Keating '93 praises Sarah Lawrence Jane Fonda praises longtime Writing Institute College in The Concordian............................... 37 student Neil Selinger at TedX conference........ 47 Men's Soccer coaches and athletes receive Bobby Elliott '11 reviews "The Bearden Project" recognition from HVMAC................................ 38 on HuffingtonPost.com......................................47 Sean Jameson, Director of Information Movie agent Blair Kohan '89 named to The Technology discusses new campus technology 38 Hollywood Reporter's "Power 100" list of women in entertainment ................................... 47 New musical The Christmas Windows of 1937 to hit the stage November 17-19........................... 39 Sarah Lawrence College News Archives 2011-2012 3 John Jasperse '85 and Writing professor Ann SLC campus stars in latest episode of CBS' Hepperman receive USA Fellows Awards ....... 48 Unforgettable.................................................... 55 Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel '81 interviewed Huffington Post highlights SLC as top ranked by CNN Money.................................................. 49 school for classroom discussion, as selected by The Boston Globe profiles Victoria Reed '96, The Princeton Review....................................... 56 curator of provenance at the Museum of Fine Short film by Jessie Ennis '13 to premiere at Arts in Boston ................................................... 49 Sundance Film Festival ...................................