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Archived News 2009-2010 News articles from 2009-2010 Table of Contents Jane Alexander ’61 ........................................... 10 David Lindsay-Abaire ’92................................ 30 New book by economics faculty member Jamee Tessa Corthell ’07............................................. 30 Moudud calls into question neoliberal theory and Undercovers, the latest series from writer- policies ............................................................. 11 producer-director J.J. Abrams '88, picked up by Alumni achievement and service award winners NBC for fall season .......................................... 30 represent outstanding accomplishment in Pam Tanowitz MFA '98 and Anne Lentz '98 ... 30 education, broadcasting, law, and the arts ........ 12 Sarah Lawrence College................................... 31 History faculty member Fawaz Gerges named inaugural director of The London School of Photographer Alec Soth '92 chronicles his travels Economics and Political Science's Middle East around America in video series for The New York Centre................................................................ 14 Times..................................................................31 Zoe Alexander '13 designs and produces first- Variety profiles director Sanaa Hamri '96 in ever plantable high-fashion coat in Biomimicry advance of her latest motion picture release..... 31 Project ............................................................... 14 Celebrating Oxford: Reflections on the Sarah Alumna Julianna Margulies tells Class of 2010: Lawrence at Oxford year-long study abroad “This education is a gift you will be unwrapping program on its 25th anniversary....................... 32 for the rest of your life” .................................... 15 President Karen Lawrence publishes Techniques Yonkers Scholar................................................ 17 for Living, an exhaustive study of author Christine Brooke-Rose ..................................... 34 Sarah Lawrence College appoints new Vice President for Finance and Operations............... 19 Office of Career Counseling wins first place award for Best Practices in Career Development "You want to be nowhere else while she’s at conference of Metro NY Career Planning dancing:" NY Times gives rave review of dance Officer............................................................... 35 faculty Sara Rudner's performance in Necessary Weather............................................................. 20 Alumnus Allan Manings................................... 36 Board member Joan Cannady Countryman '62 Women's History program director Priscilla delivered the keynote address at Bowdoin Murolo '80 discusses the impact of the birth College's 205th Commencement ..................... 20 control pill 50 years after its approval by the FDA .................................................................. 36 Students' community work, campus bike-share program win "Greenie" Awards........................ 21 Hip Hop Feminism: A recap of the 12th Annual Women’s History Conference .......................... 37 Prizes Given by Sarah Lawrence College......... 22 Dan Hurlin '79 .................................................. 39 Quelling Career Anxiety................................... 23 Actress and this year's commencement speaker Author and Nasvhille resident Ann Patchett ’85 Julianna Margulies '89 profiled by W reflects on the Southeast's recent floods in a New Magazine .......................................................... 39 York Times op-ed .............................................. 25 Literature Faculty Member Nicolaus Mills ...... 39 Child Development Institute's When Learning Comes Naturally to air on public television in Student delegation earns Honorable Mention at April and May................................................... 26 the National Model United Nations Conference for second straight year .................................... 40 Five rowers from crew team participate in the prestigious Henley Women's Regatta in Jing Min Chia ’13 and Jake Schneider ’10....... 42 England ............................................................. 29 Sarah Lawrence College News Archives 2009-2010 2 On the road with Girlyman: Slate profiles the Literature faculty member Nicolaus Mills band founded by Nate Borofsky '97, Doris discusses the epidemic of online belittling in a Muramatsu '96, and Ty Greenstein '96 ............ 42 Wall Street Journal article titled, "Surviving the "The Botanist Hacker:" Stephen Smith '03 Age of Humiliation" ......................................... 51 combines biology and computer science with The SLC Connection: Four women with ties to revolutionary results.......................................... 42 SLC celebrate the fifth anniversary of their Student delegation earns Honorable Mention at poetry press....................................................... 51 the National Model United Nations Conference Part of the Art: Three faculty members discuss for second straight year..................................... 43 their participation in Tino Sehgal's Guggenheim "Colleges, students embrace 'green' spirit:" exhibit................................................................52 Warren Green and SLC featured prominently in SLC celebrates the 400th anniversary of Journal News article on sustainability .............. 43 Wadham College, Oxford...and the 25th The New York Times cites Julianna Margulies' anniversary of the Sarah Lawrence at Oxford The Good Wife as a new stomping ground for top year-long study abroad program....................... 53 theatre talent, including fellow alumna Tovah Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Feldshuh............................................................ 43 screenwriter Tony Kushner to address theatre Scott Lehrer ’77 nominated for a Best Sound students this week............................................. 54 Design Tony Award for his work on Cornelia Read ’85............................................. 54 A View from the Bridge..................................... 44 Upcoming Event | Nuclear Flashblindness: The Vanity Fair profiles Amanda Burden '76, calls Trinity Site in American Public Memory; April her "arguably the most influential figure in New 12 at 7 p.m. ....................................................... 54 York City government, next to Mayor 4th Annual Student Film Festival to be held at Bloomberg"....................................................... 44 Bronxville Cinemas April 22............................ 55 New York Times reporter William K. Rashbaum Meredith Monk ’64........................................... 57 '83 covers the attempted car bombing in Times Square ............................................................... 44 Kara Walker-Tome '90 ..................................... 57 The New Yorker cites dance program director Give us the Ballot Party to feature film Sara Rudner as “a widely loved dancer” in screening, poetry reading, meet and greet with reviewing her Necessary Weather state senator, April 24....................................... 57 collaboration ..................................................... 45 President Sarkozy’s Higher Education Advisor Sophie Auster ’10 talks albums, movies, Visits SLC ........................................................ 58 modeling, and graduation with 7th Annual Poetry Festival April 15-18; largest The Times of London and Nylon magazine....... 45 free poetry festival in New York State ............. 59 Huffington Post names SLC a "Top 10 Hipster Writing faculty member Scott Snyder launches College" ............................................................ 45 American Vampire comic book with help from Why I Dance: Rashuan Mitchell ’00 shares his Stephen King .................................................... 60 story with Dance Magazine .............................. 46 Marcia Levy, Early Childhood Center Teacher 60 College to expand environmental studies, foster Cadillac Records screening and discussion with green careers through Mellon grant ................. 47 screenwriter and director Darnell Martin '86, You can't judge a book with no cover: MFA April 9 at 5 p.m. in Heimbold........................... 60 writing student Bindu Wiles makes a case for Pam Tanowitz MFA '98 is the recipient of one of book covers in The New York Times................. 48 ten unrestricted $25,000 grants from the Film on Campus................................................ 49 Foundation of Contemporary Arts.................... 60 Alumna Tovah Feldshuh................................... 51 Ann Patchett ’85 discusses the influence of former faculty member Allan Gurganus '72..... 61 Artist-as-curator: Juliette Mapp ’93 participates in Danspace Project .......................................... 61 Sarah Lawrence College News Archives 2009-2010 3 Filmmaking faculty member Damani Baker ‘96 Around the Round Table with Barbara Walters: discusses his new documentary on Bill The Incomparable Interviewer Answers the Withers.............................................................. 61 Questions .......................................................... 72 SLC's gender-neutral housing covered by Los SLC Dean’s Book Named One of the Best by Angeles Times ................................................... 62 Times Literary Supplement .............................. 74 Sarah Hreyo ’12 among winners of Molière’s Masterpiece Tartuffe to be Performed AspiringDocs.org video contest ....................... 62 with a New Ending ..........................................

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