2009-2010 Press Releases
Sarah Lawrence College Awarded Mellon Grant to Expand Environmental Studies and Foster Green Careers
President Karen Lawrence today announced an innovative planning program to expand and strengthen environmental initiatives across the curriculum, including preparing students for a new generation of “green careers.” Assisted by a planning grant from the Mellon Foundation, the College will sponsor a series of programs on campus and a long-term planning process designed to build cutting edge, environmental offerings based on its historic strengths in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
Merle Rosenblatt Goldman Chair in Asian Studies Announced
A new academic chair in Asian Studies, with a focus on modern Chinese history, has been established with a $1,500,000 gift from Marshall I. Goldman in honor of his wife, alumna and former trustee of the College Merle Rosenblatt Goldman ’53.
Health Advocacy Graduate Students to Assist Residents of Toxic Town
Six Sarah Lawrence College graduate students are assisting the residents of Mossville, LA, suffering illnesses—in highly disproportionate numbers to the general population—from the effects of air and ground water pollution.
12th Annual Women’s History Month Conference
The 12th annual Women's History Month Conference, bearing the theme The Message is in the Music: Hip Hop Feminism, Riot Grrrl, Latina Music, and More, will be held on March 5 and 6.
Molière’s Masterpiece Tartuffe to be Performed with a New Ending
A new ending to Molière’s seventeenth century masterpiece, Tartuffe, will be presented at SLC March 4-6.
Alumna Julianna Margulies, Star of The Good Wife, to Deliver Commencement Address
Award-winning actress and alumna Julianna Margulies will deliver the Commencement address to the Sarah Lawrence class of 2010 on Friday, May 21.
Acclaimed Filmmakers Ken Jacobs and Bruno Barreto Present Screenings and Talks
Films and accompanying talks by highly acclaimed filmmakers Ken Jacobs and Bruno Barreto will be presented at Sarah Lawrence College the week of February 22.
College hosts Symposium on the Black Power Movement
New studies that challenge the old narratives of Civil Rights and Black Power will be discussed in-depth at a week-long International Black Power Studies Symposium at Sarah Lawrence College from Monday, February 15 through Saturday, February 20.
SLC Dean’s Book Named One of the Best by Times Literary Supplement
The Times Literary Supplement has named a book co-authored by Dean of the College and art historian Jerrilynn D. Dodds a 2009 “best book of the year.”
Theatre faculty member Dan Hurlin Awarded USA Fellowship
Theatre Faculty member Dan Hurlin ’79 has been awarded a United States Artists’ Fellowship. He is one of 50 Fellows named by the national grant-making and advocacy organization and will receive a $50,000 unrestricted grant. The USA Fellows for 2009 hail from 18 states and range in age from 28 to 82. Chosen for the caliber and impact of their work, they include contemporary experimenters and traditional practitioners.
While They Meet in Copenhagen… Sarah Lawrence College Announces Results of Living Sustainably
As leaders deliberate at the Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Sarah Lawrence College is pleased to announce the results of an analysis of its first energy efficient residence hall: a ninety-one percent savings in energy from the previous year and a sixty-eight percent cost savings.* The impressive reduction in energy use and carbon emissions is attributed to the energy efficient retrofitting of a residence hall and the sustainable practices used by the students.
SLC Faculty Members Lauded by Their Peers
Members of the Sarah Lawrence College faculty Sara Rudner, John Dillon, William Shullenberger, Joshua Muldavin, and Melissa Frazier have been recognized by their peers recently with prestigious awards for their work.
Radial Courses
Sarah Lawrence student dancers will present Radial Courses, a 1976 masterpiece by Lucinda Childs, post-modern choreographer and Sarah Lawrence College graduate, December 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Bessie Schonberg Dance Theatre. The piece is a product of Childs’ exploration of issues of time and space through movement and sound and the students had an opportunity to study the dance with Ms. Childs, who has been the Viola Farber Artist-in-Residence this fall.
Yonkers High School Students Recognized for Writing on Global Matters at Sarah Lawrence College
Twenty-three Yonkers high school students will have an opportunity to read from their original writing at an awards program at Sarah Lawrence College at 7 p.m. on Monday, November 16. The students are being recognized for their Fulbright Association-sponsored participation in a week-long writing workshop held at the College in July. The awards program takes place during International Education Week.
Sarah Lawrence College's Distinctive Pedagogy has Served, and will Serve, Veterans Well
Sarah Lawrence College is participating in the Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program, one component of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007, making it financially possible for veterans, and their qualifying dependents, to attend private colleges and universities.
“The Devil is in the Details”: A Panel and Discussion of Health Care Reform, October 26
Health care reform and the details of proposals being put forth in Congress will be discussed by a panel of experts on October 26 at 6 p.m. at Sarah Lawrence College. Sponsored by the Health, Science and Society faculty group, it is the first in a series of programs on the topic of health care reform and the implications for health, science and society in the U.S. Free and open to the public, the presentation and discussion will take place in the Donnelley Lecture Hall, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, on the College’s campus.
Expert on Afghanistan to Present Bozeman Lecture
"Understanding Afghanistan," the topic of Sarah Lawrence College’s Bozeman Lecture to be held Monday, October 12 at 5:30 p.m. in Titsworth Lecture Hall, will be presented by Dr. Charles Norchi, Associate Professor of Law and Director of the Marine Law Institute at the University of Maine, a former member of the Sarah Lawrence history faculty, and co-editor of Afghanistan: Essential Field Guide to Humanitarian and Conflict Zones. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The Tournées Film Festival at Sarah Lawrence College
Sarah Lawrence College presents The Tournées Film Festival, a selection of contemporary French films, to be screened in 35mm format in the Donnelley Film Theatre, Heimbold Visual Arts Center, Thursdays, October 22 through November 19 at 7 p.m. The screenings are free and open to the public.
Sarah Lawrence Participates in Project on Depression in College Students; Significant Results Realized
“Unrecognized and untreated depression is currently the most common serious public health problem in college students,” states the National College Depression Partnership (NCDP), a public health initiative in which Sarah Lawrence College is taking part. Utilizing a model developed by the NCDP for screening students both in primary care as well as counseling, connecting them with services, and tracking their progress, the College’s health services, under the direction of director Nance Roy, is finding both a significant number of cases that would have gone undetected, and success in ameliorating the students’ conditions.
Sarah Lawrence College Crew Team to participate in the Hudson Quadricentennial Celebration
As part of a yearlong Yonkers celebration of the Quadcentennial of Henry Hudson’s voyage up the Hudson River, Sarah Lawrence College’s men’s and women’s crew team will row two, 4-oared Whitehall gig boats, the type of boat used in a lavish 300th anniversary celebration regatta in Yonkers in 1909.
Kashmir: Survival in a Long War A Talk by Author Justine Hardy
Author and journalist Justine Hardy will discuss her new book, a work of memoir as well as journalistic reporting, about a family in the war-torn region of Kashmir between India and Pakistan on Thursday, September 24 at 5:15 in Titsworth Lecture Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Book Co-Edited by Faculty Member Nicolaus Mills on American Withdrawal from Iraq
With changes in American troop movements underway in Iraq in preparation for large-scale reductions in forces expected following the January elections there, attention must be focused on how America leave Iraq, assuming the importance our invasion did in 2003. Nicolaus Mills, co-editor of Getting Out: Comparative Perspectives for Leaving Iraq, recently published by University of Pennsylvania Press, says that while there is much talk about just and unjust wars, governments rarely talk about “getting out” from an occupied country except with regard to protecting their troops.
Student in Genetics/Genomics Certificate Program Awarded Prestigious Fellowship
A student in Sarah Lawrence College’s Public Health Genetics/Genomics certificate program, Selvi Sriranganathan, has been awarded a public policy fellowship cosponsored by the American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) and the National Human Genome Research Institute.
Sarah Lawrence Dean Honored for Work on Art, Architecture of New York City Mosques
Dean of the College Jerrilynn Dodds will be honored for her ground-breaking work, New York Masjid: The Mosques of New York City, by Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer at the second Iftar dinner taking place on September 2.
New Film Explores Connection between Nature and Learning; Fosters Children's Appreciation for the Environment
Beginning this fall public television stations across the nation will air a new film, “When Learning Comes Naturally,” produced by Jonathan Diamond Associates in association with Sarah Lawrence College’s Child Development Institute (CDI). The film is the fourth in a series that explores various ways that children learn and will be aired on public television stations.
Chantal Gil '10 Brings Home Medals from the Maccabiah Games
Chantal Gil ’10, a member of the Sarah Lawrence crew team who joined the Israeli National Rowing team this year following her junior year abroad in Israel, won a Silver and Bronze Medal at the 18th Maccabiah Games, which took place in Israel from July-12-23. The Maccabiah Games are the third largest sporting event in the world with more than 8,000 Jewish athletes competing from over 60 countries.
President Karen Lawrence elected to Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) Board of Trustees
Sarah Lawrence College President Karen Lawrence has been elected to serve on the Board of Trustees of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) for 2009-2010. CICU’s mission is to develop consensus among its 100+ members and to advance higher education public policy at the state and federal level. The Commission serves as the formal organizational liaison with the New York State Board of Regents, the State Commissioner of Education, and the chancellors of the State University (SUNY) and City University (CUNY) for the state’s private colleges and universities.
The Child Development Institute Presents "Consuming Kids: Reclaiming Childhood from Media Moguls and Corporate Marketers"
Susan Linn, EdD, a psychologist, writer, award-winning producer, and puppeteer, will deliver the 2009 Thomas H. Wright lecture, presented by Sarah Lawrence College’s Child Development Institute, on Monday, July 13 at 4:30 p.m. in the Donnelley Theatre of the Heimbold Visual Arts Center. Linn is associate director of the Media Center, Judge Baker Children’s Center in Boston, instructor in psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, and co-founder and director of the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood. The lecture is free and open to the public. For further information please call (914) 395 2412.
Sarah Lawrence College Senior Chantal Gil named to Israeli National Rowing Team
Chantal Gil '10, a member of the Sarah Lawrence crew team, was selected to join the Israeli National Rowing Team to compete at the 18th Maccabiah Games in Israel, July 12-23. The Maccabiah Games in Israel is the third largest sporting event in the world with over 8,000 Jewish athletes competing from over 60 countries.
Sarah Lawrence College Honors Five Distinguished Alumnae/i
Five Sarah Lawrence College alumnae/i received citations for achievement and service at the College's 2009 reunion. Those honored for achievement are Stuart G. Hopps, MFA ’69, heralded as one of Britain’s leading choreographers; Nancy Press ’69, co-founder of Child Aid, a nonprofit organization supporting disadvantaged children in Latin America; Jiway Tung ’89, who created a residential training program for at-risk youth in Indonesia; and Heather Winters ’84 film producer and writer, best known as executive producer of Morgan Spurlock’s highly acclaimed Super Size Me. Diana Chambers Leslie ’69 is cited for more than 15 years of active service to the College.
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton “America’s Pediatrician” to Speak at Sarah Lawrence College on May 8
Dr. T. Berry Brazelton, noted pediatrician, author and nationally recognized expert on young children and Dr. Joshua Sparrow, child, adolescent and general psychiatrist, author and child development expert, will speak at Sarah Lawrence College on Friday, May 8 at 9 a.m. During their presentation entitled “Touchpoints: A Developmental and Relational Model for Working With Children and Families,” Dr. Brazelton and Dr. Sparrow will discuss the issue of preparing children to be successful academically, in ways that respect and nurture the whole child.