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Reed in the Media
2008
April 8
Reed student dies of apparent accidental drug overdose, as reported in the Oregonian
April 4
President Colin Diver contributes to the Chronicle of Higher Ed article on public perception of politics in the classroom.
April 3
The Oregonian explores the successful Reed canyon restoration effort.
March 20
Kimberly Clausing, Reed professor of economics, contributes to a USA Today story questioning if the U.S. tax code is responsible for exporting jobs.
March 19
Darius Rejali, Reed professor of political science, takes part in the NPR Intelligence Squared debate U.S. "Are Tough Interrogations Necessary?"
March 5
The Oregonian explores Tracing the "Untraceable." Reed’s Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery director, Stephanie Snyder, is featured as curator.
March 3
President Diver is featured in an Oregon Public Broadcasting story on the impact that changes in tuition policies of colleges such as Stanford and Harvard are having in Oregon.
February 29
Paul Gronke, Reed political science professor, contributes to the Boston Herald story on early voting in the Texas primary.
February 28
Reed President Colin Diver contributes to The Insider Higher Ed story that questions the relevance a senior thesis should play in later life.
February 14
The Oregonian reports on Reed's discovery of the earliest known recording of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." The “Howl” story has been picked up extensively throughout the US, and has spread to London’s Guardian Newspaper.
February 13
Darius Rejali, Reed professor of political science, is featured in Harper’s Magazine No Comment.
January 29
TASHI’s historic musical reunion at ROMP! featured in the Los Angeles Times.
January 24
Paul Marthers, Reed Dean of Admission, writes on the rising cost of attending college for Inside Higher Ed.
January 14
Paul Gronke, Reed political science professor, adds to these New York Times and Washington Post stories on how early voting is changing Presidential campaign strategy.
2007
December 9, 2007
Darius Rejali, Reed professor of political science, is featured in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette story about raising torture as a campaign issue in the Presidential race. He also has works featured in the Washington Post Opinion section and the Boston Globe Ideas section.
November 28, 2007
Darius Rejali, Reed professor of political science, is on the "Hot Seat." Read Rejali’s Q&A with Willamette Week’s Lawrence J. Maushard on the release of his upcoming book Torture and Democracy.
November 13, 2007
Reed College naturalist Zac Perry talks to the Tribune about using conifers from a live-Christmas-tree program in his efforts to reintroduce native plant species to the canyon.
November 9, 2007
With a new book, Torture and Democracy, coming out next month, Reed political science professor Darius Rejali spoke about the history of torture with NPR news, Minnesota Public Radio, and NPR's All Things Considered.
November 8, 2007
The Oregonian reported on a Halloween incident at Reed involving dummies hanging from trees in Eliot Circle, on October 31 and November 8.
September 30, 2007
The New York Times Magazine's Jacques Steinberg asked recent alumni of Reed, as well as alumni of the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan: how would you rate your overall experience as an undergraduate student? Read the article, and the results of an extensive Times poll.
September 19, 2007
Reed political science professor Paul Gronke weighs in on Portland mayoral politics in the alternative newspaper Willamette Week.
September 16, 2007
Anthony Kronman, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale, places Reed among schools that foster critical thinking about the foundations of knowledge through a strong humanities curriculum. See Kronman's article in the Boston Globe and his interview with Inside Higher Ed.
September 13, 2007
A Reed junior's photograph of a barefoot student, which appeared in the New York Times, is the subject of analysis on "No Caption Needed," a blog about photojournalism authored by Northwestern University professor of communications, Robert Hariman
September 10, 2007
Peter Steinberger, dean of the faculty and Robert H. and Blanche Day Ellis professor of political science and humanities, challenges the validity and utility of US News college rankings in the Oregonian.
September 1, 2007
The opera Gimpel the Fool, by David Schiff, R. P. Wollenberg Professor of Music at Reed, is reviewed in Opera News.
August 27, 2007
Oregonian coverage of Reed's new academic year focuses on community service trips during orientation week and Reed's designation by the Princeton Review as offering the "best classroom experience" of any U.S. four-year college.
July 29, 2007
In a "Trendspotting" piece, the New York Times features photos of barefoot students at Reed; the photos were shot by Reed student Molly Gingras.
June 11, 2007
Political science professor Darius Rejali appears on NPR's Talk of the Nation, along with Tony Lagouranis, author of Fear Up Harsh, for a show about torture in Iraq.
June 7, 2007
Salon.com and the Washington Post discuss the effect of torture on the torturer with political scientist Darius Rejali, whose upcoming book (Princeton University Press) is titled Torture and Democracy.
May 25, 2007
President Colin Diver is interviewed by the Chronicle of Higher Education about the methodolgoy and effect of the U.S. News rankings.
May 15, 2007
Reed graduates the Class of 2007; commencement coverage in the Oregonian.
May 10, 2007
The LA Times includes Reed in coverage of popular colleges with larger wait lists in 2007.
April 23, 2007
The Chronicle of Higher Education selects Paul Marthers as one of 10 admission deans nationally who are making a mark on the admissions profession.
April 16, 2007
Dean of Admission Paul Marthers is interviewed by the Oregonian about the rise in applications at top colleges.
April 2, 2007
Reed College appears in a TIME Magazine article on college rankings.
March 15, 2007
The Oregonian profiles Reed students involved in Students for a Democratic Society who helped stage a dramatic antiwar installation on campus.
March 12, 2007
The Oregonian's Gabrielle Glaser profiles a 12-year-old Portlander with visions of attending Reed on the proceeds of his new biodiesel business.
March 2, 2007
Historian Maurice Isserman '73 examines the resurgence of Students for a Democratic Society on college campuses in the Chronicle of Higher Education. Read Isserman's article on SDS in Reed magazine.
February 22, 2007
President Colin Diver is interviewed by Margot Adler of NPR about Reed's refusal to participate in the U.S. News rankings, in a story about colleges rethinking the admissions process.
February 12, 2007
Oregon Public Broadcasting reports on Reed's arts outreach program to Portland public schools for Black History Month. Listen to the story (5 mins 53 secs ~ 5.4 MB).
February 12, 2007
The New Yorker's Jane Mayer talks to Darius Rejali, author of the forthcoming book Torture and Democracy, about the popular counterterrorism television drama 24.
February 7, 2007
S. Renee Mitchell interviews assistant dean of multicultural affairs Lisa Moore for her column in the Oregonian.
February 6, 2007
Willamette Week's Julie Sabatier interviews Julian Bond after his lecture at Reed during Black History Month.
January 26, 2007
Stephanie Snyder, director of the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery at Reed College, is selected by the Oregonian as one of the top 10 players on Porland's visual arts scene.
2006
December 14, 2006
Dean of admission Paul Marthers talks to the San Francisco Chronicle about application crunch time.
November 16, 2006
Oregon Public Broadcasting airs an extensive interview with Reed religion professor Kenneth Brashier, Baccalaureate Professor of the Year.
November 15, 2006
CASE/Carnegie Foundation name Reed religion and humanities professor Kenneth Brashier as the Baccalaureate Professor of the Year, in USA Today.
November 16, 2006
Chinese religions scholar Kenneth Brashier interviewed by the Oregonian on his Professor of the Year award.
November 15, 2006
Reed College appears in article on undocumented immigrant students in Willamette Week.
November 14, 2006
Paul Marthers publishes editorial in Inside Higher Ed on the "green future" of higher education with co-author Amir Rahnamay-Azar of the University of Southern California.
November 5, 2006
The Oregonian reviews the work of art professor Michael Knutson, an artist "at the high-water mark of his career."
November 1, 2, & 4, 2006
The International Herald Tribune, the Economist, and NPR interview Paul Gronke, associate professor and chair of political science at Reed College and director of the Early Voting Information Center.
October 27, 2006
Darius Rejali, professor of political science, publishes an op-ed in Slate.
October 22, 2006
The New York Times talks to political science professor Paul Gronke about absentee voting.
October 9, 2006
Political science professor Darius Rejali is interviewed by ENGAGE, the podcast program of global culture and engaged philosophy produced by Oregon State University.
October 1, 2006
President Colin Diver expresses his views about public K-12 education in the Washington Post.
September 24, 2006
President Colin Diver discusses admission pressures on CBS Sunday Morning.
September 15, 2006
NPR's Wendy Kaufman talks with Reed students and Dean of Admission Paul Marthers about marketing higher education.
August 23, 2006
The Oregonian reports Daniel Bump, mathematics professor at Stanford University, is the recipient of Reed's Vollum Award.
August 21, 2006
Newsweek lists Reed College among the 'New Ivies.'
August 17, 2006
Dean of Admission Paul Marthers talks to ABC.com about the rankings.
July 10, 2006
The Oregonian profiles religion professor Kambiz GhaneaBassiri.
