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Reed College celebrates Black History Month with lectures, music, and performances, January 24 – February 28
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Events will feature activist and author bell hooks, scholar Michael Eric Dyson, the percussive dance group Step Afrika, the avant-garde jazz trio Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, and Portland Jazz Festival's special multimedia introduction to jazz. (December 22, 2005) Read more...Lisa Steinman awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship
Faculty News
The award will support the Reed English professor's work on a book about contemporary American poetry. (December 15, 2005) Read more...Lankford grant supports the joint research of Rachel Preminger '06 and classics professor Nigel Nicholson into the commemoration of athletes in ancient Greece
Student News
Student/faculty collaboration is the hallmark of the Reed College experience. (December 15, 2005) Read more...Reed College senior Chalcedony Wilding explores the heartland of America in "Jawbones to Earlobes: Persona Poems from Avoca"
Student News
The creative writing project, funded by a Kaspar T. Locher Creative Fellowship, evokes the residents of small-town Iowa in the 1950s. (December 09, 2005) Read more...Andrew Abbott discusses the impact of library practice on scholarly methods, January 31 at Reed College
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An exploration into how the modern digitization of library collections affects traditional scholarly methods. (December 09, 2005) Read more...Art historian Jonathan Brown lectures on Philip IV, the first modern collector, January 26
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The 17th century monarch built the extraordinary Spanish royal collection into of the greatest in Europe. (December 09, 2005) Read more...Reed College biology department receives $200,000 grant from the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation
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Grant will fund the continuation of a successful educational outreach program to local public schools. (December 07, 2005) Read more...Reed College to strengthen study of foreign language, literature, and culture
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An anonymous gift will support a chair in Jewish literature and culture studies in the Russian department. (December 07, 2005) Read more..."New Trajectories I: Recent Painting, Drawing, and Multimedia Work from the Ovitz Collection, Los Angeles" opens at Reed's Cooley Gallery
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Works by acclaimed contemporary artists are on view January 24 through March 11, 2006. (December 05, 2005) Read more...Reed College history professor publishes new book on the Indian nobility in South America
Faculty News
David Garrett releases "Shadows of Empire: The Indian Nobility of Cusco, 1750-1825." (December 01, 2005) Read more...Political scientist Adolph Reed, Jr. discusses the "Challenges of Academic Diversity," December 8 at Reed College
Events
Founder of the Labor Party and frequent contributor to "The Nation," "The Village Voice," and "The Progressive," Reed is the author of "The (Un)Changing Face of the Ivy League." (November 21, 2005) Read more...President Colin Diver questions "Is There Life After Rankings?" in "The Atlantic Monthly"
Campus News
"A report card from one college president, whose school now shuns the U.S. News ranking system" and has not only survived but thrived." (November 16, 2005) Read more..."Encounters across the Centuries": Music for the Christmas Season at Reed College, December 4
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Singers of the Collegium Musicum perform music by Josquin and Poulenc, and the Reed Chorus sings Stravinsky's Mass for mixed chorus and ten wind instruments. (November 11, 2005) Read more...John Vergin presents "December's Tale," a seasonal celebration of words and music, at Reed College, December 13
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The popular solo performance incorporates music, prose, and poetry to tell a story of Christmas (November 11, 2005) Read more...Reed College biology professor David Dalton receives National Science Foundation grant for his research into soybean root nodules
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Three-year National Science Foundation grant of $426,881 will support multiple research opportunities for both Reed College students and Portland area high school students. (November 10, 2005) Read more...Reed alumna Victoria Pustynsky awarded a prestigious Jack Kent Cooke Scholarship
Alumni News
Grant will underwrite her pursuit of an M.B.A. at Cornell University. (November 08, 2005) Read more...Charles Snyder, of the U.S. Department of State, discusses the humanitarian crisis in Darfur, November 15
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The senior representative for the State Department discusses ""The Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement: A Framework for Peace and Reconciliation for All Sudanese" (November 02, 2005) Read more...Reed history professor receives grant for "Making Publics: Markets, Media, and Association in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1700"
Faculty News
David Harris Sacks, the Richard F. Scholz Professor of History at Reed College, is part of a 17-member interdisciplinary research team of co-applicants that has been awarded a grant of over $2.4 million CDN from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). (November 02, 2005) Read more...China Day 2005: "China Joins the Global Community"
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An interdisciplinary symposium hosted by the Reed College Chinese studies faculty and designed for high school students and teachers interested in China (November 02, 2005) Read more...Professor Maria Gough of Stanford University lectures on "Lissitzky, Vertov, and the Agitation of Space," November 9
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Professor Maria Gough of Stanford University lectures on "Lissitzky, Vertov, and the Agitation of Space," November 9 (November 01, 2005) Read more...Reed College Theater presents "Tartuffe" by Moliere continues on November 17, 18, and 19
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Moliere's 17th century satire on religious hypocrisy, "Tartuffe" remains one of the classic comedies of the French theatre. (October 14, 2005) Read more...Exhibition by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum opens at Reed College's Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, November 1
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Hatoum will give a free public lecture on Wednesday, November 2, as part of the Stephen E. Ostrow Distinguished Visitors in the Arts Program. (October 14, 2005) Read more...Nationally acclaimed dancer-choreographer Heidi Duckler creates new site-specific performance at Reed College
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The free public performance on November 4 at Reed is part of a week of special Collage Dance Theatre events, including a brown bag discussion with PICA and a public workshop at Conduit Dance Inc. (October 10, 2005) Read more...Maxine Scates' "Black Loam" named a finalist for 2005 Oregon Book Awards
Faculty News
The Eugene poet is a visiting associate professor of creative writing at Reed College. (October 10, 2005) Read more...Reed College's Cooley Gallery presents art historian William Arnett on African American vernacular art, October 22
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The acclaimed curator, author, and editor, will lecture on "African American Vernacular Art: A Secret Language, A Hidden Tradition." (October 07, 2005) Read more...Trailblazing woman mountaineer Arlene Blum discusses her autobiography "Breaking Trail: A Climbing Life" October 23 at Reed College
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Defying dominant gender stereotypes and the hostility of the 1970's climbing establishment, Blum led the first teams of women to successful ascents of Mt. McKinley and Annapurna. (October 07, 2005) Read more...NBC Today Show anchor and Oregon native Ann Curry discusses her news career on November 5 at Reed College
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Curry will speak about her experiences in journalism at noon on Saturday, November 5 in Kaul Auditorium. (October 06, 2005) Read more...Reed College professor Katja Garloff publishes "Words from Abroad: Trauma and Displacement in Postwar German Jewish Writers"
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Garloff, associate professor of German and humanities at Reed College, explores German Jewish writers in a post-Holocaust world (October 06, 2005) Read more...Reed College's Fall 2005 Visiting Writer's Series continues on November 3 with author Greg Bottoms
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Reed College's Fall 2005 Visiting Writer's Series continues on November 3 with author Greg Bottoms (October 06, 2005) Read more...Reed College Theatre presents "Dirty Water," an original thesis production by Devon Granmo, October 6-8
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Reed College Theatre presents "Dirty Water," an original thesis production by Devon Granmo, October 6-8 (October 05, 2005) Read more...Boris Gasparov discusses "Eugene Onegin in the Age of Realism (Pushkin and Tchaikovsky)" on October 3
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Boris Gasparov discusses "Eugene Onegin in the Age of Realism (Pushkin and Tchaikovsky)" on October 3 (October 03, 2005) Read more...Argentine poet Noni Benegas reads selections from her work in Spanish on October 5
Argentine poet Noni Benegas reads selections from her work in Spanish on October 5 (October 03, 2005) Read more...Reed College's Fall Canyon Day set for Saturday, October 8
Campus News
The public is invited to join as Reed College students, faculty, staff, and neighbors help restore the native plant habitat and enhance water quality at the headwaters of Crystal Springs Creek. (September 15, 2005) Read more...Reed College's Visiting Writers Fall Series concludes with Portland poet David Biespiel on November 10
Campus News
The Fall 2005 Series features five writers, including Kevin Sampsell, Lee Peterson, Joanna Scott, Greg Bottoms, and Biespiel. (September 09, 2005) Read more...Reed College Women's Committee Forum 2005 Presents the Satellite Sisters on Sunday, October 2 at Reed College
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Reed College Women's Committee Forum 2005 Presents the Satellite Sisters on Sunday, October 2 at Reed College (September 09, 2005) Read more...The Challenges Ahead: Emerging Environmental Issues
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Richard White, Jane Lubchenco, and Buck Parker examine today's complex environmental problems. (August 30, 2005) Read more...Linux creator Linus Torvalds honored with Reed College's Vollum Award
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The Vollum Award was presented to Torvalds at Reed's convocation ceremonies (August 26, 2005) Read more...Reed to host eighth annual William Byrd Festival lectures on August 13, 20, and 27
Summary (August 09, 2005) Read more...NBC Today Show anchor and Oregon native Ann Curry discusses her news career on November 5
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Curry is the final speaker in the Reed College Women’s Committee (RCWC) Forum 2005 entitled “Media: Our Link to the World� (August 09, 2005) Read more...Reed students receive internship awards
Student News
Students put their Reed education to work in communities across the country and in South America. (August 08, 2005) Read more...Mapping Sitting: On Portraiture and Photography opens August 22
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Installation by Walid Raad and Akram Zaatari, curated from the archives of the Arab Image Foundation in Beirut, Lebanon, offers a look into the faces of the historic and contemporary Middle East. (August 08, 2005) Read more..."Sonatas from the Italian Baroque"on Thursday, August 11 at Reed College
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"Sonatas from the Italian Baroque"on Thursday, August 11 at Reed College (August 08, 2005) Read more...