Reed in the Media
New York Times features Reed in an article on the increased demand for financial aid; President Diver responds to the Times article; OPB gives the Oregon perspective
New York Times features Reed College in an article on admission trends during the economic downturn
My Abandonment, the latest novel by Reed's Peter Rock, has gained local and national attention in the Oregonian, NY Post, Newsday.
Oregonian Q&A with Reed’s Crystal Williams on
her third collection of poems, Troubled Tongues
The Oregonian review of "Suddenly" at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
Early Voting has become a hot topic on the Presidential campaign trail, and Reed’s Paul Gronke is a leading expert in the field: read Paul’s latest contribution on CNNPolitics.com.
Oregon Council for the Humanities magazine features its Humanity in Perspective course. The course is taught by Reed professors, and helps low-income adults use the humanities to improve their lives.
Boston’s WBUR topical issues show, Here and Now, features Reed professor of political science Paul Gronke on the popularity of early voting.
Kimberly Clausing, Reed professor of economics, on how Wall Street's meltdown will impact the folks of Main Street on Marketplace.
Paul Gronke, Reed professor of political science, on early voting in the UK's The Guardian.
Reed dean of admission Paul Marthers on OPB’s Think Out Loud to discuss the rising cost of a college education.
Paul Gronke, Reed professor of political science, is quoted in the New York Times on the influence of early voting on campaign strategy in the presidential election.
The Oregonian on the City of Portland’s decision to include the Parker House in Reed’s amended master plan.
The Oregonian profiles "suddenly: where we live now" at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
Ellen Millender, Reed associate professor of classics, shares her thoughts on the use of technology in the classroom for a New York Times article.
Paul Gronke, Reed professor of political science, and Reed’s Early Voting Information Center are part of a USA Today story on the upcoming presidential election.
Jeffrey A. Parker, Reed professor of economics, and Paul Marthers, Reed dean of admission, examine faculty pay equity at small liberal arts colleges for Academe.
Reed Dean of the Faculty Peter Steinberger appears on OPB's Think Out Loud to discuss Reed’s drug and alcohol policy.
2008 Reed graduate Lukas Strickland is featured in the Oregonian for being a recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship travel grant.
The Oregonian reviews Jess, an exhibition at Reed's Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
Marat Grinberg, Reed Russian literature professor, comments in the New York Review of Books on the "problem of evil" in postwar Europe.
Brian Kassof, Reed visiting assistant professor of history and humanities, contributes to an OPB story on the origins of May Day.
Former President Bill Clinton responds on ABC News to the questioning of Hilary Clinton's campaign strategy by Paul Gronke, Reed political science professor.
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Reed College English Professor Awarded NEH Summer Stipend
An NEH fellowship and a grant from Reed supported Laura A. Leibman’s research this summer on the eighteenth-century Sephardic community of Newport, Rhode Island.
Portland, OR (September 17, 2007) – Laura A. Leibman, associate professor of English and humanities at Reed College, received a $5,000 Summer Stipend Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) this summer for “Converso: The Religious Life of the Sephardim of Colonial Newport.” Leibman and her research assistant, Suzanna Goldblatt ’07, were also awarded a $9,500 Ruby Grant for Faculty–Student Collaborative Research in the Humanities from Reed to begin archival research for the project.
Hoping to challenge our understanding of both the history of American Judaism and eighteenth-century religious life in New England, Leibman is undertaking the first in-depth analysis of the variety of religious literature used and written by Jews in colonial America, and placing this literature in the context of larger changes occurring in Sephardic religion during this epoch.
The NEH Summer Stipends program supports individuals pursuing advanced research that contributes to scholarly knowledge or to the public’s understanding of the humanities. Since 1965, the National Endowment for the Humanities has been promoting excellence in the humanities by providing grants for projects in four funding areas: preserving and providing access to cultural resources, education, research, and public programs.
The Ruby Grant program is designed to promote research in the humanities by Reed College faculty members and Reed students. The Ruby Grants are funded by a gift of the Ruby family to Reed College. Jane Ruby was a 1933 Reed graduate; her sister, Lucile Brown ’41, was also a graduate.
Leibman, a member of the Reed faculty since 1995, earned a B.A. from the University of California–Davis and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California–Los Angeles. She has been the recipient of Fulbright, NEH, and Culpeper grants. Leibman teaches courses in early American literature and culture, Native American literature, Jewish American literature, and American poetry.
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