Buzz From Sarah Lawrence College

Matthew Wheeler ‘90 sheds light on Bangkok bombings

Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:34:00 -0400

Matthew Wheeler ‘90 reported on the bombings that took place in Bangkok, Thailand on August 17 for CCTV America. Wheeler has been an analyst for the International Crisis Group since 2012.

Komozi Woodward, history faculty, on BBC Radio 4

Wed, 28 Oct 2015 16:32:00 -0400

Komozi Woodward, history faculty member and leading authority on Amiri Baraka, was interviewed in a segment for BBC Radio 4 entitled “Fiery Inspiration: Amiri Baraka and the Black Arts Movement.”

News 12 Westchester features Sarah Lawrence Center for the Urban River at Beczak

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:50:00 -0400

A group of 6th-graders from Manhattan are the latest group of students to experience the wildlife of the Hudson River with the help of the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak, as seen in News 12 Westchester.

Theater faculty David Neumann wins coveted Bessie Award

Thu, 22 Oct 2015 13:49:00 -0400

“I Understand Everything Better” by David Neumann, theatre faculty, has been awarded a New York Dance and Performance Award, more commonly known as a “Bessie,” for Outstanding Production, as noted in The New York Times.

Dan Zevin, writing faculty, reimagines children's picture books for adults

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:03:00 -0400

Dan Zevin, writing faculty, has created a series of parodic, adult picture books inspired by the 1971 children's series Mr. Men Little Miss. Zevin's adaptation of the child-like characters, named after their emotions, use contemporary, mature humor, as seen in The Daily Beast.

Comic by James Tynion '10 to become television series

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:02:00 -0400

Universal Cable Productions has purchased the rights to The Woods, a sci-fi horror adventure by James Tynion ’10, as noted by The Hollywood Reporter. The comic takes place in a suburban community in Milwaukee, where faculty and staff from a preparatory high school vanish and are discovered light-years away on another planet.

Nick Mills, literature faculty, on Hemingway exhibition

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:34:00 -0400

In an opinion piece for The Daily Beast, literature faculty member Nick Mills offers his thoughts on the new exhibition at New York City’s Morgan Library: “Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars.”

The Boston Globe features Ellen Kempner ‘16

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:33:00 -0400

The Boston Globe

The Telegraph chronicles Alec Soth ‘92

Wed, 30 Sep 2015 16:32:00 -0400

The life and work of Alec Soth ‘92 is featured in The Telegraph (London): “Soth is, by general consensus, the greatest living photographer of America’s social and geographical landscape, the modern heir to a tradition of documentary photography…”

Julianna Margulies ‘89 featured on CBS Sunday Morning

Mon, 28 Sep 2015 09:40:00 -0400

Julianna Margulies ’89, star of the Emmy award-winning TV drama, “The Good Wife,” was profiled on CBS Sunday Morning: "…when I went to Sarah Lawrence College and got up on that stage, the first play I was cast in, I felt like I was home," recounted Margulies.

Sarah Lawrence College named most LGBTQ-friendly school in New York State

Tue, 22 Sep 2015 16:54:00 -0400

eCollegeFinder has named Sarah Lawrence College the most LGBTQ-friendly school in New York State: “Ranked as one of the Top 20 LGBT friendly colleges for LGBT students by The Princeton Review. Queer People of Color, Queer Voice Coalition, The Rocky Horror Picture Show Shadow Cast Production, and Trans Action are a few club organizations for you to pick and choose from.”

Magdalena Ornstein-Sloan, psychology faculty, on parental caregiving

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:25:00 -0400

NBC Newsprofiles Magdalena Ornstein-Sloan, psychology faculty.

CBS News examines the work of National Medal of Arts recipient Meredith Monk ‘64

Mon, 14 Sep 2015 11:21:00 -0400

Meredith Monk ’64, recipient of the National Medal of Arts from President Obama, in a CBS News profile.

Shelly Oria MFA ’07 one of seven “Israeli expat writers to watch in the new year”

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:01:00 -0400

The Jewish Telegraphic Agency lists Shelly Oria MFA ’07, who moved from Tel Aviv to New York to attend Sarah Lawrence, as one of seven “Israeli expat writers to watch in the new year.”

The origins of the five-day workweek according to Priscilla Murolo, history faculty

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:01:00 -0400

Priscilla Murolo, history faculty, comments on the origins of the five-day workweek for Politifact: "Demands for the five-day week began to proliferate in 1919, a year in which 4 million American workers went out on strike. That was about 20 percent of the industrial labor force."

Nick Mills, literature faculty, on the European migrant crisis for The Daily Beast

Thu, 10 Sep 2015 16:00:00 -0400

In an opinion piece for The Daily Beast, Nick Mills, literature faculty, offers his thoughts on the power of images and their effect on government policy in relation to the ongoing European migrant crisis.

Laura Hercher, human genetics faculty, in Buzzfeed

Tue, 8 Sep 2015 15:33:00 -0400

Human genetics faculty member Laura Hercher weighs in on the debate surrounding Ohio’s proposed legislation that would ban abortion based on a diagnosis of Down syndrome for Buzzfeed.

Sibyl Kempson, theatre faculty, featured in The New York Times

Tue, 8 Sep 2015 15:12:00 -0400

“Fondly, Collette Richland,” a new play by Sibyl Kempson, theatre faculty, is set to begin previews at New York Theater Workshop later this month, as reported in The New York Times. John Collins, the play’s director and artistic director of Elevator Repair Service, the company set to put on the production, and Mac Wellman, who Kempson studied with, recently conducted master classes and colloquiums at Sarah Lawrence.

Sibyl Kempson, theatre faculty, featured in American Theatre

Thu, 3 Sep 2015 16:15:00 -0400

American Theatre features a piece on the life and work of theatre faculty member Sibyl Kempson, proclaiming that “…she is a category of her own—to quote Frank Hentschker, ‘There is post-symbolism, or Sibylism,’ and we will soon put artists into her category.”

The Wall Street Journal profiles Dan Hurlin, theatre faculty

Thu, 3 Sep 2015 12:56:00 -0400

Dan Hurlin, director of the graduate program in theatre, is profiled in The Wall Street Journal. Hurlin spent his summer at the MacDowell retreat, an honor bestowed upon him for the third time. “At MacDowell, you’re living in a really charged community of passionate makers of art. It’s an artistic hothouse, a place to let you be inspired, to let you take risks and to let you fail,” said Hurlin.

Shank’s Mare, by Tom Lee, theatre faculty, to open in New York City

Thu, 27 Aug 2015 09:34:00 -0400

Shank’s Mare, a puppetry collaboration between theatre faculty member Tom Lee and Japanese puppet master Koryu Nishikawa V, which premiered at Sarah Lawrence this past April, is set to open in New York City in November, as noted in The New York Times.

Cynthia Macdonald MA ’70 remembered

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:17:00 -0400

The New York Times remembers former faculty member Cynthia Macdonald MA ’70 for her poetry and other achievements, including co-founding the University of Houston’s creative writing program and becoming a certified Freudian psychoanalyst, specializing in treating patients with writer’s block.

The Ambassador’s Wife, by Jennifer Steil MFA ’96, to become TV series

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:16:00 -0400

Anne Hathaway is set to star in a TV adaption of recently published novel The Ambassador’s Wife by Jennifer Steil MFA ’96, as featured in Entertainment Weekly.

VP Tom Blum on PBS NewsHour

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:14:00 -0400

PBS NewsHour

Alec Soth ’92 featured in New Yorker photo essay

Wed, 26 Aug 2015 15:13:00 -0400

In a photo essay for The New Yorker, Alec Soth ’92 documents the “persistent suffering and persistent renewal” of New Orleans 10 years after Hurricane Katrina.