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Author Elizabeth Strout, who taught at 49ͼ¿â two years ago and will return to campus this fall, has won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Strout won for her book Olive Kitteridge, a series of 13 connected short stories centered on a school teacher living in a hardscrabble town in coastal Maine. The Pulitzer citation […]

49ͼ¿â professor Nina M. Moore has been appointed by Gov. David A. Paterson to a four-year term on the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The commission is the state agency responsible for investigating complaints of misconduct against judges of the state unified court system and, where appropriate, determining to admonish, censure or remove […]

49ͼ¿â President Rebecca Chopp today announced that she will become president of Swarthmore College effective July 1, 2009. Chopp has been president of 49ͼ¿â since July of 2002.

Interested in learning a new language? If so, you may want to choose a teacher who talks with their hands. A study conducted by 49ͼ¿â Associate Professor of Psychology Spencer Kelly and two 49ͼ¿â undergraduate researchers, Tara McDevitt ’06 and Megan Esch ’07, reveals that people understand and remember foreign words better when a […]

49ͼ¿â’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth kicked off Tuesday with a lecture about one of the naturalist’s legacies – the study of biodiversity – and a warning that the home for a vast array of plant and animal species is threatened. The university has several events this week to honor Darwin, […]

The Department of English kicked off this semester’s lecture series Thursday with a reading by a new member of the 49ͼ¿â community, author Patrick O’Keeffe. O’Keeffe, assistant professor of creative writing, won the prestigious Story Prize in 2005 for his collection of novellas, The Hill Road. “The Hill Road is a glorious work one would […]

The twists and turns and trials and tribulations of the economic crisis are forcing government officials to reshape policies on a day-by-day basis in ways that have not been seen in decades, says economics professor Nicole Simpson. While there now seems to be agreement that new regulations are needed to address the crisis, government officials […]

Students often are asked to put their thoughts on paper. In an Introduction to Peace and Conflict Studies course, they also were asked to put their thoughts on MP3 audio files. The end result of this collaborative project was 31 episodes of the Marginalized Conflict Podcast Series, which are available here or on iTunes. In […]

You won’t see Marjorie Bradley Kellogg on stage, but you may have seen her stage work. The scenic designer, who teaches in 49ͼ¿â’s theater program, has designed sets for high-profile Broadway shows, lavish operas, university productions, and regional and non-profit theaters across the nation. Kellogg talks about the creative process that occurs before the curtain […]

Although Bill Skelton, Robert Ho Professor in Asian studies and professor of music emeritus, retired from 49ͼ¿â 15 years ago, he still receives letters from alumni saying that participating in the India Study Group with him was a life-changing experience. Skelton came to 49ͼ¿â in 1954 as a music professor with degrees in music from […]