Archives: August 2006

August 24, 2006

Multiple rankings

It’s that time of year when the college rankings are out, and once again the College is in the second row of U.S. News’s annual rankings, with some cow college in the Berkshires taking the lead spot. Congratulations to Williams...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:52 AM | Comments (1)

August 21, 2006

Shirin Adhami '01 featured in Brookline

Friday’s MetroWest Daily News features the photography of Shirin Adhami ‘01. Adhami’s portraits of dolls and their owners, a project she started with customers of her mother’s doll store in Milford, MA, are featured through mid-September at the Brookline Arts...

Parker Morse '96 at 11:28 AM | Comments (0)

August 11, 2006

Michael de Beer '96, 1973-2006

Our regular searches for College news turned up word of the death of Mike de Beer ‘96. While I’ve noted a few alumni deaths here, until now it hasn’t been anyone I knew, had classes with, shared meals in Valentine...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:24 PM | Comments (2)

August 10, 2006

Rettig '05 to Rwanda on Fulbright

According to the Rockville Register Star, Max Rettig ‘05 is on his way to Rwanda on a Fulbright scholarship. [T]hrough face-to-face interaction and interviews with Rwandan genocide survivors as well as prisoners, Rettig … will study how the country copes...

Parker Morse '96 at 02:59 PM | Comments (0)

August 07, 2006

Not so silent Cal

Last week, the Library of Congress’s American Memory site remembered the anniversary of Calvin Coolidge 1895’s inauguration as President of the USA. The LOC has a significant exhibit on the Coolidge era, notably including a number of audio clips of...

Parker Morse '96 at 03:30 PM | Comments (0)

August 02, 2006

Gupta '01's new venture makes WSJ

Laurel draws our attention to buzz for Amit Gupta ‘01 (or is that ‘04?) and his latest venture, Photojojo. Gupta’s first creation was the Daily Jolt (for which Brian once worked.) Photojojo appeared in the Wall Street Journal’s “Blog Watch”...

Parker Morse '96 at 10:28 AM

Extraterrestrial art from Keats '94

Jonathon Keats ‘94 is at it again. Keats, who in 2002 led a petition drive to pass a logical law, A=A (“every entity shall be identical to itself,”) into a statutory law in Berkeley, CA, is now exhibiting “the first...

Parker Morse '96 at 09:49 AM