In the Media–October 2024 Roundup
Sherrilyn Ifill ’84 will deliver Harvard University’s 2024 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture, as noted by the Harvard Gazette.
Claire Isabel Webb ’10 wrote a New York Times op-ed about the NASA space probe Europa Clipper titled “Can We Please Just Find the Aliens Already?”
President Elizabeth Bradley talked to WAMC’s Midday Magazine about the new academic year following spring protests.
David Foote ’75, Chief Analyst and Chief Research Officer at Foote Partners LLC, talked about the Big Shift—tectonic changes sweeping through the workplace, driven by new high-momentum technologies of which AI is just one—on the podcast The AIX Factor.
Sarah Lester ’91, Director of Maplewood Memorial Library, was quoted extensively in a NJ.com story about the library’s new $23.5 million building.
Dara Greenwood, Associate Professor of Psychological Science and Director of Media Studies, wrote a Psychology Today article, “The Problem With the Glow Up.” Greenwood also authored an MSNBC op-ed about fame, and all of its trappings, with a focus on Chappell Roan.
Mary-Kay Lombino, Deputy Director of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, spoke to WAMC’s 51% about the Loeb’s current exhibition Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency.
A LearningWell story focused on well-being and belonging at Vassar College included interviews with President Elizabeth Bradley, Dean Carlos Alamo-Pastrana, and four students (identified by first names).
Martha Barry ’86, Manager of Alumnae House, was named a Dutchess Tourism 2024 Storytelling Award of Distinction Finalist and discussed the rich history of Alumnae House, which celebrated its 100th anniversary this year, in a Q&A published on the Dutchess Tourism website.