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Carmen Cid Recogized by Women’s Education and Legal Fund |
Carmen Cid, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences, was honored as one of five women presented with 2006 Maria Miller Stewart Awards by the Connecticut Women’s Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF) on Oct. 12. The event, held at the Hartford Hilton, attracted more than 400 people in support of CWEALF’s efforts to provide legal, educational, and other support for women, girls, and their families. In accepting the award, Cid told the audience, “We all mentor each other, sometimes unknowingly. Each of us in enriched by the encounters we have with other people during our lives. Take mental notes of these experiences. That and a little faith can move mountains.”
(shown with Carmen are Chancellor David Carter
and CWEALF Executive Director Alice Pritchard.)
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Dr. Nuñez Gets to Know the Community |
President Elsa Nuñez continues to meet members of the campus community, as well as members of the local neighborhood.
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The midnight pancake tradition at Hurley Hall
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A visit to the Child and Family Development Resource Center (Sept. 19) |
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| As a guest of WILI-AM’s Wayne Norman (Oct. 4) |
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Getting to know Burr Hall residents (Oct. 11) |
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Professor of English Lisa Fraustino, the second of Eastern’s two Fulbright Scholars in 2006, is still in Thailand, teaching and consulting in the discipline of American children's literature at Mahasarakham University. Find out more about her adventures by visiting http://lisainthailand.blogspot.com. (“sawadee-ka” means “hello” in Thai) |
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- Half of a Yellow Sun, the new novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ’01, was reviewed in the Sept. 18 issue of People magazine. The magazine called Half of a Yellow Sun “powerful,” and said Adichie “masterfully” crafts a narrative that is full of “memorable characters.” (The book has also been reviewed in The New York Times.)
- Eastern’s fire safety demonstration on Sept. 21 of a residence hall room burning received coverage that day on television channels 8, 61, and 30.
- Russell Sampson, associate professor of astronomy, was quoted in “Heavenly Nights,” an extensive article on stargazing published on Sept. 25 in the Hartford Courant.
- President Elsa Nuñez was featured on WILI-AM radio on Oct. 4.
- Professor Emil Popock’s studies of shopping malls was referenced on CNN on Oct. 16 as part of a story on suburban sprawl.
- Eastern made the CAL section of the Hartford Courant on Oct. 19; the James Earl Jones lecture on Oct. 24 was promoted.
- The Connecticut-based “Farmer Rick Band” has been selected to perform this fall for the national Cure Autism Now campaign, in Washington, D.C.; New York City; Orlando; and Houston. David Mariasi, supervisor of financial aid, is the drummer for the band, which plays children’s music as it raises money for autism research.
- William Leahy, chief operating officer for the Institute for Sustainable Energy at Eastern, has been appointed to a team of eight people who will constitute the state’s fuel diversification task force. The task force is charged with developing alternative energy sources for Connecticut, and must report its findings to the legislature by Jan. 1, 2007.
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- Science Week; November 13-17
- Bill Nye the Science Guy; November 16
- University Hour; Wednesdays at 3 p.m.
- Classic Film Series; Wednesdays at 7 p.m.
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