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Video Feature: Physics Fair
18 April 2012Student videographer Dan McAllister ’13 talked to Carleton physics students about their projects and experiences in the physics fair.
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Carleton Professor Keita Appears on Al Jazeera English’s “The Stream”
11 April 2012Carleton professor of French Cherif Keita appeared on Al Jazeera English’s “The Stream” on April 11, speaking about the coup in his native Mali and the uprising in the northern part of the country. Keita has led Carleton’s Francophone Studies off-campus program to Mali since 2000, leading seven total sessions for 144 students in that time. The most recent session occurred in the fall of 2011. On March 21, disgruntled army soldiers overthrew President Amadou Toumani Touré and dissolved the constitution. A rebellion in northern Mali is led by the MNLA (National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad). MNLA members are from various ethnic groups but are primarily Tuareg or Kel Tamasheq, meaning speakers of the Tamasheq language.
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Michael Hemesath, professor of economics and current president of the faculty at Carleton College, has been appointed the 13th president of Saint John’s University (SJU) by the University’s Board of Regents. He will begin his official duties on July 1, 2012. A 1981 SJU graduate, Hemesath is the first lay president in the 155-year history of the private, liberal arts university. “This is incredibly exciting and good news for Saint John’s University and for Mike. And although we will miss our treasured colleague and friend very much, we know this is an exceptional opportunity for him,” Carleton President Steven G. Poskanzer said.
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Photo Feature: Halau Kiawekupono O Ka Ua at Carleton
7 April 2012The male dance troupe Halau Kiawekupono O Ka Ua presented an evening of authentic traditional Hula dance and music in the Carleton College Weitz Center for Creativity.
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Two Carleton Seniors Earn Prestigious Watson Fellowships
19 March 2012Carleton College students Gracie Ogilby ’12 (Belmont, Mass.) and Niki Tomita ’12 (Redwood City, Calif.) earned two of the 40 fellowships from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation. The fellowships, awarded to college seniors to pursue their unique passion or dream for a year of independent exploration and travel outside the United States, are picked from select private liberal arts colleges and universities. This year, from over 700 candidates, 147 finalists were nominated to compete on the national level from which the 40 fellows were selected. Each fellow will receive $25,000 for twelve-months of travel and exploration.
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Coughlin’s Churchill Scholarship Receives Local Media Coverage
11 March 2012Carleton senior mathematics and physics major Michael Coughlin (Burnsville, Minn.) recently earned a prestigious Churchill Scholarship to study next year at Cambridge University in England, and the award garnered recognition from the local press. The Pioneer Press ran a feature on Coughlin on March 4, while the Burnsville newspaper This Week Live also profiled Coughlin on February 9. Finally, the Sunday, March 11 Star Tribune south metro edition profiled him as well.
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Carleton Announces Faculty Promotions
29 February 2012The Carleton College Board of Trustees recently approved the promotion of eleven faculty members, effective September 1, 2012.
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Carleton Awards Tenure to Five Faculty Members
29 February 2012Five members of the Carleton College faculty have been awarded tenure by the Board of Trustees, as announced by Beverly Nagel, Dean of the College. Effective September 1, 2012, these five faculty members will become associate professors in their academic department.
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George Vrtis, assistant professor of environmental studies and history at Carleton College, along with professor Chris Wells of Macalester College, have received a grant from the Minnesota Historical Society (MHS) for $102,522. The partnership grant, one of the two largest awarded by the MHS in this grant round, will substantially advance the state of scholarship on Minnesota’s under-studied environmental history.
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Carleton Professor tells Northfield’s Story of Electric Cinema
25 February 2012Associate professor of cinema and media studies Carol Donelan’s recent book, Electric Theater: The Emergence of Cinema in Northfield, was featured in the Feb. 25 edition of the Northfield News. The book, the third in a Northfield Historical Society series, examines the link between the Northfield’s first taste of cinema with broader cultural movements taking place at the time, such as changes in economics, architecture, and religion. Donelan states that the emergence of cinema in Northfield allowed residents “to experience people and places beyond what was readily available to them and to negotiate who they were and who they wanted to be.” Her book is now on sale at Northfield Historical Society and the Carleton Bookstore.
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