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wellesleyweek
news
allison
dupuy '02 wins goldwater scholarship
site preparation started for paintshop pond cleanup
poet
and political activist suheir hammad to speak april
26
irish
poetry reading offered april 27
seniors
will spin 106-year-old tale april 28
colleagues
in the news
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allison
dupuy '02 wins goldwater scholarship
Allison
Dupuy, a junior majoring in physics and biology, has been
awarded a scholarship from the Barry M. Goldwater
Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation. It is
one of 302 scholarships given to U.S. undergraduates for the
2001-2002 academic year.
Last
year Dupuy participated in a Wellesley research team at
NASA, and over the summer, she was a research fellow at the
National Institute of Standards and Technology.
"I
performed research on three-dimensional micromanipulation of
microscopic objects by optical tweezers and laser scalpel in
the Atomic Physics Division in the Laser Cooling and
Trapping Group, which is led by William D. Phillips, the
1997 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics," she
explained.
This
summer she will work as a research fellow in biophysics at
the Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Baylor College
of Medicine and the Institute of Biosciences at Rice
University. She currently is involved in a research project
on optical tweezers under the direction of Theodore W.
Ducas, professor of physics. Treasurer of the Society of
Physics Students and a member of the Wellesley College Glee
Club, she plans to pursue a Ph.D. in biophysics after
graduation.
Goldwater Scholars were selected on the basis of academic merit from a field of 1,164 mathematics, science and engineering students nominated by college and university faculty members. The scholarships cover the cost of tuition, fees, books, and room and board up to a maximum of $7,500 per year.
site preparation started for paintshop pond cleanup
Wellesley
has begun site preparation work in anticipation of its
upcoming cleanup of the former Henry Wood's Sons paint
factory on the western edge of campus. Installation began
earlier this month on eight-foot high fencing around the
perimeter of the project area as a safety measure. An
approximately 1/3 mile portion of the path around Lake Waban
will remain closed until the project is completed in the
summer of 2002.
Once
the fencing has been erected and the site is secure, around
April 30, the College will begin to remove trees and other
vegetation from 30 on-campus acres south of Route 135 and
east of Paintshop Pond. The land must be cleared in order to
allow work crews access to the contaminated areas and to the
clean soils that will be used to contain the contaminated
soil.
The
project now is projected to take approximately 18 months to
complete. Throughout the site preparation and cleanup, the
College and its contractors will install fencing and post
signs around the work site, install air monitoring
equipment, employ dust suppression methods, and ensure that
cleanup activities are fully protective of the health of
workers and of the campus and area communities.
In
addition to eliminating the contamination problem -- and
risks to human health and the environment -- the cleanup
will result in the restoration and re-vegetation of the
southern wetland in its current location. Portions of the
northern wetland will be restored and re-vegetated in its
current location and new wetlands, larger than the existing
northern wetland, will be created. New athletic fields also
will be constructed. At the completion of the cleanup, the
College will install monitoring wells to ensure groundwater
quality. In addition, the existing walking path around Lake
Waban (portions of which will be closed during the cleanup
period) will be restored.
The College has undertaken a number of public outreach efforts as part of the ongoing cleanup, including hosting community and campus information sessions and preparing a series of fact sheets. Copies of the fact sheets and additional project information are available by calling x2788.
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5/10-5/12/01 The musical "Hair," Barstow Stage, Alumnae Hall. 5/31/01 Baccalaureate concert, 8 pm Houghton Memorial Chapel. 6/1/01 123rd commencement exercises, 10:30 am, Severance Green. |
poet and political activist suheir hammad to speak april 26
Palestinian-American
poet and political activist Suheir Hammad will speak
Thursday, April 26, at 7:30 pm at Zeta Alpha House on Tupelo
Lane. Hammad, who is a college student, recently published a
book of poems, Born Palestinian, Born Black, and a memoir,
Drops of This Story, and also is prominently featured in
Listen Up! - An Anthology of Spoken Work Poetry.
Recipient
of the Audre Lourde Writing Award from Hunter College, the
Morris Center for Healing Poetry Award, and a New York Mills
Artist Residency in Minnesota, Hammad is a frequent reader
at New York reading venues, including numerous radio
appearances, and has performed with the groups "The All That
Band" and "Rhythms of Aqua." She has produced a documentary
film, Half A Lifetime, and is writing a film titled From
Beirut To Brooklyn, based on her memoir.
In addition to her work as a creative artist, Hammad has written and spoken out about issues such as the defense of Mumia Abu-Jamal, domestic violence, sexual abuse, racism, and homophobia. Her lecture is being sponsored by Wellesley Arab Women. For more information, call x4877.
irish poetry reading offered april 27
Eavan
Boland, author of The Lost Land and other volumes of poetry,
will present a reading Friday, April 27, at 4:30 pm in the
Library Lecture Room.
Boland
is a professor of English and director of the Creative
Writing Program at Stanford University. Her other works
include An Origin Like Water: Collected Poems 1967-1987, In
a Time of Violence and Outside History: Poems 1980-1990.
Her
work has received much critical acclaim. In the New York
Review of Books, Denis Donoghue wrote, "Boland has emerged
as one of the best poets in Ireland."Pulitzer Prize winning
poet James Merrill said, "Eavan Boland is the real
thing."
The reading is sponsored by the Department of English and the Bates Fund. For more information, call x2590.
seniors will spin 106-year-old tale april 28
On
Saturday, April 28, at 9 am, Wellesley seniors will make an
historic dash, rolling old-fashioned wooden hoops in a race
to the finish line. The 106th hoop-rolling contest begins at
the CE House by Lake Waban and ends at Houghton Memorial
Chapel.
After receiving a bouquet of flowers from President Walsh (the 1966 hoop-rolling champion), the winner will be thrown into Lake Waban by her classmates-another Wellesley tradition. Years ago, the winner was said to be the first in her class to marry. These days, victory is said to bestow future success, however she may define it, upon the winner.
david
ferry, English, has won an Academy Award in Literature
from the American Academy of Arts and Letters in recognition
of "his exceptional accomplishments as both a poet and
translator."
charles
fisk, music, has published his first book, Returning
Cycles: Contexts for the Interpretation of Schubert's
Impromptus and Last Sonatas (University of California Press,
2001). The book is part of a series,&"Studies in 19th
Century Music," Joseph Kerman, general editor.
According
to Fisk, the book "explores the sense of alienation and
homecoming in the last works for piano in relation to
earlier music associated with the figure of the
"fremdling(exile): "Der Wanderer' and its fantasy, The
Unfinished Symphony, and "the song cycle"
"Winterreise."The Phyllis Henderson Carey Associate
Professor of Music, he also has an article coming out this
spring in Musical Quarterly.
marshall
goldman, economics, gave several interviews last month
on the changing relationship between Russia and the United
States, particularlyin light of the expulsion of Russian
diplomats from the US.
arlene
zallman, music, has been awarded two prestigious
fellowships: a Bunting and a Guggenheim. She will use these
fellowships to work on a number of compositional projects.
For the Bunting Fellowship, she will be provided with a
studio and be part of a community of scholars and
artists.
There will be colloquia, performances, and events of various sorts. Zallman will use the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in 2003 for 9 months.
blood drive. 10 am-3 pm, Alumnae Hall. Schedule an appointment at x3790. Sponsor: CWS.
catholic mass. 12:30 pm, Newman Common Room, Chapel lower level. Info: x2688.
french table. 12:30-1:30 pm, private dining room, Tower Court. Sponsor: French. Info: x9157.
english
tutoring.
Esther Iwanaga, professional ESL tutor, available for
individual help with all courses. Sign up: ESL tutor book.
5-9 pm, LTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480.
senate.
All welcome. 6 pm, Academic Council Room.
buddhist community gatherings for meditation and discussion 8-9 pm, Meditation Room under Houghton Chapel. Also midday nirvana (silent sitting) weekdays 12:30 - 1 pm. Info: x2793.
hebrew
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Dining Hall. Sponsor: Jewish
Studies. Info: x2873.
japan
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court/Severance Small Dining Hall.
Sponsor: Japanese. Info: x3226.
bible
study.
Discussion of Just a Sister Away by Rev. Renita Weems '76.
4:15-5:15 pm, Little Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian
Chaplaincy. Info: x2655.
lecture.
"Racial Reformations: The Politics of Blood and
Land."Kehaulani Kauanui, Wesleyan. 4:30 pm, Pendleton West
212. Sponsor: Hawaiian Club. Info: x1702.
performing
arts panel.
4:30-5:30 pm, Tower Court, Great Hall. Sponsor: CWS. Info:
x2352.
lecture.
Forensic psychologist Nancy Hebben will speak about her
profession. 4:30-5:30 pm, Science Center 278. Sponsor:
Psychology. Info: x3022.
tea.
With Michele Jedrey, VP for Information Services, and Janet
Lavin Rapelye, Dean of Admission. 4:30-5:30 pm, Pendleton
East Atrium. Sponsor: CPLA. Info: x4231.
writing
workshop.
Novelist Kiran Nagarkar. 6:30-8:30 pm, Green Hall 338.
Sponsor:
Women's Studies. Info: x2538.
lecture.
"The Life and Practice of Graphic Design (in the real
world)" Speaker: Denise Korn. 6:30-8 pm, Jewett 354.
Sponsor: Art. Info: charvey@wellesley.edu.
film.
"Hanabi." In Japanese with subtitles. 7 pm, Collins Cinema.
Sponsor: Japanese.
Info:
x3226.
discussion.
"Employment and Disability:Employment Law, the Interview,
Reasonable Accommodations and Disclosure Issues." 12:30-1:30
pm, Pendleton East 251. Sponsor: Disability Services. Info:
x2434.
spanish
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Dining Room. Sponsor: Spanish.
Info: x2402.
lecture.
"Israel: Holy/Land?" Speakers: Jean-Christophe Attias and
Esther Benbassa,
professors at Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes. 4:15 pm,
Library Lecture Room. Sponsors:
Jewish Studies, History. Info: x2605.
tea/lecture.
"Jade." Speaker: Yang Nan, Harvard-Yenching Institute.
4:15-5 pm, Faculty Common Room. Sponsor: Chinese. Info:
x2188.
discussion.
"Life After Wellesley." 6-9 pm, Pendleton East Atrium.
Sponsor: CWS. Info: x2352.
sustaining
prayer.
6:30-7 pm, Little Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian
Chaplaincy.
Info: x2655.
workshop. "Test-Taking, Note Preparation."7 pm, Claflin. Sponsor: LTC. Info: x2641.
lecture.
"US-Colombian Relations and the Plan Colombia." Speaker:
Luis Alberto Moreno,
Colombian Ambassador to the US. 12-1:30 pm, Faculty Common
Room. Sponsors: Latin
American Studies, Latin American Concerns.
italian
table.
12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Dining Hall. Sponsor: Italian.
Info: aastarita@ wellesley.edu.
luncheon
seminar series.
"Female Lives: Does the Demarcation Between the Internal and
the External Apply?" Speaker: Montana Katz. Bring lunch;
coffee served. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House Library, 828
Washington St. Sponsor: Wellesley Centers for Women. Info:
x2507.
sustaining
prayer.
1:15 pm - 1:45 pm, Little Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant
Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655.
book
signing.
Miriam Horn, author of Rebels in White Gloves: Coming of Age
with Hillary's Class, Wellesley '69. 3-4:30 pm, ZA House.
Sponsor: ZA, DMCC. Info: x3247.
catholic
mass.
4:15 pm, Newman Common Room, Chapel lower level. Info:
x2688.
lecture.
"Liberal Multiculturalism and Real-World Multiculturalism."
Speaker: Tariq Modood, University of Bristol, England. 4:45
pm, Pendleton East 239. Sponsors: Faculty Seminar on
Multicultural Studies, Political Science. Info: x2194.
concert.
Pamela Pontius '01 and Cathleen Ayakano Read of Tufts will
perform the Koto.
5-6:30 pm, Slater International. Sponsor: Japanese. Info:
x3226.
unitarian
universalist service and gathering.
All welcome. 6:15 pm, Little Houghton Chapel. Info:
x3484.
concert.
Body and Soul Jazz Vocal Ensemble. 7 pm , Beebe Residence
Hall. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028.
lecture.
"Fear and the Muse: The Story of Anna Akmatova." Speaker:
Jill Janows '72, documentary film maker. Held in conjunction
with the lecture series "Human Rights and the Arts." 7 pm,
Library Lecture Room. Sponsors: Spanish, Russian. Info:
x2402.
lecture.
"Taking off the Gloves: Wellesley Women Preparing for Real
Life." Speaker:
Miriam Horn, author of Rebels in White Gloves: Coming of Age
with Hillary's Class, Wellesley '69. 7 pm, Collins Cinema.
Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x3247.
lecture.
Suheir Hammad. 7:30 pm, Zeta Alpha House. See article page
2.
panel.
"School Choice in Massachusetts: Charters, Vouchers and
Public Schools."
7:30-9 pm, Pendleton East, Atrium. Sponsor: CPLA, Education.
Info: x3235.
concert.
"Music for Organ and Strings: A Rare Collaboration."Music of
Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Pinkham, and Piston. 12:30 pm, Houghton
Memorial Chapel.
lecture.
"How Does one Read ContemporaryIndian Art." Speaker: Susan
Bean. 12:30-2 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Women's Studies.
Info: x2538.
poetry
reading.
Eavan Boland. 4:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. See article
page 2.
bible
study.
Gospel of Luke. 7 pm, Billings 100. Sponsor: ASBK. Info:
x4174.
concert.
The Wellesley College Collegium Musicum. Sally Sanford,
guest director. "Ecco La Primavera," Music to celebrate
spring from Italy, France, and England, ca. 1450-1690. 7 pm,
Towne Gallery, Davis Museum. Sponsors: Music Department,
DMCC. Info: x2028.
films.
"Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl, " 7 pm. "You Can Count on Me,
"9 pm. Collins Cinema. Free for Wellesley and MIT students
with ID, $3 for all others. Sponsor: Film Society.
Info: smirza1@wellesley.edu.
hoop
rolling.
9 am, Tupelo Lane. See article page 2.
concert.
Ken Ueno. 1-3 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Held in conjunction
with the Cultural Friction Series. Sponsor: Japanese. Info:
x3394.
films.
"You Can Count on Me," 7 pm. "Xiu, Xiu: The Sent Down Girl,"
9 pm. Collins Cinema. Free for Wellesley and MIT students
with ID, $3 for all others. Sponsor: Film Society.
Info: smirza1@wellesley.edu.
star gazing. Public night at Whitin Observatory. In honor of its 100th anniversary, the Observatory will be open to the public from 8-10 pm. Sponsor: Astronomy. Info: x2708.
crew vs. Simmons at Charles River. 7 am. Info: x2019.
protestant service. 11:15 am, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Sponsor: Religious Life. Info: x2655.
weekly gathering. Al Muslimat. 1-2 pm, Al Muslimat prayer room (lower chapel). Sponsor: Religious Life. Info: x2655.
catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688.
catholic
mass.
12:30 pm, Newman Common Room, Chapel lower level. Info:
x2688.
lecture.
"Empower Your Soul Through Meditation." 12:30-1:30 pm,
Houghton Memorial Chapel (upstairs.) Sponsor: Office of
Religious and Spiritual Life. Info: x2251.
english tutoring. Esther Iwanaga, professional ESL tutor. See 4/23 listing.
buddhist
community gatherings for meditation and
discussion.
See 4/23 listing.
workshop. "Note-taking" 9 pm, Severance. Sponsor: LTC. Info: x2641.
exhibit. "Bricks and Mortarboards: Wellesley College 1875 - 1975." Part of the college's year-long celebration of the 125th anniversary. Runs through June 17 at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Bronfman Gallery. Info: x2051.
exhibit. "Cold War Modern: The Domesticated Avant-Garde." A multi-media exhibition exploring the avant-garde in art, music and design in the United States from 1945-early 1960's. Runs through June 17 at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051.