Washington and Lee President Ken Ruscio joined the presidents of Arizona State University, the University of Pennsylvania and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, plus several internationally renowned scientists, including physicist Freeman Dyson, for a wide-ranging discussion of current scientific issues with members of the national media this week. Hosted by Arizona State President Michael Crow at the […]
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In February, the lead story in Nature magazine examined the past, present and future of genomic research, laying out a "course for genomic medicine from base pairs to bedside." This week, a Washington and Lee alumna takes on a major role in that future. Laura Lyman Rodriguez, of the Class of 1991, will lead the Office of Policy, […]
The Sierra Club has singled out as a legal hero Mary Cromer, a 2006 Washington and Lee Law graduate, for her work as a staff attorney for the Appalachian Citizens' Law Center. The ACLC, a small, non-profit law firm, is dedicated to protecting coalfield communities and the environment from destructive coal-mining practices in central Appalachia. Formerly a clerk […]
As captain of Washington and Lee's 1988 national championship tennis team, David McLeod, of the Class of 1988, was a competitor whose name is etched in the Generals' record books for career singles wins (70, tied for 6th) and doubles (59 with Bobby Matthews, 1st). He and his teammates were the first alumni to be inducted as a team into […]
Shiri Yadlin, a junior at Washington and Lee from Irvine, Calif., has been spending the current semester studying at Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Shiri is majoring in global politics and religion at W&L and is active in the Bonner Leader Program; Volunteer Venture, which is part of the Leading Edge Pre-Orientation program; and the Shepherd […]
When news broke Wednesday of the death of actress Elizabeth Taylor, no doubt some members of the Washington and Lee community recalled her visit to Lexington and W&L in November 1976. That visit centered on the Founders' Day speech that her then-fiance, W&L alumnus Sen. John W. Warner '49, gave at neighboring Virginia Military Institute. […]
When it comes to traumatic brain injuries, the time it takes for a patient to get treatment is especially critical. Accordingly, BrainScope, a company whose CEO is Washington and Lee alumnus Michael Singer, of the Class of 1984, has developed Ahead EU-100, a new tool to quickly assess brain function, and introduced it in the United Kingdom. A news release issued by […]
As music, film and business leaders flocked to the annual South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas, last week, business administration professor Amanda Bower was staging her own convergence of creative types on a smaller scale right here in Lexington. In an effort to introduce students to potential career paths in advertising, marketing and promotion, […]
As part of last weekend's Relay for Life cancer fund-raiser, members of the University community were invited to vote with their money for the faculty members they would most like to see bald. The winners (?) — Simon Levy (computer science), Scott Hoover (business administration) and Burr Datz, Class of 1975 (Campus Minister, St. Patrick's […]
Washington and Lee graduates John Henzel '10 and Beth Valentine Henzel '11 are living in Japan, where John is teaching English as part of the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Programme (JET). The Henzels live in Osato, which is about 16 miles north of Sendai, the Japanese port city nearest the epicenter of last week's earthquake. […]
The Virginia Festival of the Book opens today in Charlottesville, and four authors with Washington and Lee connections will be talking about their latest books. The festival runs through Saturday and is sponsored by the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities. The W&L authors, their books, and their lecture times: Julie Campbell, associate director of communications and […]
Washington and Lee politics professor Ayse Zarakol is a perfect example of the way that the research experience of W&L's professors benefits their students. Ayse is one of a select group of American scholars who will participate in the Academic Exchange (AE), a joint program of the Milken Institute, the Rand Corporation and the Yitzhak Rabin […]
Washington and Lee's Student Association for International Learning (SAIL), Pan Asian Association for Cultural Exchange (PAACE), and the East Asian Languages and Literatures Department (EALL) have launched a fund-raising campaign to help those suffering overwhelming dislocation and loss as a result of the earthquakes and tsunami of the Tohoku region of Japan. According to Mary […]
If you happen to be among those who watch the NCAA Divison I Basketball Tournament, a.k.a March Madness, on your computer, you are likely to catch Washington and Lee alumna Kaylee Hartung, of the Class of 2007, doing the studio show at halftime of games over the next three weeks. Kaylee, an associate producer for […]
Alumni (and others) of a certain generation will remember Spin and Marty, the eponymous heroes of a 1950s television series that was part of the original "Mickey Mouse Club." Washington and Lee librarians Elizabeth Anne Teaff and Carol Blair recently illuminated the connection between that series and W&L in the latest issue of "Folios," a newsletter for […]
For Lyle Smith, banking is a family affair. Earlier this year, Lyle, a member of the Class of 1993, was named managing director and chief investment officer of United Bank's Wealth Management Group, which manages more than $5 billion in client assets. It's based in Charleston, W.Va. He is now the fourth generation of his family […]
In his latest book on the Civil War, Washington and Lee graduate Kent Masterson Brown, of the Law Class of 1974, has edited and annotated the memoirs of a Confederate cavalry officer from Kentucky into a volume that one reviewer calls "authoritative, balanced, and engagingly anecdotal." One of Morgan's Men: Memoirs of Lieutenant John M. Porter of the Ninth […]
If you saw the Academy Award-nominated movie "The Fighter," you might have missed his name in the fine print, but a Washington and Lee alumnus appears in the credits as a technical consultant. Bob Halloran, of the Class of 1985, is the author of a book about the boxer whose story is told in the movie, […]
"The Good Daughter," the memoir by Washington and Lee English professor Jasmin Darznik, has been receiving considerable attention around the country and the world since its release in January. On Feb. 27, the book appeared on the New York Times' list of best-selling e-book nonfiction, and in recent weeks, Jasmin has given lectures literally from coast […]
J. Brooks Flippen, a member of the Class of 1982, has just published his third book. Scheduled for formal release on March 15, Jimmy Carter, the Politics of Family, and the Rise of the Religious Right is being published by the University of Georgia Press. Brooks is a professor of history at Southeastern Oklahoma State […]
Members of Washington and Lee's Hillel spent the Washington Holiday on an alternative spring break in New Orleans. Eight students and Hillel director Joan Robins participated in a week of social justice activities with Jewish Funds for Justice. Here is Joan's description of the experience, including the observations of several of the student participants: "Our trip […]
Congratulations to Matthew Neill Null, a member of the Class of 2006 and a Creative Writing Fellow at the University of Iowa. Matt's story, "Something You Can’t Live Without," is among the 20 stories selected for publication in the PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories 2011: The Best Stories of the Year. An English major at W&L, Matt […]
Now that his company boasts the No. 1-selling frozen burger in the land, Washington and Lee alumnus Billy Morris, of the Class of 1981, is taking a new step by opening four new restaurants in his hometown of Jacksonville, Fla. According to a story in the Florida Times-Union last week, the new Original BUBBA Burger […]