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Dickinson College in the News: December 2018/January 2019
From Nov. 21 to Jan. 25, there were 489 national and 17 international mentions of Dickinson in the news. Links to all of the stories are available on the Dickinson in the News page.
Highlights include:
- At the invitation of editors at Inside Higher Ed, President Margee Ensign participated in a panel discussion on international student recruitment with representatives from Penn State and Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar). The special event was covered in Inside Higher Ed, Gulf Times and Al-Bawaba.
- President Ensign also was profiled in The Sentinel’s series on women in leadership in Cumberland County.
- Assistant Professor of Political Science Sarah Niebler was interviewed by WHYY (Philadelphia NPR member station) for a story on mid-term election voter turnout in Philly suburbs.
- Assistant Professor of Political Science David O’Connell, and his new research on Instagram use by members of Congress, was referenced on the NPR Politics podcast. O’Connell’s research, “#Selfie: Instagram and the United States Congress,” was published in Social Media + Society.
- Part-time Associate Professor of Religion Ted Merwin’s op-ed, “What Hanukkah’s portrayal in pop culture means to American Jews,” was published in The Conversation and carried by The Associated Press.
- After the death of President George H.W. Bush, Professor of History Karl Qualls provided expert commentary on Bush's handling of relations with the Soviet Union and his response to the fall of the Gorbachev regime, for History.com.
- Associate Professor of Philosophy Crispin Sartwell’s latest op-ed, “What’s Worse Than Facebook?” was published in The Wall Street Journal. In it, he argues that efforts to fix social media’s “nest of problems” with more regulation could threaten free speech and other liberties.
- Sartwell also was quoted extensively in The Christian Science Monitor story, “In #MeToo age, can we love the art but deplore the artist?”
- Professor of Earth Sciences Ben Edwards explained the different ice formations—from ice caps, ice shelfs and ice sheets to icebergs, ice fields and ice mélange—for a story published in Live Science.
- Deans Damon Yarnell and Tara Vasold Fischer wrote about the important links between choosing a major and pursuing authentic interests for Collegiate Parent magazine.
- Interim Vice President for Enrollment and Dean of AdmissionsCathy McDonald Davenport '87's article, “Transferring from One College to Another—Successfully,” was published in Collegiate Parent magazine.
- Dickinson’s leadership in admitting high-achieving transfer students from other four-year institutions and community colleges was highlighted in the Inside Higher Ed story, “The (Missed) Potential of Transfer Students at Elite Colleges."
- Research by Associate Professor of Psychology Sharon Kingston, in collaboration with the Columbia University School of Nursing and Mailman School of Public Health, was featured in key consumer and trade media, including Crain’s Health Pulse, Healthline and Medical Xpress. Their study on undiagnosed asthma in adolescents was published in the Journal of Urban Health.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education published an essay by Professor of Creative Writing and Writer-in-Residence Susan Perabo. In it, she recalls the support she received from students—past and present—while promoting her latest novel.
- Brent Staples, a member of The New York Times editorial board, quoted Associate Professor of American Studies Cotten Seiler in an opinion piece on Green Books.
- The High Street Residence Hall was featured in the architecture and design magazine Dezeen.
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Published February 1, 2019