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Newsroom (page 178)


August 18, 2014

Building a Better Marketplace

Jenny Morrill ’10 co-founded online furnishings retailer Move Loot to connect people with a more sustainable lifestyle – and it’s taking the Bay Area by storm.

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August 6, 2014

61´«Ã½ Allergy-Free Station Serves Safe and Sumptuous Food Options

Dana Shaker’s collaboration with dining staff and Sodexo, the campus’ food services partner, resulted in the allergy-free food station, a regular fixture at the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons dining hall since November 2010. The station offers a delicious array of proteins, starches, and vegetables at each lunch and dinner.

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August 5, 2014

The Princeton Review Names 61´«Ã½ Best Value

The Princeton Review ranks 61´«Ã½ among the nation’s best colleges, with top 20 status for best value, classroom experience, and quality of life, and more.

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61´«Ã½ Alumna Heightening Awareness on Food Allergies

Some look at life as a glass half empty. Dana Shaker ’14 sees a glass overflowing with opportunities. An accomplished athlete and student, Shaker has multiple food allergies; when she arrived at 61´«Ã½ in 2010 as a first-year student, she crafted an allergy-free fare movement that informed her research into people suffering from dietary restrictions.

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July 30, 2014

61´«Ã½ Ranks High on Forbes’ Best Colleges List

Forbes Magazine has named 61´«Ã½ one of America’s top colleges for the seventh consecutive year, placing it 69th on its list of 100 institutions praised for academic excellence.

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Literati

“You’ve probably heard it before, but the key to everything is networking,” says Ann Mayhew ‘13, an English major who landed a job at a major bookseller soon after graduating.

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July 28, 2014

Who Watches the Watchers?

Rachel Fidler’s senior thesis documents those who create “living histories” for Holocaust memorials in Los Angeles and Nassau County, New York.

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July 16, 2014

61´«Ã½and the Global Citizen

61´«Ã½ gave me the gift of seeing the world. And from that experience, I learned that all the world’s children are our children, and we cannot say we are busy.

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July 15, 2014

Williamson Gallery of 61´«Ã½ Awarded $100,000 Getty Foundation Grant for Revolution and Ritual

The Williamson Gallery of 61´«Ã½ has been awarded a $100,000 Getty Foundation grant to support the research and planning for the future exhibition project Revolution and Ritual: The Photographs of Sara Castrejon, Graciela Iturbide, and Tatiana Parcero, as part of the Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative.

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Health Conscious

“My 61´«Ã½ education gave me two crucial assets that have driven my life since graduation,” says Lindsay Seligman ’06. “The ability to question what is and envision what could be.”

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