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Literary Celebration

Arts & Culture From The Kenyon Review - 5 years ago

Acclaimed writer T.C. Boyle, whose works include “World’s End,” “Drop City” and “The Relive Box,” will deliver the keynote address at this year’s Kenyon Review Literary Festival, held Nov. 4–8.  Boyle is the 2019 recipient of the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement, chosen by Kenyon Review editors in conjunction with the Kenyon Review Board of Trustees. His Denham Sutcliffe Memorial Lecture will be held Friday, Nov. 8, at 8 p.m. in Storer Hall’s Brandi Recital Hall, followed by a book signing…

Illuminating the Universe

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

Billions of years ago, the Big Bang flung open the universe, evolving it into the intergalactic system we know today, complete with planets, stars and all manners of matter. But in order for the Big Bang to occur, the universe needed to reach thermal equilibrium, and the process of achieving this equilibrium has mystified scientists for decades — until now.  Rachel Nguyen ’19 and Associate Professor of Physics Tom Giblin teamed with physicists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and…

Running the Show

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

As preparations were underway for the Family Weekend production of “The House of Bernarda Alba,” by 20th-century Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca, photographer Cameron Peters ’20, an English and studio art major, shadowed stage manager Katie Stevenson ’21, a drama and English major from Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. Stage manager Katie Stevenson ’21 looks up at the lights above the stage from the Bolton Theater control room before a rehearsal of “The House of Bernarda Alba.” Directed…

50 Years of Kenyon Women: Maraleen Shields ’00

Kenyon Women From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The 16th alumna in our series is Maraleen Shields ’00, who majored in philosophy and political science at Kenyon. She went on to earn…

50 Years of Kenyon Women: Jameyanne Fuller ’14

Kenyon Women From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The 15th alumna in our series is Jameyanne Fuller ’14, a writer and disability advocate from New Hampshire whose fiction has appeared…

Falling for Fall

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

Kenyon’s Brown Family Environmental Center (BFEC) hosts its 2019 Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19, from noon to 4 p.m. The event, free and fun for all ages, will be held at the 500-acre nature preserve just down the hill from campus. The festival will feature numerous activities and concessions including face painting, hayrides, pumpkin decorating with master gardeners from the Ohio State University, a campfire, music from local bands and live animals ranging from llamas to goats. Children…

50 Years of Kenyon Women: Laura King ’86

Kenyon Women From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

To celebrate 50 years of coeducation at Kenyon, we’re profiling three dozen of Kenyon alumnae during the 2019-20 academic year. These women, merely a small sample of the thousands of female graduates who have earned Kenyon degrees since 1969, will discuss their undergraduate experiences and how their education in Gambier prepared them for their lives and careers. The 14th alumna in our series is Laura King ’86. An English and psychology major at Kenyon, King earned her doctorate at the University…

Top Contender

Athletics From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

After competing against a record-setting field of 585 nominees, Hannah Orbach-Mandel ’19 became one of nine finalists for the 2019 NCAA Woman of the Year award, which recognizes student-athletes with exceptional achievements in academics, athletics, community service and leadership.  Orbach-Mandel, a four-year member of Kenyon’s Ladies swimming and diving program, graduated summa cum laude in May with high honors in economics, as well as three NCAA national swimming titles and 25 All-America awards…

A Legacy of Transformation

Arts & Culture From The Kenyon Review - 5 years ago

Professor of English David Lynn ’76 P’14 is fond of saying that we live in a golden age of letters, with more diverse voices and more superb literature, finding audiences through more outlets, than ever before. As Lynn prepares to retire as the longest-serving editor of the Kenyon Review, admirers point out that much the same could be said of the Review itself. Over 26 years, Lynn has transformed a print journal with an august history but shaky finances into a thriving, multifaceted literary-arts…

Trivia Master

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 5 years ago

“What is the Sydney Opera House?” That’s the question that won former Kenyon quiz bowl member Gabe Brison-Trezise ’16 $22,400 on “Jeopardy!” last week, when he beat 19-time champion Jason Zuffranieri, one of the most-winning contestants in the history of the long-running game show. A political science major at Kenyon, Brison-Trezise now lives in Washington, D.C., where he works as an educational researcher for a nonprofit organization. We spoke to him about his experience on the show.  How did…

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