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A President's Playlist

By Sean Decatur

That's So Kenyon From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

After spending a Sunday afternoon as a guest DJ on Kenyon's radio station, WKCO, I wanted to share the songs I'm listening to in this time of change and uncertainty. Creating a playlist is a way for me to respond to events happening around us. (I then play it on endless loop for weeks on end.) This playlist is a reflection of the mixture of emotions that I have felt, and emotions that others have shared with me, during the past week — songs of resistance (“Wade In The Water,” “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody…

Viral Knowledge

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Kenyon students shared their research and insight into the Zika virus during a panel discussion Tuesday, Oct. 25, in Higley Hall Auditorium. The panel, organized by Professor of Biology Chris Gillen and Robert A. Oden, Jr. Professor of Biology Joan Slonczewski, included Assistant Professor of Chemistry Matt Rouhier, Dom Camperchioli ’17, Ellen Corcoran ’18 and Adrienne DeBrosse ’18. Slonczewski moderated the discussion. Titled “Zika Virus: The Real Story,” the panel provided facts about the virus…

A Standout in Science

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Professor of Biology Chris Gillen has been selected to receive the M. Patricia Morse Award for Excellence and Innovation in Science Education, given annually by the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). The award honors those who have accomplished significant achievements in science education. Gillen has taught at Kenyon since 1997. In that time, he has led numerous students in successful research endeavors in his lab, developed a strong scientific writing curriculum within the…

Creative Conversation

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

When Stephanie Danler ’06 sat down as a first-year student in a creative writing seminar taught by Writer-in-Residence P.F. Kluge ’64, she probably never imagined sitting down with Kluge 10 years later to record a podcast. But the best-selling author of “Sweetbitter” did just that in September, when she returned to Gambier to give a reading sponsored by the Kenyon Review. Prior to the reading, Danler and Kluge spent 40 minutes discussing their respective writing processes, Danler’s memories of Kenyon…

Pursuing Research

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

A $176,000 grant from the Henry Luce Foundation of New York City will fund 22 Kenyon students, named Clare Boothe Luce Research Scholars, to pursue year-long research projects with faculty mentors. The program is intended to encourage women to enter, study, graduate and teach in the fields of science, mathematics and engineering. To be eligible, students must major in chemistry, physics or mathematics and propose a research project during the application process. “The grant recognizes the strength…

2 a.m. Snapshot of a Diverse Democracy in Action

By Sean Decatur

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Very early Wednesday morning, the long and at times painful 2016 election came to an end, with the Electoral College count determining that Donald J. Trump will become the 45th president of the United States. For me, the night ended at about 1:45 a.m., exchanging texts with my daughter as we both tried to process the moment. I was reminded of the words of Eboo Patel, one of our Convocation speakers from earlier this year, who reminded us that living in a diverse democracy requires confronting viewpoints…

Field Hockey Finishes First

Athletics From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Back in the national spotlight, the Kenyon College Ladies are one of just 24 teams competing in the 2016 NCAA Division III Field Hockey Championship. They'll open play with Wednesday's 1:30 p.m. first-round game against the host Blue Jays of Elizabethtown College. The appearance in the NCAA Championship is the fifth for the Kenyon program and the second in the last two seasons. The Ladies' most recent appearance was a first-round, 2-0, defeat to Messiah College at the end of the 2014 season. Overall…

Lords Triumph

Athletics From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

The Kenyon College men's soccer team will head to Lynchburg, Virginia on Saturday and take on Maryville (TN) College in the first round of the NCAA Division III Tournament. It will be the first-ever meeting between the two institutions. Coach Chris Brown's team heads into NCAA play with a 17-2 record, a nine-match winning streak and victors of their third-straight North Coast Athletic Conference tournament title last weekend. It is also the fourth consecutive season Kenyon has made the national tournament…

Spiekerman Named Full Professor

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

The Kenyon College Board of Trustees in its fall meeting promoted one faculty member to full professor, effective July 1, 2017: Tim Spiekerman, professor of political science B.A. Carleton College, M.A. and Ph.D. University of Chicago Tim Spiekerman came to Kenyon College as a Bradley Post-Doctoral Fellow in 1996 and has taught in both the Department of Political Science and the Interdisciplinary Program in Humane Studies (IPHS). In addition to teaching the introductory course, “The Quest for…

Gaining Attention

Alumni News From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

In the 2004 presidential election, Gambier made headlines nationwide for long lines at its polls and for Kenyon students’ willingness to wait as long as 12 hours to cast their ballots. At the time, Matthew Segal ’08 was a first-year, and the situation at the polls appalled him. He and a classmate, Jarrett Moreno ’08, took action, founding the voter-empowerment organization OurTime.org, and, in 2014, ATTN: (pronounced "attention"), a media company targeted toward millennials. Before the Nov. 8 presidential…

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