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#WomenInSTEM

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Editor's note: in a post for "Her Campus," Kalki Aseged '17 asked 42 female classmates and professors to comment on their experiences as women studying and working in a STEM field. When my Kindergarten teacher asked my four-year-old self what I wanted to be when I grew up, I remember blurting out “doctor!” as many other kids my age would. I don’t necessarily remember why I chose that specific career. Perhaps it was because I was born prematurely so, from a young age, I understood the importance…

Smart Selection

General Kenyon From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Shaka Smart ’99, the University of Texas head basketball coach who rose to fame by leading the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Rams to an unexpected Final Four appearance in the 2011 NCAA Tournament, will deliver the Commencement address at Kenyon’s 189th Commencement ceremony May 20, 2017. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for me to participate in the most important day of the year at a place that was incredibly important in helping me become who I am,” Smart said. “It also allows me the chance…

Transition States

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Interactive video, robotics, computerized surveillance, photography and sound sculpture make the viewer a part of Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s artwork about data and privacy.  For example, a bright grid of random numbers greets visitors at the beginning of the Gund Gallery’s new exhibition of Lozano-Hemmer’s work. The grid changes when someone walks in front of it: a camera captures the person’s outline, and within that shape the numbers all change to “1984.” Yes, it’s a reference to George Orwell’s novel…

Space Odyssey

Science & Technology From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

For Christian Solorio ’18, this year’s fall break was out of this world. The physics major from Chicago spent his time off from classes participating in Kenyon’s job-shadow program, which allows students to observe the careers of Kenyon alumni and parent volunteers. He flew to Houston and shadowed Megan Harvey ’05, who also majored in physics and is now a flight controller for the International Space Station (ISS). During their day together, Harvey showed Solorio around Johnson Space Center and…

Opportunity Knox

Student Life From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

As the youngest person on the board of directors at New Directions, Knox County’s shelter for survivors of domestic abuse and sexual violence, Haley Shipley ’17 has much to offer. Shipley, an American studies major from Knox County, acts as the board’s secretary and treasurer and helps maintain a relationship between New Directions and Kenyon. “I owe a lot of my personal development to New Directions,” said Shipley, who also serves as a Sexual Misconduct Advisor (SMA) at Kenyon. Her time with New…

International Internship

Kenyon in the World From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

When she started her search for an internship the summer before her senior year, Winnie Thaw ’17 knew what she wanted most — an opportunity to showcase her aptitude for helping others. A lucky string of connections helped her land such a role. She passed her resume to a family friend who works for the World Health Organization, and the resume made its way to the desk of Aye Win, country director for the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Myanmar. Win then contacted Thaw about an internship…

Peculiar Kenyon

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

Taking a page from "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children," the best-selling young-adult novel by Ransom Riggs '01 that was adapted to a blockbuster film, we searched Kenyon’s archives to find the College's most peculiar, unidentified photos. We then asked for your help in describing, in 150 words or less, what was happening in each image, and received more than 500 stories from 284 alumni, students and prospective students. Ranging from hauntingly eerie to flat-out frightening, here are the…

Campaign Close-up

Society & Politics From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Hundreds of Kenyon students got an up-close view of the 2016 presidential campaign when Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Kaine visited Gambier on Thursday, Oct. 27. Senator Kaine stopped at the Kenyon Athletic Center as part of a get-out-the-vote rally coordinated by the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, which rented the facility. Kenyon College was not a sponsor of the event. Kaine drew cheers when kicking off his speech with a shout-out to a childhood friend who went to Kenyon and…

Literary Renaissance

Arts & Culture From Kenyon News - 8 years ago

Kenyon will become a weekend literary destination Nov. 4-5 with the annual Kenyon Review Literary Festival, headlined this year by Hilary Mantel, author of the best-selling historical fiction novel “Wolf Hall.” The festival, which features public readings and events celebrating the Renaissance, culminates in the Denham Sutcliffe Memorial Lecture on Saturday, Nov. 5, at 8 p.m. in Rosse Hall. The lecture will be given by Mantel, this year’s recipient of the Kenyon Review Award for Literary Achievement…

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