Athey Center Opens
Conn officially opened the new Athey Center for Performance and Research at Palmer Auditorium on April 29, 2022
Features
The War in Ukraine
Eugene B. Kogan ’03, who conducts research and teaches about power dynamics in negotiation and mediation at Harvard, discusses the ways in which Russia’s war in Ukraine might end. Kogan was the inaugural research and executive director of Harvard’s American Secretaries of State Project.
Existence Is An Oddball Thing
Astrophysicist Samuel Harvey Moseley Jr. ’72 worked on a key component of the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful telescope ever launched into space.
What You Can’t See
To document Arctic climate change, Susana Hancock ’07 joins an expedition across Svalbard, an archipelago that is part of Norway and is located north of the Arctic Circle.
Practice. And Craft
Juilliard-trained composer Brian Field ’90 isn’t dead. So his trip to Conn enabled students to do more than perform “dead people’s music.”
Notebook
Cult Classic
Cult Classic, the new novel by Sloane Crosley ’00, is out in bookstores, both digital and brick-and-mortar.
Critical Language Scholarships
Two Conn students received Critical Language Scholarships from the United States Department of State
Carbon neutral
President Bergeron announces College’s commitment to zeroing out its carbon footprint.
Deep data
Six Conn students were recognized with an award at DataFest, an American Statistical Association competition.
Maya weavers
Professor Joyce Bennett helps Maya weavers in Guatemala protect their intellectual property rights.
’Twas the Night Before Pride
Joanna McClintick ’07, a licensed clinical social worker, has authored ’Twas the Night Before Pride, a children’s book.
Music 201, Volume 3
Third “Music 201: On Songs and Songwriting" course co-taught by President Katherine Bergeron and her husband, Butch Rovan.
Choreography of care
Stuart Pimsler ’78 is using his creative skills in the arts to help caregivers stay healthy.
Cash at Conn
Rosanne Cash spoke at Conn’s President’s Distinguished Lecture Series event in April.
Dont Look Up
Economics major Robert Radochia ’23 talks about his star turn in the Oscar-nominated film Don’t Look Up.
Falling Apart
Soon Wiley ’09 writes his first novel, When We Fell Apart, a crime thriller released in April.
Flipbook
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