October 2010 News
Select October media clips Stories from the news.
11-04-2010Willamette among best values Kiplinger’s Personal Finance named Willamette one of the best value private liberal arts colleges in the nation.
10-28-2010WU gets high marks for green efforts The Sustainable Endowments Institute’s latest college report card gives Willamette As for many programs.
10-27-2010College Colloquium grants renewed A new grant allows Willamette to continue offering a summer research program for freshmen.
10-26-2010WU awards sustainability grants Vermicomposting and sustainability books for schoolchildren are among the projects that were funded.
10-21-2010Science Pub: David Craig “Friends or Foes? Facing the Facts about American Crows” kicks off Willamette's series in partnership with OMSI.
10-19-2010Professor featured on PBS The crow research of Professor David Craig and his colleagues is the subject of the next episode of “Nature.”
10-19-2010Grant enhances Canadian studies Politics Professor Sammy Basu earned his fifth grant from the Canadian Embassy to fund academic opportunities.
10-19-2010Alumna hits the silver screen Theatre graduate Jillian Kramer ’04 stars in John Carpenter’s latest horror film.
10-18-2010Salem Peace Lecture Father John Dear, an internationally known voice for peace and nonviolence, will discuss ways we can move toward a more just and sustainable society.
10-18-2010Lecture: Women’s Work in Spanish Paintings An art history expert will discuss the influence of paintings of women’s labor on the modernization of Spain.
10-18-2010Willamette alumnus appointed CEO Fahad Al-Hamidi ’88 was recently named the chief executive officer for Global Saudia.
10-14-2010Lecture: New York Times journalist David Rohde The Taliban held journalist David Rohde prisoner for seven months — now the WU community can hear his story.
10-14-2010Law professor’s sustainability work honored Robin Morris Collin received an award from the Oregon State Bar for leadership in sustainability issues.
10-12-2010Alumnus wins Nobel Prize in Economics Dale T. Mortensen ’61 earns the 2010 prize for his analysis of labor markets.
10-11-2010New installation focuses on landscape of the American West Gallery will be used for faculty-curated exhibitions.
10-08-2010Professor to play at international jazz festival James Miley's group Bug will headline at Jazzmandu.
10-08-2010Museum presents family activity day Participants will create art representing the four elements of nature.
10-08-2010Education professor wins national grant Steve Rhine earns $742,000 to create a center with resources for teaching algebra.
10-08-2010Willamette debuts renovated theatre The playhouse features a state-of-the-art theatre for performances and enhanced production labs for student work.
10-06-2010Alumna awarded theatre fellowship Shana Cooper ’99 earned a national fellowship in recognition of her achievements in the theatre world.
10-04-2010Biology professor earns NSF grant Gary Tallman’s grant will pay for collaborative student-faculty research on plants and climate change.
10-04-2010Words as Art in Ancient Greece Alexandra Pappas will deliver the third annual Lane C. McGaughy Lectureship in Ancient Studies on Thursday, Nov. 11, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rogers Music Center at Willamette University.
10-01-2010Sandow Birk: Dante's Inferno Birk re-imagines Inferno in contemporary Los Angeles.
10-01-2010Center for Asian Studies teaches about Cambodia A survivor of genocide in Cambodia details his efforts to improve the country’s schools.
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