Media Bytes

Connecticut College's prominence in international education was highlighted April 24 in a USA Today article about the growing numbers of students seeking internships abroad. Paul Dryden '07, who completed an internship last summer at Universal Music Argentina in Buenos Aires, was featured in the article.

President Lee Higdon published an op-ed in the May 6 edition of The Providence Journal about leadership in higher education. "We must be strategic as we set goals, measure results, and create a shared vision across all constituencies," Higdon wrote.

Connecticut College was recently featured in a number of articles about the environment. On April 22, Amy Cabaniss, campus environmental coordinator, and Gerald Visgilio, professor of economics, published an op-ed in The Day about the College's environmental programs and policies. Botany professor Scott Warren, arboretum director Glenn Dreyer and biology professor Robert Askins were also quoted in an April 22 and 23 series of articles in The Day about the effects of global warming in southeastern Connecticut. Connecticut College was also mentioned as one of more than 100 campuses using cage-free eggs in an article in the "Education Life" section of The New York Times.

Adam Werblow '88, the sailing coach at St. Mary's College for the last 20 years, was featured in an April 16 story in Sailing World. "If I won the lottery tomorrow I'd probably still do what I do," he said. "We have great kids here; it's a beautiful place."

A May 11 article in The Roanoke Times mentions that the more than 250 hand-cut wooden hearts that members of the Connecticut College community painted for the victims of the Virginia Tech tragedy are on display in the Virginia Tech student center, which, according to the article, has become a "museum of mourning."

Psychology professor Jefferson Singer was quoted in the June 2007 edition of Psychology Today about people who publicly expose personal secrets using today's technology. "There's a way in which our lives seem valid only if they obtain some veneer of media recognition," Singer said.

Stuart Vyse, professor of psychology, was quoted in an article in the May issue of Ladies' Home Journal about people who are more likely to use horoscopes. According to the article, Vyse said that "People who fear the unknown and feel better believing their destiny is controlled by external forces," are more likely to look at their horoscopes on a regular basis.

A story in The Hartford Courant on May 16 quotes Marc Zimmer, professor of chemistry, and Bridget Baird, professor of math and computer science, about local scientists who are planning to protest when President Bush speaks at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement.

On May 16 The Day reported that Beret Remak '07 of Minneapolis was playing in a record third straight NCAA tennis tournament. (After cruising through the first two rounds of championship play, Remak was eliminated in the quarterfinals in Fredericksburg, Va., May 19.)

Tim Armstrong '93 will lead a new National Lacrosse League franchise group in Boston, The Boston Globe reported May 10.

Meghan Hewitt '06 won a Connecticut Department of Higher Education Community Service Award for creating a program to help teachers teach science, The Hartford Courant reported May 1.