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Vol. 3, No. 1 - August 25, 2003
Forché
to Read Poetry Sept. 10 Forché – a longtime member of the New York State Summer Writers Institute faculty – joined the English Department this year after a more than a decade of teaching at George Mason University. She is the author of four books of poetry: Blue Hour (2003, HarperCollins); The Angel of History (1994, HarperCollins), winner of The Los Angeles Times Book Award; The Country Between Us (1982, Harper and Row), winner of Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay di Castagnola Award and named a Lamont Selection by the American Academy of Poets; and Gathering the Tribes (1976, Yale University Press), winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award. She also is the author of Against Forgetting: Twentieth Century Poetry of Witness (1993, W.W. Norton & Co.). Forché’s many honors include two National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships in Poetry, the Edita and Ira Morris Hiroshima Foundation for Peace and Culture Award, a Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, and a Lannan Foundation Fellowship. She earned a B.A. degree at Michigan State University and an M.F.A. degree at Bowling Green University. “Translating the
Sonnet” to Be Topic Earlier that day Levitin will present a workshop titled “Problems and Issues of Literary Translation,” a nitty-gritty analysis of individual poems in translation, during Reinhard Mayer’s class on “Translation” in Bolton 281. The workshop discussion, from 3:40 to 5 p.m., also is open without charge to the public. A professor of English and translator of Portuguese
at the State University of New York College at Plattsburgh, Levitin
has translated such poets as Miguel Torga, Ruy Cinatti, Jorge de
Sena, Irene Lisboa, and Rosa Alice Branco. Mayer arranged Levitin’s talk, which is
sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures
and the English Department, and funded in part by Poets & Writer’s
Inc., through a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts. Lauwen is curator of A Roadshow of Dutch
Graphic Design (1990-2003), on exhibit through Sept. 28 at
the Schick gallery. The exhibition includes posters, books, catalogues,
brochures, house styles, annual reports, magazines, and a few Web
sites. Rotarians to Honor Community
Leaders Jackie Azzarto, associate professor of social work, was quoted in “Unseen Saratoga,” a special report on the working poor in this region published May 18 in The Saratogian. Mary Lou Bates, dean of admissions and student aid, was quoted in “Good school hunting” published May 27 in The Christian Science Monitor. Sandy Baum, professor of economics, was a source for a National Public Radio story titled “States’ Budget Woes Affect College Costs” that aired Aug. 14 (locally on WAMC-FM) during the Morning Edition program. In addition, she was interviewed for two Chronicle of Higher Education stories: “Too Much Work?” published Aug. 8; and “Colleges Have Increased Financial Aid, Mostly for Higher-Income Students, Report Says,” published May 1. She was a panelist July 10 at a congressional hearing on potential solutions to the rising cost of higher education. The hearing was called by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and was covered July 11 in The Chronicle for Higher Education. Baum also was a source for an Aug. 1 story titled “Private-college tuition boosts less than public schools” that ran on the Scripps Howard News Service wire; and for a June 3 story in The Detroit News titled “Student loans smother Michigan college grads.” Ian Berry, associate director and curator of the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, discussed the current Tang exhibition, “Living with Duchamp,” on WAMC-FM during its morning Round Table program August 11. A specialist in contemporary art, Berry described the impact of artist Marcel Duchamp’s ideas on the contemporary art world, notably through his philosophy of conceptual art, which changed the way art is made and seen. Bill Brown, associate professor emeritus of biology, was the source for a July 5 Saratogian article titled “Snake, rattle and roll: Sharing our environment with timber rattlers.” Gerald Erchak, professor of anthropology, was interviewed by National Geographic TV on Aug. 8, for an upcoming multi-part series on cultural anthropology titled “Taboo.” Erchak discussed body modification during the interview, which was taped on campus. The program is anticipated to air in October. Carolyn Forché, professor of English, was the subject of a feature story titled “The ABC of the twilight zone” published May 31 in the Irish Times. Forché was in Ireland for the Dublin Writers Festival. Bret Ingerman, director of CITS, was a source for an Aug. 9 Times Union story titled “College welcome includes warning,” about how area schools are informing incoming students regarding the penalties for trading music files on the Internet. Tim Koechlin, associate professor of economics, was a source for a June 22 story in The Journal News (Westchester County) titled “N.Y. experiences: Layoffs, expansion,” a report on the effects of the North American Free Trade Agreement in the decade since it was passed. Tom Marcotte, senior consultant in CITS, was a source for “Sophos Extends Virus Protection for Mac Users with the Availability of Sophos Anti-Virus for Mac OS X,” that ran July 14 on the PR Newswire. Kim Marsella, teaching associate in geosciences, was featured July 22, 23 and June 27 in WTEN-TV news segments on the Summer Science Institute for Girls. Marsella and the institute also were featured by Capital News 9 of Time-Warner Cable in a story that aired June 21. Margo Mensing, assistant professor of art, was interviewed by Associated Press writer Melissa Mansfield for “Artists Appreciate Letter A,” a story that ran on the state and regional wire May 30. The story detailed a simultaneous art exhibition featuring postcards by artists living in countries beginning with the letter A. The exhibition runs through December at the Arts Center of the Capital Region in Troy. Mensing was American coordinator of the project and chose the 36 pieces on display at the Arts Center. Doretta Miller, professor of art, was the subject of a feature story titled “Paintings portray scenes in China” published June 12 in the Saratoga TU, a special publication of the Times Union. Miller’s paintings of China were featured in an exhibition at the Saratoga County Arts Center earlier this summer. Jay Rogoff, lecturer in liberal studies, was interviewed by The Saratogian for a story on his new book, How We Came to Stand on That Shore, that was published June 3. Jeff Segrave, professor of exercise science and athletic director, was interviewed by National Public Radio on the selection of Vancouver, Canada, as the site of the 2010 Winter Olympics for a story that aired July 2 on All Things Considered (heard regionally on WAMC-FM). Charles Stainback, Dayton director of the Tang Museum, was a source for an Aug. 9 story in The Boston Globe titled “At Whitney, A Mountain of Challenges but Adam Weinberg is Good Fit, Colleagues Say,” about the appointment of Weinberg as the new director of the Whitney Museum of American Art. Sue Van Hook, senior teaching associate in biology, was a source for an Aug. 19 story in The Post-Star titled “Everything’s Coming Up Mushrooms.”
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