首先:2017年冬天

1. 为他人做事

马丁·路德·金., famously said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?”

In January, 布林莫尔 responded to that question with 一周的服务活动—a knitting project for local hospitals and wildlife rescue efforts (pictured above), an outreach campaign to writing to Pennsylvania’s elected officials, information sessions about human trafficking and refugee support, 以及实践民主的宣讲会. 1月21日, 丁香园的公民参与办公室, along with Student Activities and the Dean’s Office, sponsored a bus for Mawrters heading to the Washington, D.C. 女性的3月.

2. 一封公开信

Post-election, President Kim Cassidy joined with leaders of the other Seven Sisters 在给史蒂芬·班农的信中, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for chief White House strategist. In light of past remarks in which Bannon “disparaged lesbians, 女权主义者, and alumnae of the historic Seven Sisters Colleges,” the group asks that he “take a more expansive, 通知, and tolerant world view in your leadership role.”

“Our alumnae are accomplished leaders in all spheres of public and professional life; they are committed to their work, 他们的家庭, 以及他们的国家,信中继续写道. “现在比以往任何时候都更重要, we look to those who would lead the United States of America for a message of inclusion, 尊重, 和团结.”

卡西迪也是 a letter calling on the president-elect to take a more forceful stand against “harassment, hate, and acts of violence” and to a statement in support of the continuation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.

Post-inauguration, 卡西迪在她的《推荐全球十大博彩公司排行榜》博客上问道, “等游行结束了, 你会怎么做??“有, she discussed what young people can do to rebuild, 保护, and extend gender equity in the months and years ahead.

 

3. 花园在生长

A new garden is taking root on the 布林莫尔 campus. Located on the site of the former Perry House, 佩里的花园 is the brainchild of a student group seeking to honor the important story of Perry House and its significance to the 布林莫尔 College community. A new welcoming tradition will be introduced as well. As the McBrides use the Labyrinth to welcome new McBride students, so will students from Africa and the African diaspora use 佩里的花园 to welcome First-Years through the Sister Circle tradition.

 

 

4. 净收益

The Owls marked a basketball milestone in November with their 1,的第001场比赛, 本赛季首战对阵雪松克雷斯特. The record books show that 布林莫尔 played its first varsity game on Jan. 13, 1950, against Beaver College (now Arcadia University). It was a 12-32 loss, but the team did go 3-7 in that first year. The decades-old record book is tough to read but did provide a partial roster, 包括53岁的路易斯·金博尔, 51岁的贝琪·帕克, 劳里·帕金斯，52岁, 艾米丽·汤森，50岁, 艾伦·沃兹沃斯，52岁. 今天的名单 includes last year’s leading scorer Erica Dwyer ’19, 老将阿德里安娜·卡斯蒂亚-埃尔南德斯17岁, 还有六个新成员.

 

 

5. 干+艺术=蒸汽

布林·莫尔的第一次 阀杆 & 艺术密集 brought students into Philly to visit WHYY public radio, where they met up with Molly Seavy-Nesper ’12, 新鲜的空气网络媒体的副制作人，以及 小水渍险, a nonprofit that engages youth in community-based design projects.

在校园, they experimented with the audio-editing software Audacity, 试着画科学漫画, 试驾了一些 全息透镜, which allow students to interact with three-dimensional objects in real space (pictured). And they heard from alumnae working at the intersection of art and science: Becky Thompson ’01, head of public outreach at APS Physics and the creative force behind the Spectra comic book series; Lauren Friedman ’05, Business Insider senior editor; Kate Cuffari ’99, Philadelphia Museum of Art conservator; Daniella Forstater ’04, Philadelphia public school music teacher; Catherine Matsen ’97, Winterthur Museum scientist; and Kathryn Reber ’05, 天普大学园艺学家.

Designed to give students a taste of what life after 布林莫尔 might mean, intensives are short noncredit seminars offered by Leadership, 创新, and the Liberal Arts Center (LILAC) and funded through a Sherman Fairchild Foundation grant.

 

6. 如何霍格沃茨!

布林莫尔’s castle-like architecture has landed it on BuzzFeed’s list of colleges that “straight-up look like Hogwarts.” Our affinity for lanterns and owls definitely adds to the magical ambiance of campus.

7.  孩子是男人的父亲

自1938年以来, the Study of Adult Development has been following two cohorts of men from adolescence into old age. One of the longest-running longitudinal studies ever undertaken, it is a treasure trove of data about the lives of more than 700 men and what makes for a happy life.

15年来， 心理学教授马克·舒尔茨说 has been mining the data to understand how emotion and stress affect, 并且受到, 我们的人际关系. 他最近的发现? Children who grew up in a warm family environment are more likely to enjoy a secure marriage late in life. “With all the things that happen to human beings and influence them between adolescence and the ninth decade of life, 
it’s remarkable that the influence of childhood on late-life marriage can still be seen,舒尔茨说。.

 

8. 抓住每一天

去年10月, Haitian-American writer and MacArthur Genius Edwidge Danticat gave students a peek into her writing process. As an undergrad at Barnard, she often wrote to put off studying for finals. “But you need to catch those moments, whether or not they come at inconvenient times,” said Danticat. A prolific author with more than a dozen books to her name, Danticat was on campus as part of 布林莫尔’s Reading Series.