Reed in the Media
New York Times features Reed in an article on the increased demand for financial aid; President Diver responds to the Times article; OPB gives the Oregon perspective
New York Times features Reed College in an article on admission trends during the economic downturn
My Abandonment, the latest novel by Reed's Peter Rock, has gained local and national attention in the Oregonian, NY Post, Newsday.
Oregonian Q&A with Reed’s Crystal Williams on
her third collection of poems, Troubled Tongues
The Oregonian review of "Suddenly" at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
Early Voting has become a hot topic on the Presidential campaign trail, and Reed’s Paul Gronke is a leading expert in the field: read Paul’s latest contribution on CNNPolitics.com.
Oregon Council for the Humanities magazine features its Humanity in Perspective course. The course is taught by Reed professors, and helps low-income adults use the humanities to improve their lives.
Boston’s WBUR topical issues show, Here and Now, features Reed professor of political science Paul Gronke on the popularity of early voting.
Kimberly Clausing, Reed professor of economics, on how Wall Street's meltdown will impact the folks of Main Street on Marketplace.
Paul Gronke, Reed professor of political science, on early voting in the UK's The Guardian.
Reed dean of admission Paul Marthers on OPB’s Think Out Loud to discuss the rising cost of a college education.
Paul Gronke, Reed professor of political science, is quoted in the New York Times on the influence of early voting on campaign strategy in the presidential election.
The Oregonian on the City of Portland’s decision to include the Parker House in Reed’s amended master plan.
The Oregonian profiles "suddenly: where we live now" at the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
Ellen Millender, Reed associate professor of classics, shares her thoughts on the use of technology in the classroom for a New York Times article.
Paul Gronke, Reed professor of political science, and Reed’s Early Voting Information Center are part of a USA Today story on the upcoming presidential election.
Jeffrey A. Parker, Reed professor of economics, and Paul Marthers, Reed dean of admission, examine faculty pay equity at small liberal arts colleges for Academe.
Reed Dean of the Faculty Peter Steinberger appears on OPB's Think Out Loud to discuss Reed’s drug and alcohol policy.
2008 Reed graduate Lukas Strickland is featured in the Oregonian for being a recipient of a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship travel grant.
The Oregonian reviews Jess, an exhibition at Reed's Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
Marat Grinberg, Reed Russian literature professor, comments in the New York Review of Books on the "problem of evil" in postwar Europe.
Brian Kassof, Reed visiting assistant professor of history and humanities, contributes to an OPB story on the origins of May Day.
Former President Bill Clinton responds on ABC News to the questioning of Hilary Clinton's campaign strategy by Paul Gronke, Reed political science professor.
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Reed College Biology Professor Receives $150,000 from the National Institutes of Health to Study Virus-Host Interactions
NIH grant supports Peter Russell’s genetics research on Barley yellow dwarf virus.
Portland, OR (December 15, 2006) – Reed College professor of biology Peter Russell has been awarded a three-year grant of $150,000 from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support his research on Barley yellow dwarf virus stop-codon readthrough in yeast.
Barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) is a pathogenic plant virus with an RNA genome that causes extensive destruction of barley and other cereal crops.
Russell has developed a system to quantify the expression of a BYDV gene in yeast—a model organism that, unlike plants, is highly amenable to genetic and molecular manipulations. With this system, he is identifying yeast genes that, when overexpressed, increase the expression of the BYDV gene. The products of these yeast genes are candidates for being involved in viral gene expression, and it is likely that many of the identified yeast genes will have counterparts in plants. In the long term, the research aims to contribute to our understanding at the molecular level of the interactions between viruses and their hosts.
Peter Russell, a member of the Reed faculty since 1972, received his B.Sc. from the University of Sussex, England, and his Ph.D. from Cornell University. In the past, Russell has supported his research with external grants from the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the American Cancer Society, the Department of Defense Research Foundation, the Medical Research Foundation of Oregon, and the M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust; internal grants have come from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is the author of numerous journal articles as well as the textbooks iGenetics: A Molecular Approach and iGenetics: A Mendelian Approach (Benjamin Cummings 2006). He is the co-author of a major biology textbook, to be published in 2007 (Brooks/Cole). Russell has also contributed to the Biology Place (http://www.phschool.com/science/biology_place/index.html), a web site that provides classroom activities and information for both high school and college biology courses, including interactive study guides and research articles.
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