Reed in the Media
Oregonian story about the Jess exhibition at Reed's Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery.
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 responding on ABC News to the questioning of Hilary Clinton's campaign strategy by Paul Gronke, Reed political science professor.
Oregonian columnist Susan Nielsen's April 27 follow-up article to "Drugs on Campus."
Marat Grinberg, Reed Russian literature professor, comments in the New York
Review of Books on the "problem of evil" in postwar Europe.
A public statement by Carlos Lluch and Louisa Callery about the death
of their son, Alejandro Lluch, printed in the Malibu Times.
Insider Higher Ed asks how Reed will change its drug and alcohol policy while remaining consistent with its cultural mores.
Darius Rejali, Reed professor of political science, interview with Democracy Now!.
Oregonian columnist Susan Nielsen's article,"Drugs on Campus."
Paul Gronke, Reed political science professor, is part of an OPB panel discussion on the Democratic primaries.
Reed student dies of apparent accidental drug overdose, as reported in
the Oregonian
President Colin Diver contributes to the Chronicle of Higher Ed article on public perception of politics in the classroom.
The Oregonian explores the successful Reed canyon restoration effort.
Kimberly Clausing, Reed professor of economics, contributes to a USA Today story questioning if the U.S. tax code is responsible for exporting jobs.
Darius Rejali, Reed professor of political science, takes part in the NPR Intelligence Squared debate, “Are Tough Interrogations Necessary?”
The Oregonian explores Tracing the "Untraceable." Reed’s Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery director, Stephanie Snyder, is featured as curator.
President Diver is featured in an Oregon Public Broadcasting story on the impact that changes in tuition policies of colleges such as Stanford and Harvard are having in Oregon.
Reed President Colin Diver contributes to The Insider Higher Ed story that questions the relevance a senior thesis should play in later life.
Paul Gronke, Reed political science professor, contributes to the Boston Herald story on early voting in the Texas primary.
The Oregonian reports on Reed's discovery of the earliest known recording of Allen Ginsberg's "Howl." The “Howl” story has been picked up extensively throughout the US, and has spread to London’s Guardian Newspaper.
Darius Rejali, Reed professor of political science, is featured in Harper’s Magazine No Comment.
Paul Marthers, Reed Dean of Admission, writes on the rising cost of attending college for Inside Higher Ed.
TASHI’s historic musical reunion at ROMP! featured in the Los Angeles Times.
Paul Gronke, Reed political science professor, contributes to these New York Times and Washington Post stories on how early voting is changing Presidential campaign strategy.
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Environmental Writer, Michelle Nijhuis, to Deliver Reed's Commencement Address
Michelle Nijhuis, a 1996 Reed College graduate, will be the 94th commencement speaker for her Alma Mater during its graduation ceremonies on the south lawn of the Reed campus. Reed College President Colin Diver will join Nijhuis in leading the commencement procession at 11 a.m. on May 19.
PORTLAND, OR (March 17, 2008) -- “It’s an honor to be chosen as commencement speaker,” said Nijhuis. “I particularly like Reed’s tradition of inviting alumni back to speak to graduates. Really, only other Reedies can fully understand how hard you work and play to get in that seat on graduation day.”
Nijhuis is a contributing editor of the environmental journal High Country News and a correspondent for Orion Magazine. Her writing appears in publications such as Smithsonian Magazine, The Christian Science Monitor, and Audubon magazine.
Nijhuis’s work has been selected for The Best American Science Writing anthology, and has won her recognition with several national journalism awards, including the Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism and an AAAS Science Journalism Award.
In 2006, Nijhuis, supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting, traveled to Southeast Alaska to gain first-hand perspective on climate change. She joined legendary glaciologist Maynard Miller and his research team for 10 days on the Juneau Icefield where she saw the evidence of warming: bare cliffs that were covered with ice just a decade ago or icy fissures prematurely exposed by early snowmelt.
Nijhuis majored in biology at Reed. She currently lives off the electrical grid in Western Colorado with her husband, Jackson Perrin.
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Kevin Myers, Reed College Spokesperson, 503/517-7815
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