The New Thanksgiving Table Nov 12, 2009
It was while she was at Portland's Reed College studying math that she started to work in restaurants and get interested in cooking. She studied that in Chicago with the Sun-Times food editor-turned-cooking instructor, Alma Lach, for whom she was an assistant for five years. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Advice for America's college-bound: Wait Nov 8, 2009
Reed College, a liberal arts school in Portland, Ore. allows admitted students to defer entrance for a year, after submitting a plan for their activities that year, and nearly 7 percent take up the offer. (Juneau Empire)
'Scam Jam' helps you avoid home repair cons Oct 20, 2009
Scam Jam 2009 will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Reed College. It will feature presentations by some of the regions top fraud experts including the FBI, Portland Police Chief Rosie Sizer, the State Attorney General s office and Newschannel 8 s Wayne Havrelly. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR -- Business)
Some Cities Rip Out Ginkgo Trees Over Smell Oct 6, 2009
" Santa Monica has planted between 250 and 300 ginkgoes citywide since 2003, urban forester Walt Warriner said. He makes sure only males are planted and has returned six trees to the nursery that were sold as male but revealed to be female. Robinson, the Iowa City superintendent, laughed when told of cities planting ginkgoes. "I'd proceed with caution," he said. To some, however, city officials are missing the point. What, they ask, is wrong with a smelly tree? All the Iowa City ginkgoes were... (KSBW 8, CA)
1 comment Sep 24, 2009
One of them might find West Point a great experience, while the other would fit in perfectly at Reed College-- and each might be miserable at the other institution. Choosing the college that is right for a particular person is not about the rankings of institutions. (Human Events Online)
372-page report Sep 23, 2009
Darius Rejali, a Reed College political scientist who studies torture, is dubious of such claims. The British claimed that tough interrogation of Irish Republican Army suspects thwarted dozens of terrorist attacks, Rejali said, but evidence later proved the intelligence was often useless. (Harper's Magazine)
Local colleges prepare for swine flu cases Sep 9, 2009
Special measures are under consideration to keep the H1N1 flu variant from rapidly spreading across campuses, where thousands of students live, study, work and recreate, according to administrators at Reed College in Southeast Portland ... If they can manage on their own, we are asking them to stay away from class, stay away from other activities and just take really good care of themselves in their dorms, said Mike Brody, Reed College Dean of Students. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
Rose Friedman, economist promoted freedom; at 97 Aug 20, 2009
She attended Reed College in Portland before transferring to the University of Chicago, where she met Milton Friedman in an economics class. We were married six years later, when our Depression fears of where our livelihood would come from had been dissipated, and, in the words of the fairy tale, have lived happily ever after, Milton Friedman said in his autobiography. (Boston Globe)
Portland man wins national Scrabble championship Aug 6, 2009
Reed College Magazine Photo. David Wiegand poses for a photo with letters from his favorite board game, Scrabble. (KGW Northwest NewsChannel 8, OR)
ASU to test electronic-book reader, Kindle, in 3 classes Jul 27, 2009
Along with ASU, five other universities are taking part: Princeton, Pace University in New York City, Case Western Reserve, Reed College in Portland, Ore. and the University of Virginia. (AZCentral)
Public Forum (2) Jul 22, 2009
Thursday, April 17, 2008 Edition. We are appreciative of your profound courage and compassion regarding this topic. (Malibu Times, CA)
Debate Over Repressed Memories Jul 9, 2009
Cheit s paper, co-authored by Rachel E. Goldsmith of Reed College and Mary E. Wood of University of Oregon, appears in the current issue of Journal of Trauma & Dissociation. Cheit is disputing a 2006 contest by Harvard University psychiatrists Harrison G. Pope and James Hudson, both well-known skeptics of repressed memory. (Science Daily)
Kindle DX is a little ungainly Jul 3, 2009
Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, Pace University, Princeton, Reed College and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia will participate in DX pilot studies. Case Western has said it will study 40 students' use of the devices, how they effect the students' reading habits, note taking and knowledge retention. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Rabin - Wallinger Jul 1, 2009
She is currently attending graduate school at Reed College and is employed by Vertis Communications. Eric is a 1995 graduate of Upper Perkiomen High School and a 1999 graduate of Dickinson College, where he earned a bachelor of arts in English with a minor in environmental sciences. (Wellesley Townsman, MA)
PREPS: College commitments from the 2008-09 school year Jun 30, 2009
Entertainment Extras. HotJobs Local Search. (North County Times)
Apple CEO at a glance Jun 23, 2009
EDUCATION Dropped out of Reed College in Portland, Ore ... EDUCATION _ Dropped out of Reed College in Portland, Ore. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Philomath High School’s valedictorian candidates Jun 5, 2009
Plans: Attend Reed College to study biology. Jenna Aimee Browning-Kamins. (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Early Apple documents show growing pains Jun 3, 2009
S.P. Jobs, V.P. Operations, Attended Stanford and Reed College, Engineer - Atari - 2 Yrs. S.G. Wozniak, V.P. Engineering, Attended University of Colorado and University of California at Berkley [sic], Engr. (New Mexico Business Weekly, NM)
4-year colleges graduate 53% in 6 years Jun 3, 2009
In the "most competitive" group, Amherst College in Massachusetts and Reed College in Portland, Ore. graduated 96% vs. 76%, respectively. (USA Today)
Will the Kindle DX change reading habits? May 19, 2009
The five other schools launching DX trials this fall Case Western Reserve University, Pace University, Princeton University, Reed College, and Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia said they plan to offer the Kindle edition of selected texts from three publishers: Cengage Learning, Pearson Education and Wiley, together representing more than 60 percent of the U.S. higher-education textbook market. Click for related content. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Short Circuits May 16, 2009
Six institutions have agreed to run Kindle pilots in the fall -- Pace, Arizona State, Case Western Reserve and Princeton universities, Reed College, and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. The schools will work with publishers to make sure books assigned for courses are available on Kindle. (Courier-Journal -- Business)
Princeton students get free Kindle DXes thanks to $30,000 grant May 12, 2009
The other schools running DX pilot programs are Arizona State, Case Western Reserve, Reed College, University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Pace University, site of the Manhattan press conference where Amazon's latest reader was introduced. By Ed BaigPhoto: Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveils the Kindle DX, a large-screen version of its popular Kindle electronic reader designed for newspapers, magazines and textbooks, during a press conference in New York, May 06, 2009. (USA Today -- Tech)
Commentary: When's the color Kindle? May 8, 2009
Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, Princeton University, Reed College, Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia and Pace University will launch trial programs to make Kindle DX devices available to students this fall. And textbook publishers Cengage Learning, Pearson, and Wiley, together representing more than 60 percent of the U.S. higher education textbook market, will begin offering textbooks through the Kindle Store beginning this summer. (EETimes)
Amazon Enlarges E-Book Play With Kindle DX May 7, 2009
Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, Princeton University, Reed College, and Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia will begin offering the e-reader to incoming students. It's not yet clear who will be paying for the devices, however. (SmallBusinessComputing)
Amazon's Big-Screen Kindle DX Debuts May 7, 2009
Amazon has partnered with textbook manufacturers Pearson, Cengage Learning, and Wiley to bring textbooks to the Kindle--which Bezos says make up 60 percent of the textbook market--as well as universities Arizona State University, Princeton University, Reed College, the University of Virginia, and Case Western Reserve University to launch a Kindle DX pilot program this fall. (Amazon)"We're going to get students with smaller backpacks, less load, easier access," said Bezos, and introduced Case... (CBS News)
Amazon introduces supersized Kindle May 7, 2009
At least six universities have agreed to run Kindle pilots in the fall Pace, Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, Princeton University, Reed College and the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. The schools will work with publishers to make sure books assigned for courses are available in the Kindle format, and some colleges might subsidize the devices for their students. (MSNBC -- Technology)
Amazon's large Kindle May 7, 2009
It said Arizona State University, Case Western Reserve University, Princeton University, Reed College, and Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia would launch a trial programs to make hundreds of Kindle DX devices available to students. "The Kindle DX holds enormous potential to influence the way students learn," said Barbara Snyder, president of Case Western Reserve University. (iAfrica.com)
Alice Hensley always felt at home in Antelope May 3, 2009
She graduated from Clinton Kelly High School of Commerce but turned down a scholarship to Reed College to go to work. A brief, unhappy marriage ended in divorce. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
The Frightening Web Sites Bookmarked by the Accused Pittsburgh Cop-Killer Apr 11, 2009
Yet one of the finds by Jake Bialer, a political-science student at Reed College, remains intriguingly unfathomed. Checking a site called , Bialer was able to find Poplawski's last few links from MySpace. (Slate)
* [HARDCOVER: US] Coming of age in a modern day Walden Mar 29, 2009
Rock, who teaches writing at Portlands Reed College, takes this case as a starting point for his new novel, told in the voice of a girl whose life will be oddly blessed and blighted by a latter-day Henry David Thoreau. THE LUCKY ONES. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
Grade inflation gone wild Mar 25, 2009
And through a concerted effort on the part of faculty and leadership, grades at Reed College in Oregon have stayed essentially constant for 20 years. Princeton, Wellesley, and Reed provide evidence that the effort to keep grade inflation in check is not impossible. (Yahoo News)
Fairbanks musher is Iditarod rookie of year Mar 21, 2009
Chad, 30, a graduate of Reed College and the University of Michigan law school, plans to head to Boston after the race to work as an associate for the law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge. "I'll be working for the man," Chad Lindner said in Rainy Pass. (Anchorage Daily News)
Novels of a new South Feb 8, 2009
College: Reed College (Portland, Ore. MFA, Mills College (Oakland, Calif. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
Wedding reception takes tragic turn Guests celebrating a marriage end up witnessing the aftermath of a shooting rampage Feb 7, 2009
Dwan, 29, stepped back and raced upstairs to the second-floor banquet room, where more than 90 people were gathered for the wedding reception of two Reed College graduates. He warned them to stay inside. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
