A selection of recent mentions of 乐播传媒 and 乐播传媒 people in the news.
Tyler Austin Harper, environmental studies faculty
Stop accusing Tim Scott of racial heresy for being a Republican 鈥� Washington Post
In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Tyler Austin Harper addressed the perception that Republican U.S. Sen. Tim Scott is a 鈥渞ace traitor鈥� for his conservative politics.
White politicians, Harper wrote, 鈥渁re permitted to adopt a wide swath of political opinions without accusations of insanity, insincerity or self-hatred.鈥� However, the 鈥渨indow on acceptable Black political discourse is extremely narrow.鈥�
鈥淧oliticians and political figures who don鈥檛 fit neatly within tightly calibrated models of Black political thought 鈥� which is to say, somewhere between the normie liberal center and the progressive fringe 鈥� are objects of exoticization that would have made a 19th-century anthropologist blush.鈥�
A few weeks earlier, Harper, whose writing on culture, politics, and the environment has appeared in a number of outlets, including Slate, Salon, and the BBC, as a Black professor who is an expert on 19th- and 20th-century British literature, 鈥渢he infamous 鈥榙ead white men鈥� of European art and letters,鈥� and how he has had to defend his scholarly interest and 鈥渇ight the assertion that I should spend my time researching authors who share my skin color.鈥� He said he finds such criticism troubling: 鈥渁n assault on the very idea of literature and art.鈥�
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� The Washington Post, June 26, 2023
乐播传媒 Dance Festival
10 dance events to enjoy this summer 鈥� WBUR
鈥淭he hills and the beaches will be alive with sights and sounds of dancers as their troupes head for the countryside in search of fresh air, sand, and new stages,鈥� noted Iris Fanger in a preview of 10 dance events to enjoy this summer for WBUR, a list that . Fanger specifically highlighted the festival鈥檚 intriguing thematic presentations 鈥渞elated to race and identity.鈥�
- Read more: 鈥�,鈥� WBUR, June 15, 2023
Laura Poppick 鈥�10
A quaint Maine island with a billion year-old secret 鈥� Down East magazine
Science and environmental journalist Laura Poppick 鈥�10, a regular contributor to Down East magazine, tapped into her 乐播传媒 geology major for a first-person story about what researchers say are Maine鈥檚 (and quite possibly New England鈥檚) very oldest rocks, found on 700 Acre Island in Penobscot Bay.
The ancient rocks on 700 Acre Island, she wrote, 鈥渇ormed more than a billion years ago, when life consisted mostly of microbial goo. The rest of Maine鈥檚 bedrock formed much more recently, with most of it dating less than 500 million years old 鈥� still plenty ancient, but from an era when the planet was more recognizable as the place we inhabit today.鈥�
鈥淚t鈥檚 been more than a decade since I was a geology undergrad at 乐播传媒 College,鈥� wrote Poppick. Since then, she added, 鈥淚鈥檝e maintained an interest in rocks and the stories stuck within them. I find they offer a salve to the frenetic nature of the present. They can tell us, with a plain sort of wisdom, where we came from eons ago and where we might be going eons from now.鈥�
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� Down East magazine, June 2023
Hallie Herz 鈥�11
A new queer-focused outdoor gear library in Portland encourages the LGBTQ+ community to get outdoors 鈥� Maine Public
Maine Public鈥檚 Carol Bousquet talked to Hallie Herz 鈥�11 and their partner, Eva Fury, about their startup nonprofit, Kindling Collective in Portland, the nation鈥檚 first queer-focused outdoor gear library.
The mission of Kindling Collective is to help folks feel comfortable about camping, hiking, and other outdoor pursuits, to provide 鈥渁 pathway into those beautiful embodied joyful experiences outside,鈥� said Fury, 鈥渂ut in a way that people feel they can access without as much fear.”
The nonprofit鈥檚 membership model is also focused on economic justice, said Herz. “So based on resources and money, the more you have, the more you pay. The less you have, the less you pay.”
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� Maine Public, June 16, 2023
Ellie Vance ’21
Ellie Vance reaps a harvest as FoodCorps teacher at Lewiston schools 鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal
Ellie Vance 鈥�21 spoke with the Lewiston Sun Journal鈥檚 Andrew Rice about her experience teaching students at a local elementary school about gardening, sustainability, and cooking.
鈥淏y giving students access to gardening and cooking, we can broaden their horizons and expand their curiosity around food,鈥� said Vance. 鈥淲hen they have that curiosity, they have more agency over their food and knowing what foods they like to eat and what they don鈥檛 like.鈥�
The program at Montello Elementary School is sponsored by St. Mary鈥檚 Nutrition Center in Lewiston and FoodCorps, a national nonprofit focused on connecting students to healthy food in schools.
Vance next is heading to Tufts University for graduate studies in agriculture, food, and environmental studies.
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal, June 2, 2023
Jim Nutting ’76
Lisbon Falls art studio creates stained glass masterpieces
Maine Art Glass in Lisbon Falls, where Jim Nutting 鈥�76 operates his studio and gallery 鈥� and his own 鈥渂ug museum鈥� 鈥� was featured in Maine Home+Design and WGME, and he talked about how his biology major at 乐播传媒 College led him to creating bug-themed stained glass pieces.
鈥淢y entire life, I鈥檝e collected anything that has to do with natural history,鈥� he said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been collecting butterflies longer than I鈥檝e been working with glass.鈥� (Which he鈥檚 been doing for 43 years.) In addition to teaching classes and making his own art, Nutting performs stained glass restoration and repair. “I love crafting. I love making things. I love collecting things and I enjoy sharing it and teaching it,鈥� Nutting said.
Read more:
- 鈥�,鈥� Maine Home+Design, June, 2023
- 鈥�,鈥� WGME, May 11, 2023
Stephen Hoad ’72
Seeing their needs, teachers use technology to help visually impaired students thrive in the classroom 鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal
For a story about educational resources for visually impaired students in Maine, the Lewiston Sun Journal鈥檚 Vanessa Paolella 鈥�21 interviewed Stephen Hoad ’72, who talked about his experience growing up blind decades ago in New Jersey. As a child, Hoad had extensive access to school books in braille. But at 乐播传媒, his textbooks were only available on tape. Today, people with visual impairments use speech screen readers to read text on their computer screens.
鈥淭here has to be a mindset within each person that teaches a blind student that that blind student is normal,鈥� Hoad said. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 very hard.鈥�
He added that visually impaired children need to learn life skills alongside an academic education. 鈥淚 know some older blind folks who have really suffered because they weren鈥檛 taught some of the skills, not just computer skills, but some of the general skills that are very necessary to operate as an independent blind person.鈥�
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� Lewiston Sun Journal, June 10, 2023
Jean Thompson ’82
Meet Jean Thompson, the woman making a social impact through chocolate 鈥� Forbes
Speaking with Forbes, Jean Thompson 鈥�82, owner and CEO of Seattle Chocolates, shared advice on aligning a career with a life purpose.
First, she offered, 鈥渢ry lots of jobs and expose yourself to different industries when you鈥檙e young.鈥� From that, 鈥測ou will quickly discover what you enjoy doing the most 鈥� your genius. Then commit yourself to spending most of your time in that genius zone.鈥�
Second, don鈥檛 put yourself on a timetable. 鈥淵our life purpose will come when it comes; there鈥檚 no deadline or right time to learn this. I was in my late 40s when I realized that the chocolate company was so much more than a job for me. Go easy on yourself and the clock; the purpose will reveal itself along the way.鈥�
Thompson is aligning her mission as a CEO with sustainability and empowering girls and women, because 鈥渁s business owners, we have the power and responsibility to leave our industries and the world in a better place,鈥� she said. 鈥淲hen it becomes clear how you can best serve, it becomes a purpose.鈥�
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� Forbes, June 12, 2023
Adriana Pastor ’25
This island and its birds are like a Hitchcock movie: it鈥檚 madness, but also part miracle 鈥� The Boston Globe
An article in The Boston Globe highlighting tern restoration efforts in Massachusetts quoted Adriana Pastor 鈥�25, a volunteer with MassWildlife, the state agency leading a project to support the endangered roseate terns that nest on three Buzzards Bay islands.
Pastor volunteers on Bird Island, one of the three islands. It鈥檚 not an easy place to work, wrote reporter Billy Baker, noting that there is no 鈥渞eal way to prepare someone for the sensory overload that is Bird Island… The sound grows from a dull roar to a shattering shriek, and with it the realization from the crew 鈥� five young student volunteers 鈥� that they are going to spend the next five hours trapped inside a Hitchcock movie.鈥�
鈥淭he first day here, I thought I was going to die,鈥� said Pastor. 鈥淚 was honestly wondering if I would ever see my family again. I wanted to leave. But now, I kind of love it.鈥�
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� The Boston Globe, June 12, 2023
Sarah Sherman-Stokes ’05, Rachel Silver 鈥�05
Titan rescue efforts raise questions about whether migrants鈥� lives are also worth saving 鈥� The Boston Globe
In an opinion piece for The Boston Globe, 乐播传媒 classmates Sarah Sherman-Stokes ’05 and Rachel Silver 鈥�05 suggested that the rescue operation mounted for the Titan submersible 鈥渞aises questions about a differential valuation of human life.鈥�
The authors noted that 鈥渢he political will and resources devoted to trying to save the wealthiest among us far outweigh those directed at trying to rescue the thousands of migrants and asylum seekers who have also been lost at sea in their search for safety.鈥�
Sherman-Stokes is a clinical associate professor of law and associate director of the Immigrants鈥� Rights and Human Trafficking Clinic at Boston University School of Law. Silver is an assistant professor at York University鈥檚 Faculty of Education and Centre for Refugee Studies in Toronto.
- Read the story: 鈥�,鈥� The Boston Globe, June 23, 2023
Elizabeth Castellano 鈥�12
Save What鈥檚 Left is one of the summer鈥檚 nationally acclaimed reads
Praised for its wit and satirical humor, the debut novel by Elizabeth Castellano 鈥�12, Save What鈥檚 Left, is popping up on a number of summer reading lists. Good Morning America picked it as their Book Club for July, Time included it among 25 books that 鈥測ou need to read this summer,鈥� and Oprah Daily named it among 25 of the 鈥渂est books to read on your summer vacation,鈥� calling it a 鈥渨ickedly funny debut.鈥�
Castellano, who majored in theater at 乐播传媒, draws on her small-town childhood on Long Island to follow her protagonist, Kathleen Deane, who tries to live an idyllic seaside life by buying a shack in Long Island. But instead, she finds herself embroiled in the trials and tribulations that come with living in a beach house 鈥� and the neighbors next to her,鈥� wrote Good Morning America鈥檚 Haley Yamada. 鈥淚rreverent and unexpectedly tender, this story takes neighborhood feuding to new heights and finds beauty and reinvention in unlikely places,鈥� noted Oprah Daily.
- Read more: 鈥�,鈥� Good Morning America, June 27, 2023
