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New Spotlight on Excellence Series
Alumni Relations and Academic Affairs have just announced an exciting new program: Spotlight on Excellence Series. This program highlights the accomplishments of Antioch Alumni, and its first event will feature Academy Award-winning alumna Julia...
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Karl Grossman ’64 Reflects on COVID-19
In an article for counterpunch, Karl Grossman ’64 recalls the words of Indian writer Arundhati Roy who sees the COVID-19 pandemic as a portal or gateway to a new world. He quotes, “Historically, pandemics have forced humans to break with the past...
Book By Bethany Saltman ’92 Reviewed by WSJ and Washington Post
“A unique and thoughtful book—part memoir, part social science, part self-help—explores the abiding mystery of the mother-child bond.” – Emily Bobrow, The Wall Street Journal. "Saltman tells two separate stories here: One is her personal journey as a...
Victor Pollak ’70 Documents the Saving of Chartres
Victor Pollak '70 has published a new book, Saving the Light at Chartres: How the Great Cathedral and its Stained-Glass Treasures Were Rescued during World War II (Stackpole Books 2020). “I am grateful for all of the people who have supported me and...
Planning Ahead at the Wellness Center
Beginning on the 1st of May, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has set the Responsible RestartOhio plan in motion, allowing various businesses to reopen while reminding these that certain safety precautions should continue to be practiced. These are: continue...
Leslie A. Pope ’77
Leslie A. Pope a celebrated set decorator who received an Oscar nomination for the 2003 film Seabiscuit, has died. She was 65. Pope passed away on May 6, 2020, at her home in Venice, CA, according to an obituary in her hometown newspaper, the...
A “Modern” Art Student
Designing my major
Octavio Escamilla-Sanchez ’17 Accepted to Medical School
Octavio Escamilla-Sanchez '17 has been accepted to the Anschutz Medical School at the University of Colorado. He has received the Dean's Distinguished Scholarship—one of the school's most competitive scholarships which covers full tuition,...
Eric Friedlander ’84 Accepts Kentucky Cabinet Post
During Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear’s daily coronavirus brief on Monday, May 4th, Beshear announced that Eric Friedlander ‘84 has accepted a job offer as Secretary for Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services. Friedlander had been serving in...