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Test Post for Migration
My co-op is at the Peace Resource Center in Wilmington, Ohio. The Center is a part of Wilmington College, a bigger-than-Antioch-but-relatively-small Quaker college. The Peace Resource Center was founded in 1975 by Barbara Reynolds, an anti-nuclear...
Antioch professor receives New York Association of Black Journalists Award
Kevin McGruder, associate professor of history at Antioch College, was honored by the New York Association of Black Journalists (NYABJ) for his book Race and Real Estate in Harlem New York (Columbia U. Press, 2017).The NYABJ Awards honor excellence...
Julia María Schiavone Camacho in new edition of Florida Review
CAMPUS NEWS Julia María Schiavone Camacho, Assistant Professor of Latin American History, has new fiction in a special edition The Florida Review featuring Latinx writers. The issue was guest edited by Nicole Oquendo.Schiavone Camacho is the author...
Joan Argetsinger Steitz ’63 Honored as Lasker Laureate
The 2018 Lasker-Koshland Special Achievement Award in Medical Science has been given to Dr. Joan Argetsinger Steitz ’63 for her four decades of leadership in biomedical science—exemplified by pioneering discoveries in RNA biology, generous mentorship...
Clay Master in Training
by Sarah Mills '21 During my first quarter at Antioch College I applied to be a Miller-Fellow for John Bryan Community Pottery, and to my luck received the job. Miller Fellowships support Antioch College students for the benefit of the Yellow...
Three Poems on Silence
I’ve been reflecting on the idea of silence since listening to the inspiring talks given by Tamika D. Mallory at the Coretta Scott King Legacy Luncheon and Birthday Celebration at Antioch two weeks ago. A co-chair of the Women’s March and a...
Seventy Years a Sculptor
It was the thrill of TIG welding that ignited her love for the torch, but first, it was an Antioch professor (and a liberal arts course well outside of her major) that sparked her love “for the direct handling of metal” and led to a 70-year career...
Cuisine Unique
For forty years, Wolfdale’s has been delighting diners at Lake Tahoe with its unique style of East-West cuisine. While the influence of Japan is palpable, less obvious is the significance of Yellow Springs, Ohio. The unique stoneware on which much...
Billy Collins
A lot of things in life take courage. Sometimes reading poetry is one of them. I once read a poem to conclude a presentation on international education and its power to get us past cultural barriers by underscoring our shared humanity. There were...
Mary Oliver
I read recently that IKEA’s founder attributed the ubiquitous furniture company’s success to his breakthrough innovation of “wordless directions:” diagrammatic drawings with some numbers or letters, but no written explanations. This made the...