Oxbridge in the News
Many of our teachers and friends have announcements and news that might be of interest to alumni and applicants. In addition to University awards and competitions, graduations, sporting triumphs, and artistic accomplishments, some of these achievements hit the mainstream media. Here are some.
- Caitlin Coyiuto, who studied Creative Writing and Photojournalism on The Cambridge Tradition 2010, has published an article about her summer in Cambridge in the official news website of The Philippine Daily Enquirer, the Philippine's mostly widely circulated broadsheet. Her article is available here. Well done, Caitlin!
- Congratulations to Dr Marc Hertzman! A participant of The Oxford Tradition 1994, Dr Marc Hertzman, is an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow at Wesleyan University, and he's just been appointed Assistant Professor to the Spanish and Portuguese Department at Columbia University. Well done, Marc!
- Many of the sculptures by renowned artist Antony Gormley that students on The Cambridge Tradition enjoyed in July 2009 are now being exhibited throughout New York City. The iron and fiberglass figures had been located throughout the 25 acre grounds of Jesus College, and now they are located in the neighborhood of Madison Square Park in Manhattan. Check out the recent New York Times article here.
- Katy Darby, Creative Writing teacher on The Oxford Tradition, Authority, wrote a story for her students in July 2009 entitled 'Authority.' The tale has now been picked for a very worthwhile anthology, 100 Stories for Haiti. Congratulations, Katy! We hope it helps make a difference. Here's a link to the anthology.
- Results of 2007 and 2008 Alumni Survey. We recently asked students who attended our programs in 2007 and 2008 about their current college and university studies. We do like to stay in touch with program alumni and we're pleased to make the results of our survey available. Please click on the links below:
The results of our 2005 and 2006 Alumni Surveys are below.
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Former student Gabrielle Pacana (L’Academie de France, '08) was recently placed fifth in Le Grand Concours, a national French-speaking competition involving over 100,000 participants. You can read more about her success in the May edition of The Mayfield Messenger, her school magazine, and you can read the article at a glance here. Congratulations, Gabrielle!
- Some students have recently published stories of their summer's adventures in local school and community newspapers. Cassie Calvert attended The Cambridge Prep Experience and her story was printed in The Charlotte Observer. Congratulations, Cassie! If you'd like your article linked here, let us know!
- Defence of the Realm, the first authorised history of MI5, is now available - written by Professor Christopher Andrew to mark the Security Service's centenary anniversary. Professor Andrew is the official historian of MI5, the UK's internal security service, and a long-time guest speaker on The Cambridge Tradition and Cambridge Prep Experience where International Espionage is always a popular course. More details are available on MI5's own website.
- David Benedictus. Winnie the Pooh is back! The Oxford Prep Experience's Creative Writing teacher, David Benedictus, has written
Return to the Hundred Acre Wood, the first authorized sequel to A. A. Milne's Pooh stories. For an example of recent news coverage, click here. You can listen to a BBC Radio interview with David here and visit his own homepage here.
- Académie de France photography teacher David Ranc is the artist behind a recent cover shoot for Running in Heels, a self-described pan-European magazine with features and comment on culture, fashion, the arts and society.
- Inti Velez, one of our faculty in Barcelona, recently featured in this article about a special edition photo-shoot in Woman, one of Spain's premier fashion magazines. According to the article, Inti's company, Wanda, is one of Spain's top commercial interior design firms.
- 2009 marked not only the 800th anniversary of Cambridge University, but the bicentenary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of the publication of his great work, On the Origin of Species. You can see details of the University celebrations here, and can consider studying Zoology or Molecular Biology if you're keen to follow Darwin himself!
- Dr. Jessica Frazier, who teaches Religion and Global Culture on The Cambridge Tradition, has published Reality, Religion, and Passion, a work of comparative philosophy based upon her doctoral thesis. You see details of Jessica's first book here.
- Former Cambridge Tradition Criminology teacher, Dr. Anna Eriksson, has recently completed her first book, Justice in Transition: Community Restorative Justice in North Ireland. You can see details on her publisher's website. Congratulations, Anna!
- Exceptional Merit Scholar, Fernanda Osthoff (Cambridge Prep, '08) is a Junior at the American School in Rio de Janeiro. After an unforgettable time in England, she wrote an article about her experience for her school magazine, which you can view here.
- Results of 2005 and 2006 Alumni Survey. We recently asked students who attended our programs in 2005 and 2006 about their current college and university studies. We do like to stay in touch with program alumni and we're pleased to make the results of our survey available. Please click on the links below:
- Jay Rubenstein. Former British History teacher on The Oxford Tradition and Paris Teacher Seminar Director, Jay was awarded a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship in 2007. Known as ‘the Genius Grant’, this was recognition for his work on medieval monastic texts and the literature of the First Crusade. Check out this USA Today article on Jay's achievement, written by Justin Pope, an Associated Press correspondent and alum of The Oxford Tradition himself.
- Don Winslow. With the huge success of his recent crime novel, The Winter of Frankie Machine, Don – founding faculty member and perennial guest speaker – has published The Dawn Patrol. Robert De Niro will be starring in the film adaptation of Frankie Machine, which is written by the same team that wrote Ocean’s 13 and Knockaround Guys. Check out www.donwinslow.com.
- Michael McKinley. The Director of The Cambridge Tradition has his movie, The Papal Bulls, in pre-production and has just had his new novel, The Penalty Killing, bought for publication in 2009.
- Caroline Chaplain and Caroline Millot. Académie de France faculty members Caroline Chaplain and Caroline Millot have both contributed to Regards sur le patrimoine, a 2009 publication on architecture in and around Montpellier. Caroline Chaplain’s article is on the Commandery of Sainte Eulalie in the 16th century and Caroline Millot’s is on Jacques-Philippe Mareschal, the Enlightenment engineer and architect who built, among other things, the first theater in Montpellier.
- Noah Charney. Former Art History teacher and now guest speaker, Noah Charney published a novel, The Art Thief, as well as founded the Association for Research into Crimes against Art in Rome. ARCA is a non-profit think tank based in Rome, and dedicated to helping to prevent and prosecute art thefts, and establishing the study of art crime as an academic subject. Check out www.noahcharney.com and www.artcrime.info.
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