One of the highlights of 2009's Reunion and Homecoming Weekend was the Friday afternoon session, "A Conversation with the University President and Notable Alumni." A full-house enjoyed a lively discussion moderated by the University's new president and a panel that certainly lived up to its billing; Patrick G. Ryan (Bus59), James Di Pasquale (M64), Wayne D. Watson (SESP69, GSESP70, PhD72), Bonnie Swanson Daniels (WCAS69), George de Lama (J79), Smita N.
Dr. Gregory Dumanian is a respected plastic surgeon in his native Chicago. As part of a collaborative project between Northwestern's Division of Plastic Surgery and the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago, he is pioneering more intuitive controls for amputees' prosthetic limbs. Dr. Dumanian's work was the subject of the session "The Bionic Arm: How Nerve Transfers Improve Control in Prosthetics."
We asked alumni to sit down with us during the 2008's Reunion Weekend and share their stories of life at Northwestern. Yolanda Baker (WCAS98), Audra Savage (C98), and Anticia Whitehead (McC98) were happy to oblige...all at once!
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In this edition of 'Cat Tracks, Yolanda Baker (WCAS98), Audra Savage (C98), and Anticia Whitehead (McC98) tell a tale of smart student athletes and meeting Charlton Heston. They sat down with us during 2008's Reunion Weekend.
'Cat Tracks is a production of the Northwestern Alumni Association. If you would like to share your Northwestern story, please email cattracks@northwestern.edu.
Dr. Regina Lopata Logan (GSESP84,93) received her second master's and PhD from Northwestern. Today, she is research assistant professor at the Foley Center for Lives. Dr. Logan's research and interest areas include generativity, as defined by the renowned psychologist Erik Erikson, which was the topic of her 2009 A Day with Northwestern in Evanston session, "Giving Back: Midlife Career Change and Generativity."
We asked alumni to sit down with us during the 2008 Reunion Weekend and share their stories of life at Northwestern. Ira Sherman (WCAS68) took us up on our offer.
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In this edition of 'Cat Tracks, Ira Sherman (WCAS68) shares his memory of life at Northwestern. He is a clinical psychologist, but that's not what he expected to study when he arrived on campus. Ira sat down with us during 2008's Reunion Weekend.
'Cat Tracks is a production of the Northwestern Alumni Association. If you would like to share your Northwestern story, please email cattracks@northwestern.edu.
Associate Chair and Associate Professor of English Dr. Susan Phillips describes herself as a medievalist with Early Modern leanings. Her current project traces the cultural history of the dictionaries, phrasebooks, and guides to conversations that flooded the early modern marketplace. Dr. Phillips discussed her research during 2009's A Day with Northwestern in Evanston in an engaging and entertaining presentation.
We asked alumni to sit down with us during the 2008 Reunion Weekend and share their stories of life at Northwestern. In this edition of 'Cat Tracks, Julie Koenig (WCAS63) and Linda Shirer (J63) remember their sorority, which was a source of fun and lifelong friendship.
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In this edition of 'Cat Tracks, Julie Koenig (WCAS63) and Linda Shirer (J63) share their memories of their time at Northwestern as sorority sisters. It was a time filled with fun, friendshiop, and more than a little mischief. Julie and Linda sat down with us during 2008's Reunion Weekend.
Genevieve Thiers (GMu04) studied to be an opera singer, but you're more likely to hear others sing her praises as the founder and CEO of iVillage’s Sittercity.com®, an award-winning, online care-giving site for child care, pet care, senior care, home care, and tutors. She shared her story as part of 2009's A Day with Northwestern in Evanston.
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As an undergraduate at Boston College, Genevieve Thiers (GMu04) babysat for over 30 families. That experience foreshadowed her career to come as the founder and CEO of iVillage’s Sittercity.com®, an award-winning, online care-giving site for child care, pet care, senior care, home care, and tutors. Thiers has appeared extensively in the media including The Today Show and CNN, and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times.
In this edition of 'Cat Tracks, Frank Galati (C65, GC67, GC71) describes how his role as a Northwestern faculty member developed and nurtured his distinguished theatre career.
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Frank Galati (C65, GC67, GC71) is an accomplished professor, director, and playwright. His work has been produced by Chicago's renowned Goodman and Steppenwolf Theatres and on Broadway, where he received two Tony Awards for his direction and adaptation of The Grapes of Wrath. In Evanston, he is professor emeritus of performance studies at Northwestern's School of Communication.
Visiting Crown Professor of Middle East studies, Dr. Elie Rekhess is one of Israel's leading experts on the Arab minority in Israel, Jewish-Arab relations, Palestinian politics, and the Islamic resurgence in the West Bank and Gaza. He is a faculty member in Tel Aviv University's Department of Middle Eastern History. For 2009's A Day with Northwestern in Evanston, Dr.
