Newsmakers worthy of your attention
Our choice to join the Kenyon community says a lot about us — what we value (collaborative inquiry and human connection) and how we express ourselves (with intellectual fearlessness and humility). Here are some of the meaningful ways in which that translates to our work in the world.
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The Kenyon Review speaks to Nadia Reiman ’05, who produced an episode of “This American Life” that received the first Pulitzer Prize for audio reporting.
Leading the Conversation
Learn how “Pod Save America” host Tommy Vietor ’02 waxed philosophical at Kenyon, hitched a ride to the White House with a hotshot senator and ended up as an influential voice to millions of ears across America.
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Stopping the Stigma
Kenyon NewsAs an executive producer of an Oscar-winning short documentary, Ruby Schiff ’21 brought global attention to the lack of education surrounding menstruation in a rural Indian village.
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Prized Playwright
Kenyon NewsAfter discovering playwriting at Kenyon, Will Arbery '11 received critical acclaim for his thought-provoking productions. Arbery was a Whiting Award winner and Pulitzer finalist in the same year.
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‘Joy is a Radical Act’
In the News — The New York TimesImmigration activist Marco Saavedra ’11 made national headlines as his own asylum case was heard before a federal judge.
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Alexandra White ’09
In the News — New York TimesAs head of the environment and cancer epidemiology group at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, White authored a report that linked hair dyes with an increased risk of breast cancer in black women.
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Chris Loggins ’08
In the News — Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewInspired by Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, Loggins received a Daytime Emmy for the popular children's program, “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.”
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Caitlin Horrocks ’02
In the News — The Wall Street JournalHorrocks’ first novel, “The Vexations,” earned a place on the Wall Street Journal’s list of best books of 2019 and caught the attention of Oprah as a book “you won’t be able to put down.”
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Harrison David Rivers ’04
In the News — New York TimesThe prolific playwright became the second Kenyon graduate in as many years to win the American Playwriting Foundation’s Relentless Award.
In the Halls of Power
One of the top photojournalists in D.C., Erin Schaff '11 gets an up-close, personal look at America’s leading political figures. Read the stories behind her headline-making images.
“I believe a commitment to the cause means that I need to take the risk.”
