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Media Coverage
2008
Baltimore Sun, 5/6
Honored educator credits farm upbringing
Baltimore Sun, 3/4
"Facing an ignorance epidemic" by John Lang, director of WC's journalism intern program
Baltimore Sun, 2/29
Remarks by Convocation Honoree Taylor Branch
Baltimore Sun, 2/20
40 Years Later, Still Larger Than Life
2007
The New York Times, 12/23
Hodson Trust-Griswold Director of the C.V. Starr Center Adam Goodheart on "The Outsiders"
USA Today, 11/15
College-bound GIs get extra help
Baltimore Sun, 10/25
VP for Admissions Kevin Coveney in Baltimore Sun Cover Story
Chronicle of Higher Education, 10/18
Professor of History Carol Wilson's Book a "Nota Bene" Feature
The Daily Times—Delmarva Now, 10/2
April Todd '97 Named Maryland Teacher of the Year
The New York Times, 8/5
Hodson Trust-Griswold Director of the C.V. Starr Center Adam Goodheart on "The Days of Their Lives"
Lax Power, 7/12
Clarke, Shoremen Lead Team to Victory in Prague Cup
The New York Times, 7/8
Director of the Rose O'Neill Literary House Joshua Wolf Shenk on "Lincoln Navigator "
The New York Times, 7/6
Hodson Trust-Griswold Director of the C.V. Starr Center Adam Goodheart on "Wrapped in the Star-Spangled Toga"
By Design—Australian Broadcasting Corporation's National Radio Program, 6/16
Hodson Trust-Griswold Director of the C.V. Starr Center Adam Goodheart on "This Old, Organic House"
Carroll County Times, 6/15
Aimée Kidd '07 featured in article "Prints reveal letters with hands"
Talk of the Nation—National Public Radio, 5/29
Liam Daley discusses winning the Sophie Kerr Prize (3:15 into audio segment)
Washington Post, 5/23
Biographer Wins Washington Prize for Book on Slave Trade
WJZ Baltimore, 5/20
Online Video: Washington College Graduate Wins $60,000 Award
The New York Times, 5/20
Hodson Trust-Griswold Director of the C.V. Starr Center Adam Goodheart on "This Old, Organic House"
Baltimore Examiner, 5/14
Washington College looks for leaders
Baltimore Examiner, 5/14
Students proud of community
Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/16
"Schooled by 'American Idol'" by Provost and Dean of the College Christopher Ames
Chicago Sun-Times, 3/15
"All-'American' rejects" by Provost and Dean of the College Christopher Ames
wtopnews.com, 3/8
At Md. Colleges, Students Put 'Green' Principles to Practice
USA Today, 1/29
Director of the C.V. Starr Center Adam Goodheart and alumnus Jack Bohrer '06 draw analog of Iraq and Vietnam
2006
Wayne Suburban, 12/21
Alumnus Chris Hupfeldt '77 Becomes Resident Santa of Wayne, PA
Houston Chronicle, 12/15
Professor of Economics Robert Lynch quoted in "Icelandic to Close Maryland Plant"
Capitol Hill Blue, 11/21
Remembering William Styron: alumnus David Healey recounts meeting the author on campus
The New York Times, 10/30
"Trail of Tears," a book review of Thirteen Moons by Adam Goodheart, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
Gazette.Net, 10/27
Melissa Deckman, associate professor of political science, featured in "First lady hits campaign trail for husband"
USA Today, 10/25
Melissa Deckman, associate professor of political science, featured in "War, economy sway race"
The Washington Times, 10/5
Curious about George
The Boston Globe, 9/17
"Harsh light of reality heats Heaney's poems" review by professor Peter Campion
WYPR 88.1 FM Baltimore, 9/15
The Signal interviews Joshua Wolf Shenk, Director of WC's O'Neill Literary House, about his book Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness
Baltimore Sun, 9/13
President Bush could learn a lot from Sun Tzu by John Lang, director of WC's journalism intern program
WHYY FM 91, Philadelphia, 8/22
Drama Professor Michele Volansky on Actors and Their Audiences
National Geographic, 8/06
Seasons of Smoke by Adam Goodheart, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
Baltimore Sun, 7/30/06
Linked in life and in death, on the passing of 1948 alumnus William Gray and his wife Carlyn
Smithsonian, 7/06
Interview with Adam Goodheart
The New York Times, 7/2/06
10 Days That Changed History by Adam Goodheart, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
The Baltimore Sun, 5/28/06
The winner's Ben. Bye, George
The Washington Post, 5/24/06
Schiff Wins Washington Book Prize For Work On Franklin
Associated Press, 5/24/06
Book on Benjamin Franklin Wins Prize
The Baltimore Sun, Page 1B, 5/22/06
Kerr prize winner might take the money and run
Associated Press, 5/22/06
Winner of college's Kerr award "genuinely surprised"
The New York Times, 5/21/06
C.V. Starr Center historian Adam Goodheart's "Expanding on Jefferson"
The New York Times, 4/28/06
Havens, Chestertown, Md.: Charm, Not Politics, on the Eastern Shore
The Baltimore Sun, 4/26/06
Ex-tennis coach is adviser to the rich: Profile of WC alumnus Peter Maller '90
The Annapolis Capital, 4/16 and 4/21/06
C.V. Starr Center historian Adam Goodheart's research on John Paul Jones' crypt at the U.S. Naval Academy
Opinion: John Paul Jones needn't be asked to show his ID
The Christian Science Monitor, 4/24/06
Psychology professor Lauren Littlefield comments on the origin of childhood creativity in "Backstory: Children of Invention"
New York Times Magazine, 4/23/06
"The Pentecostal Promise" by Interim Literary House Director Benjamin Anastas
The Baltimore Sun, 4/23/06
C.V. Starr Center historian Adam Goodheart on "Who's in John Paul Jones' tomb"
The Philadelphia Inquirer, 4/23/06
Economics professor Robert Lynch interviewed for "Taxed to the Max"
Baltimore Sun, A&E Today, 4/9/06
Professor Donald McColl interviewed for Critical Eye: Lifting the shroud off images of Jesus through the ages
The Weekly Standard, 4/3/06
Firmness in the Right: A Review of Professor Richard Striner's Father Abraham
Smithsonian Magazine, 4/06
Home is the Sailor by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
History News Network, 3/13/06
Wartime Leadership: The First Republican President Versus the Latest by WC History Professor Richard Striner
Baltimore Sun, 2/22/06
WWGD: What Would George Do?
Baltimore Sun, Ideas, 2/12/06
What if Lincoln had lived?
New York Times, 1/31/06
The State of the Union Is Unreal, Commentary by Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
Baltimore Sun, 1/22/06
Slugging it out on the weird-story front
2005
New York Observer, 11/14/05
Honest Abe to the Rescue—Goodwin Needs Him; Nation, Too, Commentary by Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
Washington Post, 10/9/05
Old Hickory, Commentary by Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
Washington Post, 10/9/05
Old Hickory, Commentary by Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
New York Times, 9/18/05
Death to the Crusade, Commentary by Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
Baltimore Business Journal, 9/16/05
O'Keefe will chair state's Higher Education Commission
Japan Times, 9/15/05
Betting on a Bolder Japan, Commentary by Professor Andrew Oros, Department of Political Science and International Studies
San Jose Mercury News, 9/12/05
Presidents fought for peace, made U.S. great, Commentary by Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center (registration required)
Washington Post, 9/11/05
A Different Power, Commentary by Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
WBAL TV, 9/7/05
Maryland colleges, universities host displaced collegians
The Baltimore Sun, 9/3/05
Donations outpace responses to past disasters
The Signal on WYPR—NPR News Station, 9/1/05
Meredith Davies Hadaway reads from her book of poetry, Fishing Secrets of the Dead (mp3 audio file)
History News Network, 9/1/05
Why Katrina Is Likely to Be a Disaster for President Bush, Too, Commentary by Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
New York Times, 8/5/05
Setting them free by Adam Goodheart, C.V. Starr Scholar (registration required)
The Baltimore Sun, 8/27/05
Business Professor Irv DeGraw quoted in City-based Under Armour preparing to go public
USA Today, 8/14/05
Business Professor Irv DeGraw quoted in IPOs drive forward on 'pent-up backlog for deals'
The Baltimore Sun, 7/17/05
Professor Melissa Deckman quoted in "Judicial conservatives come in many varieties"
International Herald Tribune, 7/15/05
C.V. Starr Center Director Ted Widmer reviews "Thomas Jefferson: Author of America"
NY Daily News, 6/29/05
Prize opens new doors for budding author
History News Network, 5/23/05
Professor Melissa Deckman on the Contemporary Evolution vs. Creationism School Board Debates
Baltimore Sun, 5/23/05
Fiction writer graduates to big time with award
Associated Press, 5/23/05
English Major Wins $53K Literary Award
Washington Post, 5/23/05
N.Y. Woman Wins Literary Award
ABC News, 5/9/05
Historian Chernow Wins $50,000 Book Prize
Baltimore Sun, 5/8/05
Don't book first prize for Washington: Hamilton tome gets award named after president
Baltimore Sun, 5/8/05
An Environmental Resurrection
Roll Call, 5/3/05
Ten Bills That Really Mattered
The Baltimore Sun, 4/24/05
Owning up to WWII actions
(featuring WC Political Science Professor Andrew Oros)
Chronicle of Higher Education, 4/22/05
Sophie Kerr's Curse: Real, or Just So Much Smoke?
The Washington Post, 4/19/05
Rove's Reading: Not So Liberal as Leery
Associated Press, 4/18/05
Rove Decries Coverage of Government
Marketplace, 3/29/05
College
Tuition and Merit-based Discounts—on the Rise
National Geographic, March 2005
Civil War Battlefields See New Conflict
by C.V. Starr Fellow Adam Goodheart
China Daily, China, 2/25/05
Americans place Lincoln, Reagan on top of polls
Knight Ridder Newspapers, 2/24/05
States, colleges increasing merit-based financial aid
Philadelphia Inquirer, 2/24/05
States, colleges increasing merit-based financial aid
FOX News Channel, 2/22/05
Washington College Poll through the "Political Grapevine" by Brit Hume
The Washington Post, 2/20/05
George Wins Time-Travel Race in a Blur
The Associated Press, 2/20/05
Washington Lags in Poll of Presidents
NPR Weekend Edition, 2/20/05
Americans Rate George Washington No. 7 in Poll
Interview with C.V. Starr Center Director Ted Widmer
The Guardian UK, 2/20/05
Washington Lags in Poll of Top Presidents
Yahoo News, PR News Wire, 2/17/05
Which George W. Would Americans Elect? Nation's First President Wins By 20 Points in New National Survey
The News Journal, 2/4/05
WC professor Carol Wilson's research cited in "Marker will set record straight on slave trade"
Baltimore Sun, 1/23/05
Hints of danger in bold pledge
by C.V. Starr Center Director Ted Widmer
USA Today, 1/11/05
A Suddenly Small World by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
The Boston Globe, 1/2/05
On the remote Andaman Islands, the tsunami may have washed away the earth's last mysterious strangers by C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart
2004
National Geographic Channel, 11/15/04
WC
Archaeologist John Seidel interviewed for the National Geographic
Channel's "Lost Gold of the Republic." Airing November
15, 16 and 18
The Washington Post Magazine, 11/7/04
WC's American Studies Institute featured in "Worlds Apart"
The Baltimore Sun, 11/3/04
Mikulski easily defeats wealthy challenger Pipkin
The Baltimore Sun, 10/17/04
School Board Battles: The Christian Right in Local Politics
by Professor Melissa M. Deckman: "A model of scrupulous
research and clear-voiced writing"
The Annapolis Capital, 9/23/04
Web site to aid voter registration
C.V. Starr Scholar Adam Goodheart Awarded Prize for Best Magazine Article on Foreign Travel
CNN/Money Magazine, 9/2/04
Washington Scholars Program featured in "Free money, cushy dorms, and gourmet cuisine help schools lure top talent"
History Now: American History Online
Teaching American History to Muslim Exchange Students
By Ted Widmer
The Writer's Almanac with Garrison Keillor, NPR, 8/23/04
Sophie Kerr's Birthday and Literary Legacy
Associated Press, 8/8/04
Archaeologists study Chester River: Scientists hope to unravel mysteries beneath ancient Maryland waterway
The Washington Post, 7/26/04
Life of the Party Turns Wallflower
The Star Democrat, 7/26/04
Web site collects voter registration info for entire U.S.
The Baltimore Sun, 7/18/04
Signs of the Times
New York Times Magazine, 7/11/04
Ted Widmer on "Nobody's Founder," Alexander Hamilton
The Baltimore Sun, 7/3/04
Bursting with fireworks wisdom, Professor John Conkling
Baltimore Business Journal, 7/1/04
N.C. foundation donates $1M to Washington College
The Financial Times (Bangladesh), 6/17/04
Bangladeshi students to take part in US undergraduate student
exchange programme
The New York Times, 5/30/04
The State-Tax Tug of War
USA Today, 5/25/04
C.V. Starr Fellow Adam Goodheart on "Memorial Day and beyond: How to honor fallen soldiers"
Associated Press, 5/19/04
Marines, Firefighters Practice Terror Response In Maryland
Life With Sophie The New York Times, 4/28/04
Washington College Professor Ted Widmer on Bob Woodward's "Plan of Attack"
(free registration required)
The Star Democrat, 4/9/04
John Toll: Achiever from the Continental Divide
Modern Maturity, the AARP Magazine, May/June 2004
A Change of Heart by Washington College's Adam Goodheart
Cutting taxes is bad for business, says Md. expert's study The Kent County News, 2/26/04
New College President is Appointed The Washington Post, 2/1/04
Maryland College Chief Plans Little Rest In His Retirement
The Baltimore Sun, 2/1/04
Quelling Fears on Financial Aid
The Baltimore Sun, 1/25/04
Drawn
to the Shore: Visitors to the Eastern Shore may be surprised to discover a thriving arts scene
2003
The Boston Globe, 12/14/03
Old friends: Why the U.S. should support Turkey now more than ever
by Faruk Birtek and Ted Widmer, Director of the C.V. Starr Center
Preservation Magazine, Nov/Dec 2003
Chestertown: Battle of the Big Box
by John Lang, WC Journalism instructor
Pacifica Radio's "DEMOCRACY NOW!", 12/1/03
WC Political Science Professor Andrew Oros Interviewed
New York Times, 11/23/03
"Small-Town Gay America" by Adam Goodheart, C.V. Starr Fellow
*Note: Free registration required to view
L. A. Times, 8/22/03
From Dhaka, With Hope
The New Yorker Magazine, 8/11/03
Leaders of Tomorrow
New York Times, 7/13/03
Slavery's Past, Paved Over or Forgotten
by Adam Goodheart, C.V. Starr Fellow
*Note: Free registration required to view
New York Times, 7/3/03
The Ghosts of Jamestown
by Adam Goodheart, C.V. Starr Fellow
*Note: Free registration required to view
Preservation Magazine, May/June 2003
Remains of the Bay
by John Lang, WC Journalism instructor
Washington Post, 5/19/03
For a Promising Writer, College's Surprise Ending
The News Journal, 5/19/03
Graduate wins Sophie Kerr prize
Baltimore Sun, 5/9/03:
Commencement rite is a real page-turner
Chesapeake Life Magazine, June 2003
The Write Stuff (PDF)
Washington Post, 4/6/03
20 Undiscovered Gems
Washington Post, 4/2/03
Colleges Worth Considering
Kent County News, 1/23/03
Pre-Civil Rights Era Remembered at Martin Luther King Day Ceremony
Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/2/03
Father of the Man: "Well-constructed and taut novel"
2002
The News Journal, 12/1/02
Keeping Place, Preserving Communities
Voice of America, 11/24/02
The Hummingbird at Risk
(Real Audio)
Washington Post Book World, 11/3/02
Father of the Man: "A well-crafted, ambitious tale..."
Chronicle of Higher Education, 3/15/02
Writing
Programs With Flair
Chesapeake Life, Jan/Feb 2002
A Top Notch Literary Debut
2001
Washington Post, 7/18/01
A Young Writer Nets An Old Tale
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