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...Center for Public Interest Careers received a $1 million gift from David A. Ackert and Charlotte C. Ackert ’76 earlier this month as part of a University-wide push toward fostering increased student interest in the public sector...
Part of the gift was used to hire Diana Y. Wan ’08 as a fellow to help with alumni outreach and the reopening of CPIC’s Los Angeles Fellowships and Internship Program...
...Cooke wasn't some pretty Euro-boy, indulged by Manhattan plutocrats because they could count on him fill out a dinner table or bridge game. He had the gift of intelligent gab, and a mind that swiftly synthesized all he'd read and seen into what he knew the listener would find informative and attractive. He demonstrated that when Edward VII resigned after marrying Wallis Simpson (another American swell Cooke had met), and NBC radio hired him to cover the event: 10 days, 400,000 words virtually all ad-libbed...
...waiting too!’” These stray sounds from the city helped settle Beckett’s spare script into its rough setting. “The silence of the play,” Chan said, “is a gift from Beckett. It’s a gift of space of silence that we can fill.”The idea of emptiness runs through Chan’s visual work. In “5th Light,” one of Chan’s “easy” pieces, shadows projected...
Emerald City Gem. The luxury Fairmont hotel wants your business in Seattle. The Fairmont Olympic Hotel is now offering 40% off rack rates, so standard rooms are down to $199. There are also three different executive suite packages available, for $299 per night: "Shoppers Delight" includes a $100 Visa gift card; "Savor Seattle" comes with a three-course dinner for two at The Georgian restaurant in the hotel; "Celebration" gets you truffles and a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne in your room. If you buy all three, you get a fourth package of your choice for $99. Deals are available...