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Q and A: Bennington poet is ‘building a shrine of words’

Brattleboro Reformer 03 Nov 2021

But fate brought her from New York City to Bennington College on her birthday in the winter in 2009, pregnant with her second ...

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The Bates Seven, gentleman’s agreement - discrimination in sports - opinion

The Jerusalem Post 03 Nov 2021

In college athletics, gentleman’s agreements prevented African-Americans from playing basketball in the Big Ten ... The writer is rabbi emeritus of the Israel Congregation, Manchester Center, Vermont, and a faculty member of the Arava Institute for Environmental Studies and Bennington College.

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WSB-TV News Anchor Jovita Moore Has Passed, Colleagues & More Remember Her Via Twitter

The Tennessee Tribune 02 Nov 2021

By D.L. Chandler ... Moore, a native of New York City, obtained her undergraduate degree from Bennington College in Vermont and worked as an intern at the New York Times, according to the accompanying report from the WSB-TV team. She later earned a master’s degree in Broadcast Journalism from Columbia University ahead of joining WSB-TV in 1998 ... —. Photo.

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Role of plastics as a climate change driver to grow, researchers say

Michigan Live 31 Oct 2021

A new report published this month by Beyond Plastics, an academic project of Vermont’s Bennington College, quantified U.S ... ....

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Atlanta news anchor Jovita Moore dies months after brain cancer diagnosis

The Philadelphia Tribune 29 Oct 2021

Longtime TV news anchor Jovita Moore died Thursday night at 53 after a months-long battle with cancer, WSB announced Friday morning. "Jovita died overnight, seven months after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer," the station's statement said ... She had a bachelor of arts degree from Bennington College in Vermont, WSB said ... ....

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Atlanta anchor Jovita Moore dies after battle with brain cancer

The Grio 29 Oct 2021

A beloved staple of Atlanta news, Moore came to Atlanta from Arkansas, where she began her award-winning media career in 1990 ... She was 53 ... (Photo ... A native New Yorker, Moore earned a master’s degree in Journalism from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and held a bachelor of arts degree in literature from Bennington College in Vermont ... .

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Coalition of Tech Companies and Academic Experts Launch Unprecedented Report to Transform Diversity, Equity, and ...

The Marshall News Messenger 28 Oct 2021

The working group that developed the report included experts and academics from AnitaB.org; Aspen Digital, a program of the Aspen Institute; Bennington College; Brookings Institution; Computing Alliance of Hispanic-Serving Institutions, University of Texas at El Paso; ...

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How one grant was spent: Mary Ruefle, Robert Frost Stone House Museum update poet's iconic work

Brattleboro Reformer 26 Oct 2021

SHAFTSBURY — Earlier this week, I reached out to the Robert Frost Stone House Museum at Bennington College in Shaftsbury to inquire about their use of a $5,000 Covid recovery grant from Vermont Humanities ... part of Bennington College, recover from revenue lost during the past year.

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Plans for SVC campus outlined; campus COVID site lauded

Bennington Banner 25 Oct 2021

BENNINGTON – Owning the former Southern Vermont College campus has proven “a godsend” for Southwestern Vermont Health Care, and more benefits are ...

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Plastic industry pollution to overtake coal in US by 2030, report says

Ars Technica 24 Oct 2021

/ Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants near Baton Rouge, La ... (credit. Giles Clarke/Getty Images) ... Production in the US creates at least 232 million metric tons of greenhouse gases, according to the report by Bennington College and the nonprofit organization Beyond Plastics ... Read 7 remaining paragraphs . Comments. .

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Report: Plastics contribute to climate change

Brattleboro Reformer 24 Oct 2021

BENNINGTON — Plastics are on track to contribute more climate change emissions than coal plants by 2030, a new report from a nationwide initiative at Bennington College concludes ... “The New Coal ... Support our journalism ... → ... 1 ... Jim Therrien writes for Vermont News and Media, including the Bennington Banner, Manchester Journal and Brattleboro Reformer.

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US Plastics Industry Will Have More Emissions Than Coal by 2030, New Report Says

truthout 24 Oct 2021

With dozens of new plastics manufacturing and recycling facilities in the works, the U.S ... Emissions from the plastics sector equaled that of 116 coal-fired power plants last year, according to the out Thursday from Bennington College’s Beyond Plastics project ... With the U.S ... Plastics ... Harmful Plastics Pollution ... .

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Lethal ‘forever chemicals’ taint our food, water and even blood. The EPA is stalling

The Observer 24 Oct 2021

EPA unveils new strategy to address US contamination of ‘forever’ chemicals ... When PFAS was discovered in my hometown of Bennington, Vermont, the plastics factory that emitted these chemicals for decades landed on a novel defense ... David Bond is the associate director of the Center for the Advancement of Public Action (CAPA) at Bennington College ... .

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Did a Podcast About Donna Tartt Go Too Far?

The New Republic 22 Oct 2021

This was my key takeaway from Once Upon a Time … at Bennington College, Lili Anolik’s new podcast about the college years of Donna Tartt, Jonathan Lethem, and Bret Easton Ellis—all members of Bennington’s class of ’86 ... The show, which is seven episodes deep so far, continues Anolik’s 2019 piece for Esquire, “The Secret Oral History of Bennington.

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