Dorman '14 Joins AmeriCorps

Anna Dorman '14 has joined AmeriCorps, working with the Hawaii Alliance for Community Based Economic Development (HACBED) in Honolulu. Over the course of the next year in the Americorps VISTA position, she will develop a program to increase saving habits among at-risk youth populations and provide access to financial education resources for their families. Dorman explains the project is important...  More >>

Alums Launch Perfect Snaque

Brian Allen '90 and Cynthia "Cricket" Fairbanks Allen '92 were recently featured in an article in U.S. 1 newspaper for having launched their second business venture together. The two first formed Bot Beverages, which manufactured and marketed flavored water for children, but had to reposition it as an adult beverage following the recession of 2008. They eventually closed Bot, moving on to start P...  More >>

SASS Opens Semester

The South Asian Speaker Series began the spring semester with a talk by Assistant Professor of Economics at Cornell University Jim Berry. Berry's Jan. 30 lecture was titled "Enrollment without Education: Addressing India's Primary Education Challenge." He focused his talk on recent advances and challenges in India's primary schooling system and how economic research can inform educational policy...  More >>

Plan Now for 2015 Study Abroad

The Center for Global Education is now recruiting for spring 2015 study abroad programs. There will be an informational meeting for all students interested in studying abroad on Thursday, Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Vandervort Room. The first part of the meeting will be a general introduction to study abroad for HWS students. After that, two different break-out sessions will provide more informati...  More >>

Frishman on Pope, Capitalism

Professor of Economics Alan Frishman recently had a guest essay published in the Democrat and Chronicle in Rochester, and reprinted in other Gannett News publications. Frishman's article was a rebuttal to a previous guest essay, "Pope is wrong about capitalism." In his piece, Frishman counters "Capitalism is a good economic system that virtually everyone ascribes to, including Pope Francis. But c...  More >>