Lake Forest College In The News

Associate Professor of English Davis Schneiderman shows empathy for dads alone with their kids while their wives are away in his latest Huffington Post story.

Lecturer in Economics and Business and steel-analyst, Michelle Applebaum, was recently quoted in a Wall Street Journal article that discusses the effects the Chinese steel industry is having world-wide. “It’s creating a tsunami effect on the global steel industry that is pressing on prices everywhere,” said Chicago-based steel analyst Michelle Applebaum. “I assume the Chinese are just waiting for other regions to file trade suits, and they know they will simply have to stop at that point, because if Beijing is doing anything to rein in the overproduction, they are doing it invisibly.”

English Professor Davis Schneiderman wrote his latest Huffington Post article titled, “Why I Will Never Really See the Boston Marathon Bombing Video.” 

His April 17 conversation with Jerome McDonnell on NPR’s Worldview began with a discussion of the earthquake in Iran and then turned to Sadri’s latest book, The Epic of Persian Kings: the Shahnameh of Ferdowsi.

WMXM deejay and band promoter Sully Davis ‘13 talks about the line-up and the goals for the show.

Computer Science and Mathematics Professor Ed Packel was featured in a SunTimes article about his talk at a local library about the odds of betting in the NCAA basketball tournament, March Madness.

Nine members of the College’s Habitat for Humanity chapter traveled to Minnesota during spring break to help rehabilitate homes, and their story recently appeared in the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Patch.

The Associate Professor of English details how his father’s seven-year bout with cancer has caused him to become a stranger — a stranger Schneiderman has grown to love.

She and other professionals are participating in a pilot project to teach Chicago Public School students college-level humanities courses. 

Her story, “7 Tips to Make the Most of College Visits,” was published in the February 2013  edition of Make It Better magazine.

Professor Davis Schneiderman wrote about his experience with a weekend without technology in his latest Huffington Post article.

Lecturer in American Studies Elizabeth Marquardt co-authored a Huffington Post politics piece responding to President Obama’s call in his State of the Union to eliminate marriage penalties for low-income Americans.

Travis Clark ‘12, who is currently in his first season playing basketball in Germany, is profiled in this story from Eurobasket.com.

Camila Quinteros ‘14 is featured in this story for the design she created for the new City of Lake Forest vehicle sticker.

On the first day of international nuclear talks in Kazahkstan, Sadri gives his analysis of how Iranians will respond to attempts to curb Iran’s nuclear ambitions.