Showing posts with label professors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label professors. Show all posts

Saturday, June 05, 2010

Campaigning for Clooney

Some '07 alums have started a Facebook group to get George Clooney to visit ill and much-loved professor Ann Velenchik. Ann is receiving treatment for leukemia at Brigham and Women's Hosptial in Boston.

From the group:
"Ann is a professor of economics at Wellesley College, mentor of hundreds of students, mother of 2 lovely young children (age 9 and 13), wife to a wonderfully supportive husband, stand-up comedian, and most recently, blogger of her experiences during treatment for APML. Humor and enthusiasm for life has stood Ann well during much of her chemotherapy, and has also been uplifting for her family, friends, and students.

We have written to Mr. Clooney to tell him that he is, singularly, Ann's favorite celebrity, and to request that he visit during her recovery. Mr. Clooney would not only be inspiring to a courageous woman fighting cancer, but also to her wide network of supporters."
The group has 800+ members so far. It worked for Betty White, so why not?

Friday, December 11, 2009

Professor Case's Last Class

Today's Boston Globe (via the news feed) features a great article about the retirement of Wellesley Professor Chip Case. He teaches his last class today.

Case created the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Prices Indices which changed the way we measure the housing market. Suffering from Parkinson's disease, he decided to retire:
“I can remember the names of every kid from 25 years ago,’’ Case said. “All of a sudden I have a class now, and I don’t remember their names.’’
Read the article here.