In Cairo’s Tahrir Square, “the list of demands has changed little” and popular protest continues to play an important role, Fullbright scholar
Sarah Mousa ’10 writes in a recent opinion piece. [
Al Jazeera.com]
Baruch College provost
James McCarthy *77 will take over as the new president of Suffolk University in Boston Feb. 1. [
Boston Globe]
Michael Griffith ’87’s second novel,
Trophy, was named one of the 25 best fiction books of 2011 by Kirkus Reviews. [
Kirkus Reviews]
Was the 2009 federal stimulus “money well spent”? Reporter
Michael Grabell ’03 examines that question in a new book that he discussed with
Fresh Air host Dave Davies. [
WHYY]
San Francisco 49ers assistant coach
George “Geep” Chryst ’84 was credited with designing the “Vernon post,” a pass to tight end Vernon Davis that provided the winning touchdown in the 49ers’ Jan. 14 playoff win over the New Orleans Saints. [
San Francisco Chronicle]
Elaine James ’83, a doctor in South Carolina, spent the last two years as a live-in physician for blues singer Etta James, who died earlier this week. (Though they shared their last name, the two women were not related.) [
The Item (Sumter, S.C.)]