Joan Krizack named Fellow of Massachusetts Historical Society

Joan Krizack
From an announcement today by Acting Dean of Libraries Will Wakeling: I am excited to be able to tell you all of a great honor which has been bestowed on one of our colleagues and co-workers. Joan Krizack, University Archivist and Head, Special Collections Dept., has been elected a Fellow of the Massachusetts Historical Society. The Fellows, elected by their peers, comprise ” a special body of those who have excelled in preserving and making available the history of our state.” Congratulations to Joan for this eminent recognition of her distinguished and continuing contribution. (image courtesy of Society of American Archivists)

Egyptian Education

I just read an interesting (and alarming) article in The Chronicle of Higher Education about education in Egypt. I know some people who have studied and taught there-some liked it, and some hated it-but all were pretty vague and general in describing their experiences. Andrew Mills’s article certainly paints a bleak picture. I’d like to visit Egypt and read quite a bit about it when I was younger, but I haven’t been yet. Has anyone visited or studied there? What were your experiences like?

Nicholas Daniloff in the news

Book Cover: Of Spies and SpokesmenNU’s own Nicholas Daniloff, an NU professor of journalism and former library Meet the Author panelist (with Khassan Baiev in ’04) is featured in an article in this week’s U.S. News and World Report. The article is about his new book Of Spies and Spokesmen; and his brief arrest in the Soviet Union, which Gorbachev has since admitted was in retaliation for the U.S. arrest of a Soviet spy. (Interestingly, the article fails to mention that, as usual, the Reagan administration bargained with the Soviets for Daniloff’s release, releasing the Soviet spy in exchange.) Ah, the Cold War. Seems like a playground kickball game compared to the foreign policy problems we have now! Daniloff’s new book is available at Snell Library and excerpts are in the U.Missouri Press Media Kit.

Starbucks Logo

I guess there are some folks out there who think the Starbucks siren logo is a wee bit naughty – this post details the history of the logo. We’ve come a long way since the 15th century! It’s pretty interesting – and one of the updates includes some comments and images from the guy who designed the green logo.