Nyasha Grayman-Simpson, associate professor of psychology, recently appeared on the Marc Steiner Show‘s “Philosopher’s Roundtable” to discuss whether everything really happens for a reason. To listen, click here.

Danielle Faulkner ’12, help desk analyst, was named a 2014-2015 Urban Arts Leadership Fellow through the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance.

Faculty and students from the Master of Arts Program in Cultural Sustainability (MACS) recently returned from the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society, held November 5-9 in Santa Fe, NM. Current student Amber Dodge presented her work with refugees in Florida, “Hope Through Common Threads.” Terri Van Orman ’14, director of Folklore Village in

Florence Martin, professor of French and francophone cinema and literature, recently published an article on Moroccan woman filmmaker Farida Benlyazid in Black Camera called “Farida Benlyazid and Juanita Narboni: Two Women from Tangier,” and she wrote a chapter on French woman filmmaker Claire Denis in the book Trouble Everyday: The Neo-Colonialists Bite Back, published by

Goucher Finance Professor Victor Ricciardi was interviewed on how to build a better questionnaire to measure investors’ tolerance for risk in Proactive Advisor Magazine here.

Nicole Craver ’14 and her study abroad trip to Cuba are explored in this Swim Swam blog piece titled “Behind Political Lines.”