In a feature about Dartmouth alumna Shonda Rhimes ’91, the Herald notes that the prolific tv author honed her expertise by writing for the college newspaper and directing student theater productions whereas finding out English and movie research at Dartmouth. Dartmouth professor receives this year’s Kingsley Tufts award, now celebrating its 25th anniversary, honors a mid-career poet with a prize of $100,000—the largest cash award in the world for a single guide of poetry. Kojiro Uwezaki , who obtained his masters diploma from Dartmouth in 1993 in electro-acoustic music, celebrates backstage along with his Silk Road Ensemble colleagues on the 59th annual Grammy Awards on February 12th in Los Angeles. The Silk Road Ensemble received the award for best world music album of the yr.

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