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AROUND
THE QUADS
Stone stated that he is leaving Columbia because "change is a good thing professionally." The Boston Globe reported in August that Harvard was considering Stone as a successor to Paul Grogan, who held the position until July 1. Stone initially delayed accepting Harvard's offer because he felt obliged to focus exclusively on Columbia's escalated demand for public relations in the wake of the attacks on September 11. "I am impressed with Alan's breadth of experience, his grasp of the challenges inherent in this position and his steady demeanor," said Harvard President Lawrence Summers, who knew Stone from their work together in the Clinton administration. Virgil
Renzulli, who served as assistant vice president under Stone in
the Office of Public Affairs, observed, "There are two hallmarks
of his work at Columbia: a better integration of divisions [community,
government, news] within the Office of Public Affairs, and a better
awareness of what strategies Columbia's administration expects from
the office." Stone brought Columbia's Record and aspects of
the University's Web site under the auspices of his office and helped
to realize Columbia's goal of a better off-campus community relationship.
At Johns Hopkins, Neal managed the library system and oversaw the Center for Educational Resources, an instructional technology support facility similar to the Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning; the Digital Knowledge Center, a research and development unit focused on digital libraries and emerging technologies; and the library entrepreneurial program, a network of e-commerce initiatives. In addition to being dean of the Johns Hopkins libraries (1998-2001), he also has served as Sheridan Director of the Milton S. Eisenhower Library (1995-2001), dean of the University Libraries at Indiana University (1989-95) and in administrative positions at the libraries of Penn State, Notre Dame and CUNY. At
Columbia, Neal will oversee the operations of the University library
system — the 10th largest research library in North America
— and the University's Academic Information Systems. He will
manage library collections, shape the libraries' electronic resource
programs and continue to develop the libraries' state-of-the-art
networks.
The
magazine uses 16 categories in preparing its rankings, including
academic reputation, graduation rate, proportion of classes with
fewer than 20 or more than 50 students, selectivity, financial resources
and alumni giving. The categories are weighted and a final score
is produced. Columbia's
reported alumni giving rate of 32 percent ranked last among the
eight Ivy League schools and 21st overall.
Of
special interest to investigators is how the event emerges as an
important turning point in people's lives. They also hope to understand
how narratives of the tragedy are shaped by, and shape understandings
of, immigration status, race, social class and ethnicity.
The
play, which officially opens after two weeks of previews on November
12 and runs through December 9, is a black comedy about the abduction
of a hitchhiker by a young couple in Alabama. Paquin plays Lisa,
a neglected and abused teenager whose older, ex-con husband manipulates
her into a world of sex and brutality. Paquin's film credits include
her Academy Award-winning role in the 1993 film The Piano and
her more recent box-office success, X-Men.
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MOVING
ON:
Vice President for Public Affairs Alan Stone, who has served
at Columbia for six years, is leaving this month to take an equivalent
job at Harvard. Stone is the first high-ranking Columbia administrator
to announce his departure since President George Rupp announced
last spring that he would be retiring at the end of the 2001-02
academic year.
