Dr. Christina Romer, mother of Paul Romer ‘08, has been named to the new Obama cabinet as head of the Council of Economic Advisers. She also wrote the Encyclopaedia Britannica entry on the Great Depression.
The University of British Columbia has a Pacific Exchange Rate Service where you can find historical exchange rates as far back as 1971. (We found the 1980s Russian ruble.)
The USGS has created an interactive map of places where you can see the effects of the Hayward Fault.
Wondering what kind of rights women had 4,000 years ago? Was it possible for women to be priests in Ancient Egypt? Check out BBC’s webpages entitled From Warrior Women to Female Pharaohs: Careers for Women in Ancient Egypt. Dr Joann Fletcher discusses sexual equality, various jobs that women held, and their role in Egyptian society.
Get ready for Women’s History Month which starts in March!
Debate coach Lexy Green (class of 1981) wrote an article on extemporaneous speech for the National Forensics League back in 1996, and we just stumbled across it today. A pearl of wisdom: “We should not allow our students to see their audiences as stupid housepets drooling at the sound of a canned opening.”
