The story of Samantha Garvey, a high school student from Long Island and a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, has gained national attention because she and her family are also homeless. A recent article in Newsday confirms that Garvey has applied to attend Bowdoin, Yale, and Brown, among other top-flight schools.
Brunswick ME February 4, 2012, 3:34 pm  29°F wind speed: 11 mph NNW | Singer-songwriter Sarah Ramey ’03, who goes by the stage name Wolf Larsen, recently debuted a new album, Quiet at the Kitchen Door, “and it is not your normal record release,” she says. Sarah paired up with the social microloan site Kiva and The Girl Effect, a non-profit that seeks to abolish poverty for adolescent girls, to release the album “as an Idea, rather than as a record.” The idea—when you invest in a girl’s education, the entire community improves—takes shape through a video explaining The Girl Effect. “Not my idea,” Sarah admits, “UNESCO and The World Health Organization are the biggest proponents.” Sarah is donating one-third of all proceeds from Quiet at the Kitchen Door to these two organizations that invest in education for girls, as well as microloans for women entrepreneurs through Kiva’s www.joinfite.org program.
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 Jane Foley Fried '83
Jane Foley Fried, of the Class of 1983, has been appointed head of the Brearley School on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. Fried comes to Brearley from Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., where she has worked in leadership positions since 1991, most recently as the dean of admission and assistant head for enrollment, research and planning. The New York Times carries news of Fried’s new position, noting that she graduated from the College with a degree in history and philosophy. Fried also earned a master’s degree from Tufts University, writing her thesis on girls’ perceptions of leadership. Fried begins as Brearley’s 15th Head of School July 1, 2012. Brearley was the recipient of Bowdoin’s 2011 Abraxas Award.  University of Salamanca library, Spain
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