Sheza Atiq
Film documents Chinese adoptees struggling with identity
By Sheza Atiq | October 22A "banana" is how Haley Butler chooses to describe herself - "I'm yellow from the outside, but white from the inside." Butler is one of four teenage girls who were adopted from China and featured in the award-winning documentary "Somewhere Between," produced and directed by Linda Goldstein Knowlton ...
Artists take literal approach to 'Iron Chef' competition
By Sheza Atiq | October 13Donning chef hats and aprons, the 12 contestants worked tirelessly in a cloud of smoke, rummaging through the pantry to find ingredients for a final winning product. But this was not your typical Iron Chef competition - the pantry offered a variety of metal scraps, and the task was to create a beautiful ...
TEDxBrownUniversity selects student speakers
By Sheza Atiq | October 3Eduardo Diaz-Santana Vazquez '14 and Ria Mirchandani '15 were the winners of the TEDxBrownUniversity Student Challenge held Tuesday evening in Metcalf Auditorium. As a lead-up to the TEDxBrownUniversity conference Oct. 20, the Student Challenge was designed to select a student to join the lineup of ...
Committee convenes to plan 250th anniversary
By Sheza Atiq | September 17In preparation for the University's 250th anniversary celebration in 2014, a steering committee has outlined goals for using the anniversary to examine both the University's history and future. The committee has formed seven subcommittees that will focus on to different aspects of the celebration, including ...
Smithsonian spotlights AmCiv projects
By Sheza Atiq | February 29Nine undergraduates who took AMCV 1610A: "American Advertising: History and Consequences" last fall were selected to co-curate a portion of the upcoming American Enterprise exhibit at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. The exhibit's website currently features a mini-exhibit of projects ...