True Maroons: Jean Twenge, Robin Hogarth, and Rachel Levy

NAMING NARCISSISM
"Why Your Baby's Name Will Sound Like Everyone Else's" (Wired Science blog, Wired, May 8, 2009)
Psychiatrists Jean Twenge, AB'93, AM'93, and W. Keith Campbell assert in their book, The Narcissism Epidemic, that “naming rituals are central to cultures around the world and always have been. We now wish so fervently that our children will stand out from the crowd that we equip them with unique labels from birth.”

OUTSMARTING FATE
"Don't Underestimate the Art of Chance" (View by the Bay, ABC San Francisco News, May 12, 2009)
"When you can't predict, accept the fact you can't predict and act accordingly," argues Robin Hogarth, PhD'72, who wrote Dance with Chance, a book about luck.

WILL TWEET FOR WORK
"Using Twitter for the Job Search" (Laid Off and Looking blog, Wall Street Journal, May 12, 2009)
Rachel Levy, MBA'98, has made job-search connections more meaningful through Twitter: "I registered for an event at Harvard Business School to listen to a panel about the future of marketing. The day after I registered, one of the panelists started following me on Twitter. When I met her in person, our introduction was much more meaningful, and I could stand out from the other people she was meeting. Fast forward three months later, and she just referred two potential consulting clients to me."

MILESTONES

  • "Leon Despres, R.I.P." (Brainstorm: Lives of the mind blog, Chronicle of Higher Education, May 7, 2009)
    Columnist Stan Katz remembers Leon Despres, AB'27, JD'29: "Chicago is a better city for having been home to Leon Despres, and I hope his career will inspire others to aspire to the old fashioned liberal values of this great urban citizen."

May 13, 2009

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