Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Meet an Alum: Steve Capone
I caught up with Steve Capone right before he embarked on a marathon grading session. Steve is in the midst of finishing his coursework in the Philosophy Ph.D. program at the University of Utah (Salt Lake City) and we spent a few minutes commiserating about grading. But it turns out that the life of the…
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New MAPH Writers Page
In addition to the new MAPH website we have added a page to profile all the MAPH Alumni who are writing and their recent, current and upcoming projects. If you are a MAPH alumni who has written something please let us know what you have been up to and we will happily add it to…
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New MAPH Website
The old MAPH website had been there since I applied to MAPH so we were long overdue for an update that would integrate more of the resources available for current students and alumni. MAPH alumna Megan Austin and her husband Ricky set up the great website features. The mentors and Associate Director updated all the…
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Can you Keep up with Adam Richardson (MAPH 97)?
MAPH Alums from the inaugural Class of 1997 have been checking in over the past week. I’ll be talking with Adam Richardson, based in San Francisco–where he is Strategy Director for Marketing at Frog Design–tomorrow. In what must be a copious amount of spare time, Adam blogs about design at Amphibious Blog. This very…
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An Elegy for Amelia Johnson
A quick Google search for Andrew Rostan will produce a video of the 2010 MAPH alum dominating on Jeopardy! in 2007. But his run as one of the top 10 all-time winningest contestants is almost old news as of March 8, 2011. Today’s the day that Rostan’s anticipated (and already well reviewed) graphic novel An…
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Meet an Alum: Michelle Ruvolo
Michelle Ruvolo applied directly to MAPH during her senior year of college and arrived in Hyde Park the following fall. “I didn’t have any plans,” she recalled when we spoke on the phone last week. Like many incoming MAPHers, Ruvolo did have a sense that the academic life was where she wanted to be after…
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Registration for the 2011 MAPH Reunion Bonanza is now Open!
Are you planning on coming to Reunion? Comment below! Better yet, register TODAY! We’ll keep track of how many people are signed up and will let you know. If you haven’t RSVP’s on the Official MAPH Facebook Page yet, get on board! For more ways to get connected to the Program and Hyde Park, check…
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The MAPHia: Resources for Alumni
MAPH will have almost 1500 alumni by the end of this year. Many of you are in Chicago, but we have alums in London, Singapore, China, India, Australia, and other faraway sounding places. You are professors, non-profit fundraisers, curators, art gallery directors, program coordinators for corporate giving, heads of communications, attorneys, investment bankers, teachers, and…
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Reunion Registration Begins March 1!
To celebrate the graduation of MAPH’s Fifteenth Class, we are holding a full day of activities and events on campus and downtown on June 3. The Early Registration period (which allows you to reserve $10 tickets) opens on March 1. We will be sure to send you the link to register. In the past, your…
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MAPH Alums working with Current MAPHers
In partnership with CAPS, this week MAPH is starting to take applications for its Externship Program. Thanks to the volunteer efforts of four MAPH alumni, our students will have the opportunity to stop in for one-day to see what the whole “work” thing is about at Aon Corporation, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Cook County Circuit Court,…
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