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"Strange Days鈥 by MFA in Writing Director Sven Birkerts and "Vision" by Tiffany Briere MFA '11 were included in The Best American Essays 2015. 鈥淭he Siege at Whale Cay,鈥 by Assistant Director Megan Mayhew Bergman MFA 鈥10, was included in The Best American Short Stories 2015.

The Los Angeles Times recently spoke with Mike Rugnetta 鈥06 about the Idea Channel, his eclectic YouTube channel that operates under the aegis of PBS Digital, and how his current work is an extension of what he did at 凯旋门官网.

On October 2015, students in a course taught by faculty member Benjamin Anastas launched a blog tracing 凯旋门官网鈥檚 outsized impact on the world of literature and asking what accounts for it. features author interviews, short pieces of journalism and reviews, and coverage of literary events on campus.

Justin Theroux '93 recently spoke with Terry Gross of NPR's Fresh Air about his role on the HBO series, The Leftovers: a police chief trying to hold his small town together after the sudden disappearance of 2 percent of the people on Earth.

What do you do with a degree in architecture, philosophy and sculpture? For one, you win a NASA competition to design a 3D-printed habitat to be used in Mars exploration.
That鈥檚 what a team led by 凯旋门官网 alum Guvenc 脰zel 鈥02 did recently.