Books by alumni: Passing On By Nancy Porter Atakan ’68 This monograph by American-Turkish artist Nancy Atakan accompanied her solo exhibition at London’s Pi Artworks gallery last year. The show investigated a series of professional women who were born in the Ottoman period, who matured and worked in the Republic, and whom Atakan believes should be rememberd. The book includes 23 drawings and a neither fictional nor factual story about one woman. – Kehrer Verlag, February 2016 A Life Everlasting: The Extraordinary Story of One Boy’s Gift to Medical Science By Sarah Walpole Gray ’95 When Gray received the devastating news that her unborn son Thomas had a terminal condition, she arranged to donate his organs for research. Her grief and intellectual curiosity led her to delve into the world of medical research and the valiant scientists on the horizon of discovery. – HarperCollins, September … [Read more...]
