Summer Reading for Freshmen 2011

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<p>Adding USCe</p>

<p>Brown University - Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang</p>

<p>Cornell University - Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow</p>

<p>Elon University: Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammed Yunus</p>

<p>Florida State University The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Illinois Wesleyan University- “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>Marquette University – “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore</p>

<p>Miami University (OH) - “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer</p>

<p>Meredith College - Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario</p>

<p>NC State - “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Northwestern University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Pomona College: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro</p>

<p>Reed College - The Odyssey</p>

<p>Rice - The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Rutgers Honors- Monsters of Templeton</p>

<p>Smith College - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB):Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Dr. Temple Grandin.</p>

<p>University of Missouri – Zeitoun by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania – Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh --Oryx and Crake</p>

<p>University of South Carolina – No Impact Man</p>

<p>Vanderbilt–The Good Life, by Peter Gomes</p>

<p>Whitman College - “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” by Anne Fadiman</p>

<p>Wofford- Memoirs of a Geisha</p>

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<p>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Sacks seems to be this year’s Three Cups of Tea or Mountains Beyond Mountains</p>

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<p>My friend is going to Mount Holyoke and she has to read Half the Sky by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn.</p>

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<p>My D is going to Adelphi University and they also are reading the book about Henrietta Laks.</p>

<p>I’m thrilled with this choice. I heard of this book during the winter and read it myself. Along with “The Spirit Catches You, etc.” (which I also read) it addresses ethical issues, racial and cultural issues, questions about past and present approaches to medicine and science, and more. I think these books take students out of their comfort zone: kids going into these fields get a close, personal look at the issues they’ll be facing, and kids who think they’re not interested in science or health care realize it’s a part of all of our lives.</p>

<p>I was fascinated to find out from my doctor H that yes, everyone really does use the HeLa cells; he said they were invaluable in his own research.</p>

<p>My D not only has to read the book, but has to write an essay and participate in seminars about the topic when she gets to school. I don’t feel they’re treating this in a faddish way at Adelphi.</p>

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<p>I haven’t heard of this. How do you find out what required reading is, or are you just suggesting titles that you think should be required?</p>

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<p>^^readings are usually announced by the colleges the previous spring and are integrated into freshman seminars/orientation sessions in slightly different ways at each college…</p>

<p>many have the author come to speak during the fall semester at some point…</p>

<p>many have integrated them into freshman seminars…</p>

<p>The book my daughter has to read is VERY outside her comfort zone which I think is terrific…</p>

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<p>added Va Tech and previously mentioned Adelphi and Mount Holyoke </p>

<p>Adelphi University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Brown University - Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang</p>

<p>Cornell University - Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow</p>

<p>Elon University: Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammed Yunus</p>

<p>Florida State University The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Illinois Wesleyan University- “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>Marquette University – “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore</p>

<p>Miami University (OH) - “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer</p>

<p>Meredith College - Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario</p>

<p>Mount Holyoke - “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>NC State - “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Northwestern University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Pomona College: Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro</p>

<p>Reed College - The Odyssey</p>

<p>Rice - The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Rutgers Honors- Monsters of Templeton</p>

<p>Smith College - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB):Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Dr. Temple Grandin.</p>

<p>University of Missouri – Zeitoun by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania – Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh --Oryx and Crake</p>

<p>University of South Carolina – No Impact Man</p>

<p>Vanderbilt–The Good Life, by Peter Gomes</p>

<p>Virginia Tech - “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver</p>

<p>Whitman College - “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” by Anne Fadiman</p>

<p>Wofford- Memoirs of a Geisha</p>

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<p>EmmyBet – I didn’t mean to imply the book was a “fad.” I was simply observing that it caught the eye of a lot of university committees that decide these titles. It looks like a great, thought-provoking book. I am all for the freshman reading titles!</p>

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<p>Yes, dbwes - I understand. My “faddish” remark was in response to other comments that the freshman book assignments might just be shallow gestures without real meaning, and I disagree. I do think when not handled well they backfire: way back when, a friend of mine went to a school where everyone was supposed to read “1984,” because they would be graduating in 1984, but he was so disappointed when no one ever put any effort into discussing the book (and for other reasons) that he transferred out.</p>

<p>Some books are simply terrific books, and when they’re new, the schools can catch the kids when no one has read them already. No surprise some books are popular for this purpose.</p>

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<p>One of my sisters had “Finnegans Wake” to read over the summer before her first college class. Not sure if she finished it . . . </p>

<p>I’m glad I stumbled on this thread. This has given me some books to put on my reading list, regardless of the season. </p>

<p>: )</p>

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<p>Adding the three books for Stanford! After seeing ‘The Immortal Life’ pop up on so many reading lists, I think I will go out and buy a copy. </p>

<p>Adelphi University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Brown University - Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang</p>

<p>Cornell University - Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow</p>

<p>Elon University - Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammed Yunus</p>

<p>Florida State University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Illinois Wesleyan University - “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>Marquette University - “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore</p>

<p>Miami University (OH) - “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer</p>

<p>Meredith College - Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario</p>

<p>Mount Holyoke - “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>NC State - “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Northwestern University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Pomona College - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro</p>

<p>Reed College - The Odyssey</p>

<p>Rice - The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Rutgers Honors - Monsters of Templeton</p>

<p>Smith College - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Stanford University -
• March, Geraldine Brooks
• The Violence of Peace: America’s Wars in the Age of Obama, Stephen Carter
• One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Nathaniel C. Fick</p>

<p>University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) - Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Dr. Temple Grandin.</p>

<p>University of Missouri - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania - Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh - Oryx and Crake</p>

<p>University of South Carolina - No Impact Man</p>

<p>Vanderbilt - The Good Life, by Peter Gomes</p>

<p>Virginia Tech - “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver</p>

<p>Whitman College - “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” by Anne Fadiman</p>

<p>Wofford - Memoirs of a Geisha</p>

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<p>Adding Amherst College. I like that we get to read a book written about our school! :)</p>

<p>Adelphi University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Amherst College - Race and Class Matters at an Elite College by Elizabeth Aries (just Ch. 3)</p>

<p>Brown University - Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang</p>

<p>Cornell University - Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow</p>

<p>Elon University - Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammed Yunus</p>

<p>Florida State University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Illinois Wesleyan University - “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>Marquette University - “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore</p>

<p>Miami University (OH) - “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer</p>

<p>Meredith College - Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario</p>

<p>Mount Holyoke - “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>NC State - “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Northwestern University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Pomona College - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro</p>

<p>Reed College - The Odyssey</p>

<p>Rice - The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Rutgers Honors - Monsters of Templeton</p>

<p>Smith College - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Stanford University -
• March, Geraldine Brooks
• The Violence of Peace: America’s Wars in the Age of Obama, Stephen Carter
• One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Nathaniel C. Fick</p>

<p>University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) - Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Dr. Temple Grandin.</p>

<p>University of Missouri - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania - Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh - Oryx and Crake</p>

<p>University of South Carolina - No Impact Man</p>

<p>Vanderbilt - The Good Life, by Peter Gomes</p>

<p>Virginia Tech - “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver</p>

<p>Whitman College - “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” by Anne Fadiman</p>

<p>Wofford - Memoirs of a Geisha</p>

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<p>Does anyone know why “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” is so popular?</p>

<p>I’ve never heard of the book.</p>

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<p>Added Beloit. It’s about cholera. </p>

<p>Adelphi University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Amherst College - Race and Class Matters at an Elite College by Elizabeth Aries (just Ch. 3)</p>

<p>Beloit College - The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson</p>

<p>Brown University - Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang</p>

<p>Cornell University - Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow</p>

<p>Elon University - Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammed Yunus</p>

<p>Florida State University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Illinois Wesleyan University - “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>Marquette University - “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore</p>

<p>Miami University (OH) - “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer</p>

<p>Meredith College - Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario</p>

<p>Mount Holyoke - “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>NC State - “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Northwestern University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Pomona College - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro</p>

<p>Reed College - The Odyssey</p>

<p>Rice - The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Rutgers Honors - Monsters of Templeton</p>

<p>Smith College - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Stanford University -
• March, Geraldine Brooks
• The Violence of Peace: America’s Wars in the Age of Obama, Stephen Carter
• One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Nathaniel C. Fick</p>

<p>University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) - Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Dr. Temple Grandin.</p>

<p>University of Missouri - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania - Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh - Oryx and Crake</p>

<p>University of South Carolina - No Impact Man</p>

<p>Vanderbilt - The Good Life, by Peter Gomes</p>

<p>Virginia Tech - “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver</p>

<p>Whitman College - “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” by Anne Fadiman</p>

<p>Wofford - Memoirs of a Geisha</p>

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<p>Added Tulane</p>

<p>Adelphi University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Amherst College - Race and Class Matters at an Elite College by Elizabeth Aries (just Ch. 3)</p>

<p>Beloit College - The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson</p>

<p>Brown University - Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang</p>

<p>Cornell University - Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow</p>

<p>Elon University - Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammed Yunus</p>

<p>Florida State University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Illinois Wesleyan University - “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>Marquette University - “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore</p>

<p>Miami University (OH) - “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer</p>

<p>Meredith College - Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario</p>

<p>Mount Holyoke - “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>NC State - “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Northwestern University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Pomona College - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro</p>

<p>Reed College - The Odyssey</p>

<p>Rice - The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Rutgers Honors - Monsters of Templeton</p>

<p>Smith College - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Stanford University -
• March, Geraldine Brooks
• The Violence of Peace: America’s Wars in the Age of Obama, Stephen Carter
• One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Nathaniel C. Fick</p>

<p>Tulane University- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) - Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Dr. Temple Grandin.</p>

<p>University of Missouri - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania - Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh - Oryx and Crake</p>

<p>University of South Carolina - No Impact Man</p>

<p>Vanderbilt - The Good Life, by Peter Gomes</p>

<p>Virginia Tech - “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver</p>

<p>Whitman College - “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” by Anne Fadiman</p>

<p>Wofford - Memoirs of a Geisha</p>

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<p>just downloaded a sample of The Immortal Life on my kindle…all these schools would not get it wrong…</p>

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<p>Please help me add:</p>

<p>Tufts University - Zeitoun by David Eggers
(same as Univ. of Missouri)</p>

<p>We found about the summer reading last week, when a copy of the book was mailed to us from the school!</p>

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<p>Adelphi University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Amherst College - Race and Class Matters at an Elite College by Elizabeth Aries (just Ch. 3)</p>

<p>Beloit College - The Ghost Map by Steven Johnson</p>

<p>Brown University - Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China, by Leslie T. Chang</p>

<p>Cornell University - Homer & Langley, by E.L. Doctorow</p>

<p>Elon University - Creating a World Without Poverty by Muhammed Yunus</p>

<p>Florida State University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Illinois Wesleyan University - “Interpreter of Maladies” by Jhumpa Lahiri</p>

<p>Marquette University - “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore</p>

<p>Miami University (OH) - “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind” by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer</p>

<p>Meredith College - Enrique’s Journey by Sonia Nazario</p>

<p>Mount Holyoke - “Half the Sky” by Nicholas Kristoff and Sheryl WuDunn</p>

<p>NC State - “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Northwestern University - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Pomona College - Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro</p>

<p>Reed College - The Odyssey</p>

<p>Rice - The Honor Code: How Moral Revolutions Happen, by Kwame Anthony Appiah</p>

<p>Rutgers Honors - Monsters of Templeton</p>

<p>Smith College - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>Stanford University -
• March, Geraldine Brooks
• The Violence of Peace: America’s Wars in the Age of Obama, Stephen Carter
• One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer, Nathaniel C. Fick</p>

<p>Tufts University - Zeitoun by David Eggers</p>

<p>Tulane University- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot</p>

<p>University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) - Thinking in Pictures: My Life with Autism by Dr. Temple Grandin.</p>

<p>University of Missouri - Zeitoun by Dave Eggers</p>

<p>University of Pennsylvania - Reality Is Broken: Why Games Make Us Better and How They Can Change the World by Jane McGonigal</p>

<p>University of Pittsburgh - Oryx and Crake</p>

<p>University of South Carolina - No Impact Man</p>

<p>Vanderbilt - The Good Life, by Peter Gomes</p>

<p>Virginia Tech - “Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life” by Barbara Kingsolver</p>

<p>Whitman College - “The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures” by Anne Fadiman</p>

<p>Wofford - Memoirs of a Geisha</p>

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<p>Thanks so much, Rodney! :)</p>

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<p>dbwes, you really MUST read the book to find out why it was sadly ironic that you (unintentionally!) misspelled Henrietta Lacks’s last name. Her name was misspelled many times over the years by journalists and scientists, which led to her family being utterly unaware for decades about her contribution to science. </p>

<p>I just finished “Reality is Broken”, and then found out it’s the U Penn book. Kudos to Penn, because the premise of the book is fascinating. Anyone who’s interested can get a flavor at the author’s website [Reality</a> is Broken](<a href=“http://realityisbroken.org%5DReality”>http://realityisbroken.org)</p>

<p>starbright, not sure why you think this is such a bad idea. Some schools have been doing it for years–Reed has certainly been asking incoming freshmen to read “The Odyssey” since forever. Cities do this. And religious communities. It’s like a big book club. It’s cheap, harms no one, and some of the students will actually read the book. What’s not to like? We can certainly rag on Stanford for the oneupsmanship of listing three books instead of one :smiley: </p>

<p>I do wish that D1’s school had asked “do you happen to have a copy of Zeitoun at home?” before sending one out. Because now we have two. Just what I want to be thinking about during tuition bill season. :mad: ;)</p>