Publications and Presentations

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"Letters to Sala"
Princeton Alumni Magazine, November 17, 2004


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USC Presents...USC CloseUp with Dr. Ann Kirschner
University of Southern California, April 6, 2004


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Ann Kirschner on Marketing and Distribution of Online Learning
Ubiquity, 22 June 2004


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Preparing for Entrance Exams Online
The New York Times


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A Mother's Gift: Hidden Letters From the Holocaust
The Chronicle of Higher Education


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A Mother's Gift: Hidden Letters From the Holocaust
The Chronicle of Higher Education


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Publishing Trends
Phoenix Rising: Online Learning's 600-pound Gorilla Tangos with Textbook Publishers


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Distance Learning Today and Tomorrow: Lessons Learned from Fathom
University of Southern California/Center for Scholarly Technology


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Multichannel News
Broadband: cable's not-so-secret weapon


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Fathom: A Case Study of a Public/Private Partnership in Higher Education
from A Digital Gift to the Nation: Fulfilling the Promise of the Digital and Internet Age
by Lawrence K. Grossman and Newton N. Minow


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Eduventures.com (The Education Industry Report on Corporate Training)
Remember Visicalc?


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Honoring New Yorkers for the Millennium
New York Magazine


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New Times, New Rules: An interview with Ann Kirschner
The Technology Source


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Higher Education in the Digital Age
Center for Studies in Higher Education (UC Berkeley)


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NY Governor Pataki and NY CEO's proclaim "I LOVE NY"


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Forbes: Best of the web


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New York Times: Lessons Learned at Dot-com U


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New York Times: College Students as Future Spenders


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New York Times: Pushing Ahead with Online Education


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Silicon Alley Daily: Click and Learn


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The Guardian: Fathom it out


About Fathom
Fathom was an online education company, founded by Columbia University and Ann Kirschner in 1999, in partnership with a distinguished consortium of 14 leading educational, cultural, and research institutions:

  » Columbia University
  » London School of Economics
  » University of Chicago
  » University of Michigan
  » New York Public Library
  » British Library
  » British Museum
  » Victoria and Albert Museum
  » Science Museum
  » Natural History Museum
  » Cambridge University Press
  » Wood's Hole Oceanographic Institute
  » Rand
  » American Film Institute

Fathom worked with over 1,000 faculty members, curators, and libraries, eventually reached over two million unique visitors, a registered learning community of over 200,000, and course and seminar enrollments of more than 65,000.

In 2001, Fathom was honored by Yahoo, and then in 2002 by Forbes, as the leading educational site. Fathom's partners included the BBC, AARP, and Elderhostel, and it was prominently featured on AOL, Encarta, Britannica, and NYTimes.com. The archive of the site is maintained by Columbia University at www.fathom.com
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