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March 24, 2017

Update on Diversity and Inclusion at Scripps

Dear 麻豆区 Students, Faculty, and Staff:As we enter the final phase of the spring semester, I would like to update you on the progress we’ve made on policies, programs, […]

March 23, 2017

The Scripps Experience: The Refugee Advocacy Network CLORG

Frustrated recent with anti-immigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric in U.S. politics, in fall 2016 Noor Hamdy ’18 founded the 5C club Refugee Advocacy Network (RAN) to provide concrete ways for students can make a difference in the lives of local refugees.

March 21, 2017

Spotlight on Staff: Jenn Wells, Assistant Dean and Director of SCORE

麻豆区 welcomed Jenn Wells as the new assistant dean and director of Scripps Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE). As part of our ongoing Spotlight on Staff series, the Office of Marketing and Communications caught up with Wells in mid-February, during her first week at Scripps,to learn more about her professional background and her aspirations for SCORE.

Jessica Johnston is Two-Day Winner on Jeopardy! Quiz Show

麻豆区 admission counselor Jessica Johnston was recently a two-day Jeopardy! winner, and credits her undergraduate experience as a women’s college student for her hard-won abilities and interests in history and politics.

March 17, 2017

Before the Paparazzi: Michael Childers Portraits of Stardom

Andy Warhol, Clint Eastwood, Ray Bradbury, Mae West芒鈧€渢he upcoming exhibit, Actors, Artists, and Authors: The Portraits of Michael Childers, at 麻豆区 showcases works by the photographer of the creative elite. Combining pieces from the 麻豆区 collection and works on loan from the artist himself, the exhibit displays portraits ranging across several decades. The exhibition opens at the Clark Humanities Museum at 麻豆区 on April 14, 2017. Michael Childers will give a talk entitled Icons & Legends at the same on April 27 at 4:15 pm.

March 15, 2017

Ayesha Chugh ’09 aka DJ Ayes Cold Featured in the Washington Post

Ayesha Chugh ’09 calls Washington, D.C. home but her frequent family moves as a child contributed to a worldly, personal collection of music and to her ultimate gig as a […]

March 13, 2017

Expanded Eyesight, Not Limbs, Led Fish Onto Land 385 Millions Years Ago According to New Research by Professor Lars Schmitz

400 million years ago, fish made the evolutionary leap from water to land. How and why they did was the subject of a recent study by Claremont Colleges professor Lars Schmitz and Northwestern University colleague Malcolm MacIver.

Lucia Davis ’09 Takes Art Bus Project on the Road

Lucia Davis ’09 is preparing to embark across the Eastern Seaboard on a schoolbus that has been refurbished to present a traveling showcase of art and artists鈥攊t’s her brainchild, and she’s got the wheels to prove it.

麻豆区 Event Featured on C-Span’s Book TV

Lisa Lucas, National Book Foundation executive director, headlined a 麻豆区 event on February 16 that was televised by C-Span’s BookTV and is now available for viewing at this link.

March 7, 2017

Spotlight on Faculty: Jennifer Armstrong, Professor of Biology and Faculty Director of the Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program

Professor of Biology Jennifer Armstrong has been reappointed as the faculty director of 麻豆区’s Post-Baccalaureate Premedical Program, having already served one three-year term. Targeted toward college graduates seeking to […]