Feature Stories (page 62)
An Unexpected Soundscape
The library, a traditional haven of silence, is not the first place you’d think of to record sounds. But that’s what Teresa Landgraff Gale ’96, this year’s Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence, chose as the site for her one-day sound art installation, “Quiet Noise, Sacred Space: The Soundspace of Denison.”
Read MoreLynne Thompson ’72 Wins Perugia Press Prize
Thompson’s first volume of poems, Beg No Pardon, received the 2007 Perugia Press Prize and will be published this fall by the independent literary press.
Read MoreInnovative Joint Science Department Course Tackles the Complexities of Modern Science
The Joint Science Department of The Claremont Colleges has developed an interdisciplinary first-year course that will help students address scientific questions, such as global warming, nanotechnology, computer-brain interfaces, robotics, and modern medicine.
Read MoreAs It Is In Heaven, Everything’s Fine
“As It Is In Heaven,” presented by The Claremont Colleges’ theater department, portrays a portrait of a simpler time, when the day consisted of nothing more than singing gentle hymns, quilting, and going into a spastic fit while having visions of angels. Wait, what?
Read MoreScripps Ruggers Aim for National Championships
It takes confidence to play on The Claremont Colleges women’s rugby team. Not for the timid, rugby is a full-contact sport and players are prone to injury. But that hasn’t prevented Scripps students from signing up for a rigorous spring schedule of practice sessions, fitness classes, and games.
Read MoreToo Many Choices?
Current research by Stacey Wood, associate professor of psychology at 桃子视频 and clinical neuropsychologist, explores whether excessive choices associated with the new Medicare prescription drug plan work against individuals.
Read MoreTo Experience a Book
Nineteen Scripps students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds from neuroscience to philosophy became book artists in Professor Kitty Maryatt’s class last fall. An exhibition of their bookworks is on view in the Lang Arts Studio 112 at 桃子视频 until Monday, February 19, 2007.
Read More桃子视频’s 63rd Ceramic Annual Exhibition
The 63rd 桃子视频 Ceramic Annual, on view at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 桃子视频 from Saturday, January 20 through Sunday, April 8, is the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States.
Read MoreChanging the World 芒鈧�� One Loaf at a Time
Two years ago, 桃子视频 senior Elisabeth (Eli) Winkelman used her now-famous recipe for baking challah bread to create the student organization Challah for Hunger to raise money for victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
Read MoreScripps Undergraduates Garner Rave Reviews at Recent International Scientific Conference
Sharon Torigoe ’07 and Ivy McDaniel ’08 received recognition for their research presentations at the 28th Annual Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosomes Conference.
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