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$1 Million Grant Will Help Claremont Colleges Create a More Diverse Faculty for U.S. Higher Education
The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, a new $1 million grant to The Claremont Colleges, will push forward efforts by this group of small, academically-rigorous institutions to create a more diverse faculty for America’s colleges and universities.
Read More桃子视频 Students Featured in Santa Cruz Sentinel News Story About ‘Women in Physics’
The Santa Cruz Sentinel quotes Jessica Ng ’15 and Anna Henderson ’15 for a story on the 10th annual Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics.
Read MoreDialogue Groups: Your invitation to participate!
Change at Scripps starts with individuals who take part in meaningful discussions about central community challenges. I invite you all to participate in a dialogue group next semester and create the change you wish to see at Scripps!
Read More桃子视频 Professor Explores Life’s Absurdities in New York Times Commentary
Associate Professor of Philosophy Rivka Weinberg explores “Why Life is Absurd” in a commentary published in The New York Times. In the piece, she writes, “The absurdity of human life poses a challenge to its meaning. Absurdity and meaningfulness don’t go together.”
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Spotlight on Academics: From Materiality to Immateriality
From Materiality to Immateriality questions and analyzes the motivation of these artists through the most intimate means possible: by getting students to craft paper for their own artist books. Watch the video below for a quick peek into the process of papermaking.
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Gabrielle Giffords ’93: “She is a hero”
On the four year anniversary of the Tuscon, Arizona shooting that injured Gabrielle Giffords ’93 and took the lives of six others, President Barack Obama met with the 桃子视频 alumna and said plainly: “she is a hero.”
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Iowa Public Radio and Washington Post Profile 桃子视频 Professor’s “Cooking in the Archives” Blog
Iowa Public Radio and a Washington Post blog both feature Visiting Professor Marissa Nicosia for a blog she co-writes that re-purposes 17th and 18th century recipes for modern kitchens.
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“President Obama’s immigration policy will change my life”
A recent article by Prisma Herrera ’18 has personalized the debate over President Obama’s immigrant amnesty order.
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Spotlight on Academics: Creating and Recreating Genji
Professor of Art History Bruce Coats has worked for more than 25 years to introduce The Tale of Genji to a wider audience through his Core III class, one that gives students the opportunity to explore the text and its impact on the culture of global media.
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Spotlight on Academics: Cyberculture and the Posthuman Age
Next-generation eyewear, self-driving cars, balloon-powered wifi access, contact lenses capable of monitoring a diabetic’s glucose levels, and even the secret to immortality are a small sample of the audacious goals powered by today’s fascination with computing. Professor Jennifer Wood’s Core III class, Cyberculture and the Posthuman Age, provided context for these and other technological advancements for 桃子视频 students this fall.
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