Press Releases (page 2)
Scripps College Receives Getty Foundation Grant for Three Full-Time Internships
For the 27th consecutive year, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College has received a Getty Foundation grant to fund three full-time summer internships, the maximum number awarded each year through the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program.
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Scripps College to Host Samin Nosrat, Pioneering Chef, Award- Winning Author and Netflix Star of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Scripps College will host award-winning chef and author Samin Nosrat on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at 7 p.m. in Garrison Theater as part of the College’s signature event series, Scripps Presents.
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Scripps College Dance Department to Premiere New Faculty and Student Work in Annual Spring Concert
The Scripps College Dance Department will premiere original faculty, student, and guest-artist dance-theater work at Scripps Dances, the department’s annual spring concert.
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“Disappearing Los Angeles” Photographer Reynaldo Rivera to Debut at Scripps College
Scripps College is pleased to host Reynaldo Rivera, the Mexicali-born, Los Angeles-based photographer on Thursday, March 12 at 6:00 p.m. in Balch Auditorium of Scripps’ campus.
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Scripps College to Host Hip-Hop Mogul Dessa
Scripps College will host Dessa—rapper, music executive, and author of the memoir-in-essays My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music,
Science, and Senseless Love—on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Garrison Theater on the Scripps campus as part of the College’s signature event series, Scripps Presents.
Gaby Dunn Visits Scripps College to Help Gen-Zers Get Their “Financial Sh*t Together”
2019)—Student loans, wealth inequality, sex—these are just a few of the topics that Gaby Dunn covers in her popular podcast Bad with Money, pitched to Millennials and Gen-Zers needing to get their “financial sh*it together.” The former Buzzfeed writer and author of a new book, Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together, comes to Scripps College on February 20 to discuss some of the financial issues affecting our personal—as well as global—economies.
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Announcing Scripps College 2019 Commencement Speaker: USA Facts Editor Poppy MacDonald
Poppy MacDonald ’97, Managing Director of USA Facts, will deliver the address at 89th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 18, 2019.
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Women’s “Wicked Bodies” Take the Stage in a New Work by Iconic Choreographer Liz Lerman
Iconic choreographer Liz Lerman will premiere Wicked Bodies at Scripps College on Tuesday, February 5, at 7:00 p.m. in Balch Auditorium. The performance is the culminating event in Lerman’s yearlong residency at Scripps and presents a rare opportunity to glimpse the artist’s process as she presents her work in progress.
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Scripps College Hosts Kevin Kwan of Crazy Rich Asians in Conversation
Kevin Kwan, internationally acclaimed author of the trilogy that includes Crazy Rich Asians, China Rich Girlfriend, and Rich People Problems, visits Scripps College as part of its signature event series, Scripps Presents, on Thursday, January 31 at 7:00 p.m. Kwan’s novel, Crazy Rich Asians, inspired the eponymous 2018 film that was the first to feature an all-Asian cast in a major Hollywood film in 20 years.
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Humanities Institute “Ignorance in the Age of Information” Event Series Continues with Scholarly Take on Misinformation in the Digital Age
With the rise of digital and social media, information has become more accessible to more of us than ever before. The consequence: we are also more susceptible to deceit and manipulation via these sources of information. But is this a new phenomenon, or are we just now noticing its pervasiveness? The Scripps College Humanities Institute will attempt to address this question and more as it continues its series based on the theme, “Ignorance in the Age of Information,” organized by Scripps College Professor of Philosophy and Director of the Humanities Institute Yuval Avnur.
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