Feature Stories (page 43)
An Eye on Science
Anna Silverman ’13 came to Scripps College knowing she wanted to study science. What she didn’t know was how fast neuroscience would strike a nerve.
Read MoreWasps & Selfish Chromosome B
Groundbreaking research by biology professor Patrick Ferree and Scripps College alumna Megan Swim ’12 may offer important insights into understanding mental disorders and chromosome-related diseases in humans such as cancer.
Read MoreNuremberg Chronicle Returns to Denison Library After Two-Year Conservation
After over two years of conservation and restoration, the Nuremberg Chronicle has returned to Scripps College’s Ella Strong Denison Library. The chronicle, one of approximately 400 surviving Latin copies, was published in 1493 in Nuremberg, Germany and is also known as “Liber Chronicarum” (“Book of Chronicles”) from a phrase in the introduction.
Read MoreWomen in Public Service
Scripps College senior Kristie Hernandez participates today in “A Global Conversation: Women Leaders Responding to the United Nations General Assembly,” an event hosted by the Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) and the U.N. General Assembly.
Read MoreSummer in Beirut
While conflicts in the Middle East generated headline news this summer, three Scripps College students lived in Lebanon and either met with Palestinian refugees or interned at a conflict management think tank in Beirut.
Read MoreThe Art of Science
More than three dozen undergraduate research projects made their formal debut last week during an afternoon of presentations at the W. M. Keck Science Department
Read MoreAgents of Change
Part of academic convocation, Hatcher-Skeers’s keynote address “Ode to My Single Mother” received a standing ovation from the hundreds of students, faculty, and staff assembled, and kicked off the 2012-13 academic year with an unprecedented amount of energy. Please watch the video of her and Scripps Associated Students president Emily Jovais or take a look at the pictures from the event and get fired up yourself!
Read MoreWelcome, Class of 2016!
Each year, Scripps College greets women from around the globe who possess unique interests, brilliant intellects, and a passion for service. As you’ll see, the class of 2016 is no exception.
Read MoreSenior Profile: Margaret Dickman ’12
Margaret Dickman came to Scripps College with thoughts of majoring in theater – until she realized the classroom was her stage.
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