Feature Stories (page 46)
The Students’ Choice
Gender and women’s study professor Chris Guzaitis shocked everyone – including herself – when she entered the Motley Coffeehouse on April 27 and found a party honoring her as the 2011-2012 Professor of the Year.
Read MoreCapstone Day: Emily Chesbrough
Inspiration for Emily Chesbrough’s thesis on freedom of speech came after living for seven months under China’s repressive censorship laws.
Read MoreCapstone Day: Anna Cho
Anna Cho‘s ambitious senior thesis fuses mathematics and biology by modeling evolutionary mutation.
Read MoreCapstone Day: Mirabelle Korn
“I love studying language,” Mirabelle Korn ’12 says. “There are practical reasons – travel, reading books in their original language, or watching movies without the subtitles – but I just love discovering the meanings and nuances of words.”
Read MoreRelay for Life
Shailini Pandya ’12 and Annsley McKinney ’12 helped bring American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life to the Claremont Colleges in 2009. Now they’re trying to raise more money than ever in the fight against the deadly disease.
Read MoreTimeless: The Scripps Senior Art Exhibition
The Scripps College Senior Art Exhibition reveals many things, including the passions and secrets of budding artists every spring. Just don’t bother asking its age.
Read MoreInvestigating Morality
Sarah Stringer ’12 and Allison Midden ’12 just established the first undergraduate psychology research conference within The Claremont Colleges. And you’re invited.
Read MoreUnder the Sea
Environmental analysis professor Branwen Williams’ research on ocean acidification redefines climate change in the 21st century and its impact on some of the world’s most important ecosystems.
Read MoreVoice of the Oppressed
Scripps College visiting professor Helena Maria Viramontes grew up in a home with few books. When she was 10, a trip to the local library changed her life in ways she never imagined.
Read MoreInternship, Granted
Anne Dreshfield ’13 thought she found the perfect internship last summer — it was a blend of her interests in technology and communication and, more important, the company was eager to hire her. There was only one problem – the internship was unpaid.
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