Politics and Society
Sophia Shepherd ’24 Explores Militarism’s Role in Climate Change
“Because of this grant, I had the time and energy to read everything I’ve wanted to read and explore a subject that is personally meaningful to me and my career path,” Shepherd says.
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Simar Malhotra ’25 Conducts Scripps-Funded Research on Vaccine Uptake
Through the Mary W. Johnson and J. Stanley Johnson Research Award, established in 1995 to support Scripps students’ summer research, Simar Malhotra ’25 has spent the past several months digging into the relationship between media exposure and health.
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Rina Nagashima ’24 Receives Prestigious Public Service Awards
Representing Scripps as a Key into Public Service Scholar wasn’t the end of Nagashima’s achievements this year: She was also selected as a 2023 Truman Scholar.
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Hao Huang’s Gold Mountain Podcast Launches New Season
Equal parts history and travelogue, “Iron Horse Road” tells the story of the 20,000 Chinese laborers who built the Transcontinental Railroad.
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Spotlight on Seniors: Isabel Evans ’23 Finds Treasures and Inspiration in Library Archives
Although Evans is writing two senior theses to fulfill each of her major requirements, she is utilizing a similar methodology for both: archival research.
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Spotlight on Seniors: Fulbright Recipient Chanah Haigh ’23 Focuses on Environmental Activism
“I’ve loved how interdisciplinary my studies at Scripps have been,” Haigh says. “It’s given me more understanding of other people’s perspectives and taught me to be flexible and to think on my feet.”
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Spotlight on Faculty: Amy Alemu, Assistant Professor of History
The Office of Marketing and Communications recently spoke with new Scripps Assistant Professor of History Amy Alemu to discuss Ethiopian and Black American student activism, interdisciplinary historical inquiry, and handstands.
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Spotlight on Seniors: Julia Cox ’23 Prepares for Law School with Advocacy and Philosophy
“I don’t think I would have developed into the self-assured and confident person I am today if I had gone to a bigger school or one without a liberal arts focus,” she says.
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Lara Deeb Discusses New Co-Edited Book on Sectarianism in Lebanon
The co-editors said they “decided to focus the volume on anthropology and history because we saw a potentially fruitful conversation to be had between these two disciplines.”
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Cindy Forster Discusses the Arrest of Bolivian Coup Leaders in the Jacobin
Forster discusses the arrest of Luis Fernando Camacho, who led the 2019 coup in Bolivia that deposed Evo Morales.
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