Campus Events (page 22)
Noted Psychologist to Explain How Jury Selection Affects Jurors’ Decisions
The Marion Jane Girard Lecture 2009 presents noted psychologist and researcher Dr. Margaret Bull Kovera, speaking on “The Psychology of Voir Dire: How Jury Selection Affects Jurors’ Decisions,” on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at 4:00 p.m., in Scripps College’s Balch Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreSamella Lewis speaks on fellow artist Barthé
Samella Lewis, nationally renowned artist and emerita professor of art at Scripps College, will speak on her recently published book, “Barthé: His Life in Art,” on April 21, noon, at Scripps College Malott Commons, as part of the Tuesday Noon Academy. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreLevitt on the Lawn Concert Series Brings Orquesta Charangoa “Cuban Salsa” to Scripps
Cuban Salsa group Orquesta Charangoa will share its version of traditional Charanga music when it performs on Scripps College’s Bowling Green, Friday, April 24, 5:30-7:00 p.m., as part of the popular Levitt on the Lawn Concert Series. The concert is free and open to the public.
Read MoreScripps Dances into Spring 2009
“Scripps Dances,” the annual spring concert of the Scripps College Dance Department, will take place on Friday, April 17, 2009, and Saturday, April 18, 2009. The program features original dance pieces choreographed by students, faculty, and guest artists, and is open to the public.
Read More“Persepolis” author/illustrator Marjane Satrapi to speak at Scripps College
Best-selling author and illustrator Marjane Satrapi will come to Scripps College on Thursday, April 9, 2009, at 7:30 p.m. to discuss her memoir “Persepolis,” as part of the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision.
Read MoreWomen’s Fiber Arts in the South Pacific
Heather Waldroup, visual materials curator and CLIR postdoctural fellow, Libraries of The Claremont Colleges, will discuss researching women’s textile production in the South Pacific, Tuesday, March 31, as part of the Malott Commons Tuesday Noon Academy.
Read MoreWriter Gustavo Arellano to Speak on “Humor in a Caliente Vein”
Gustavo Arellano, writer and columnist on Latino culture, will speak on “Humor in a Caliente Vein: Satire and its Relationship to Saving the Mexican Race,” Thursday, March 26, at noon, in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons.
Read MoreAuthor Griest Gives Tips for Wandering Women and a Reading of “Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines”
Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest will present two events at Scripps College as part of the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision. Both events are free and open to the public.
Read MoreMultiple Identities, Dynamic Subjectivities
Cecilia A. Conrad, Scripps College’s dean of faculty and professor of economics at Pomona College, is the final speaker in the Claremont College’s Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies’ 2008-09 speaker series, “Multiple Identities, Dynamic Subjectivities.”
Read MoreU.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords ‘93 to Give Scripps College Commencement Address
U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords ’93 will give the commencement address at Scripps College on Sunday, May 17, 2009. Giffords, a 1993 graduate of Scripps, represents the Eighth District of Arizona, a diverse area that covers 9,000 square miles including a 114 mile border with Mexico.
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