News Releases (page 109)
The American Resting Place
Marilyn Yalom, senior scholar at Stanford University’s Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, will discuss her book, “The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds,” on October 28 in Scripps College’s Hampton Room of the Malott Commons.
Read MoreCecilia Conrad Appointed Vice President and Dean of the College at Pomona
Cecilia Conrad has accepted the position of Vice President and Dean of the College at Pomona College, effective July 1, 2009. Currently on leave from the Pomona College faculty to serve a two-year term as Vice President and Dean of Faculty at Scripps College, Conrad has been a member of the Pomona College faculty since 1995 and is the Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics.
Read MoreVote Informed! Information Session on California State Propositions
Ellen Taylor, past president of the Claremont League of Women Voters, will be leading an informative session about the 12 statewide propositions on the November 4 ballot.
Read MoreNational Summit on U.S. Role in Korea Reunification
Thomas Kim, Scripps College professor of politics and international relations and executive director of the Korea Policy Institute, will attend a national summit with implications for future U.S. policy toward Korea, at UC Berkeley, just weeks before the presidential election.
Read MoreTrust and Christian Contemplative Practice
Michael Spezio, Scripps College professor of psychology, will discuss his research in social neuroscience on trust and the Christian contemplative process at the Tuesday Noon Academy on October 14.
Read MoreTuesday Noon Academy Series: Socially Conscious Criminals
Kimberly Drake, director of the Scripps College Writing Program and visiting associate professor, will speak on “Socially Conscious Criminals: Violence, Protest, and the Representation of Race and Class Inequality,” October 7 in Scripps College’s Hampton Room of the Malott Commons.
Read MoreDean of Faculty Honored with Woman of Power Award
Scripps College Dean of Faculty Cecilia Conrad was honored with a Women of Power Award at the 2008 annual conference of the National Urban League, in recognition of her outstanding contribution to economics.
Read MoreGesamtkunstwerk and Modernism
Juliet Koss, associate professor of art history at Scripps College, has published an excerpt of her forthcoming book, “Modernism After Wagner,” in one of Germany’s leading daily newspapers.
Read MoreStudent Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition
An exhibit of student ceramic art from The Claremont Colleges is being shown through September 30 at the Art Office Gallery, located in Lang 112 on the Scripps campus.
Read MoreSeeing a Color Blind Future
Patricia J. Williams, professor of law, columnist, and author, will lecture on issues of racism at Scripps College as part of the Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series.
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