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Mar. 31, 2022

Claremont Colleges Camp Kesem Chapter Provides Support for Families Affected by Cancer

Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert

March 31, 2022

Claremont Colleges Camp Kesem Chapter Provides Support for Families Affected by Cancer

As a student coordinator this year, Sonia Malik ’22 says Camp Kesem’s mission and impact remains extraordinary.

March 1, 2022

In the Media: Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert Discusses the Value of Women’s Colleges on BestColleges.com

Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, acting vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, discussed the value of a women’s college education in BestColleges.com’s overview of top women’s colleges.

February 21, 2022

In the Media: Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert Discusses the Future of Women’s Education in CalMatters

Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, acting vice president for academic affairs and professor of biology, spoke with CalMatters about the challenges facing women’s colleges.

December 20, 2021

In the Media: Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert Discusses Fall Semester with Inside Higher Ed

Professor of Biology Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert, vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty, discussed the successes and challenges of the fall 2021 semester with Inside Higher Ed.

April 1, 2021

Appointment of Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty

We are pleased to announce that Professor Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert has been appointed Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty commencing April 16, 2021 and continuing until June 30, 2022, or until the new president is hired.

February 3, 2021

In the Media: Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert Explores Cells’ Response to Stress on Academic Minute Podcast

Associate Professor of Biology Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert explored how cells respond to stress at the molecular level on the Academic Minute podcast.

January 29, 2021

Scripps Faculty Take Over WAMC’s Academic Minute

Scripps College faculty will be featured daily during the week of February 1, 2021, on WAMC Northeast Public Radio’s Academic Minute, a daily podcast dedicated to condensed updates on groundbreaking research.

July 24, 2020

Student Spotlight: Sophia Albanese ’21 Explores Impact of Cellular Stress

Long before starting at Scripps, biology major Sophia Albanese ’21 knew scientific exploration would be in her future. The child of an attorney and a chemist, she “grew up surrounded by science and law,” and in middle school got her first glimpse of how she could pursue this goal at the W.M. Keck Science Center during a tour of The Claremont Colleges.

February 4, 2019

In the Media: Professor Edwalds-Gilbert and Professor Weinberg Discuss Genetic Modification in Humans

Assistant Professor of Biology Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert and Professor of Philosophy Rivka Weinberg were quoted extensively in an article by Live Science about genetic engineering. According to Edwalds-Gilbert, the gene-modifying technology, CRISPR, offers avenues for finding cures for cancer and for locating and modifying the DNA that may lead to future disease in an individual.

March 23, 2018

Professor Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert Awarded Fulbright to Conduct Genetics Research in Poland

As a first-time applicant and winner of this highly prestigious award, Associate Professor of Biology Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert will serve as a visiting faculty member and researcher at the University of Warsaw Institute for Genetics and Biotechnology in Poland beginning next fall.