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Senior Profile : Alex Moyzis ’13
Alex Moyzis ’13 has worked closely with biology professor Irene Tang since she first came to campus. Fitting, then, that her senior thesis is a synthesis of everything they’ve taught one another.
Read MoreSenior Profile : Taryn Ohashi ’13
A double major in economics and mathematics means two thesis papers. Add co-directing the 5C Dance Company and serving on the board of the Scripps College Economics Society to her schedule, and it’s safe to say Taryn Ohashi ’13 has had a busy senior year.
Read MoreScripps College Students Chosen for Competitive U.S. State Department Scholarships
Scripps College’s Isabella Hendry ’14 and Stacy Wheeler ’13 are among the approximately 610 undergraduate and graduate students to receive a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic this summer. Hendry will visit Morocco and Wheeler will travel to Oman.
Read MoreThe Dirigible Plums
Amy Borsuk ’14 and Allyson Healey ’14 were looking for a sport to play—and found Quidditch, the favorite pastime of the Wizarding World.
Read MoreScripps College Student Taia Sean Wu ’15 Selected for Davis Projects for Peace
Scripps College sophomore Taia Sean Wu ’15 was recently chosen for a prestigious Davis Projects for Peace grant so that she could work this summer in the Asian country of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste where she will create a new music program at a youth center.
Read MoreWriting as Vocation
Melissa Miles McCarter ’96 felt called to be a writer as a child. Read about how she navigates the changing literary world today.
Read MoreScripps College Presents Annual “Senior Art Show,” Showcasing Original Art by Students
“Re/Fractions,” the annual senior art show highlighting the final thesis projects of graduating studio art majors, will be on display from May 3 to May 19 at Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. An opening reception is scheduled at 6 p.m. on May 3 in Bixby Courtyard. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
Read MoreFormer Czech Ambassador Examines the Future of the European Union at Scripps College
Former Czech Ambassador Karel Kovanda, who also managed the European Union’s relations with the United States until retiring in 2010, shares his expertise and insights at Scripps College as a visiting professor through April 25.
Read MoreAlison Singh Gee ’86’s unexpected chapter
Alison Singh Gee ’86 knows her life sounds like a fairy tale – until you read the fine print.
Read MoreReclaiming Remnant Urban Spaces: The Urban Landscape as Infrastructural Palimpsest
As urban populations continue to grow, obtaining and preserving spaces for urban gardens is becoming increasingly more challenging. Sarah Moos ’09’s work investigates remnant spaces in direct relation to their context. She proposes a method for identifying remnant spaces within the urban setting and not only designing each “left over” as an individual urban garden, but as a critical portion of the larger urban landscape.
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