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Nurturing Nature: How the Environment Talks to Our DNA
Associate professor of biology Jennifer Armstrong investigates the responsibility we may have towards our genome by distilling the current scientific knowledge and considering it in the context of our daily lives.
Read MoreScripps College and Mount St. Mary’s College Host Opening Ceremony of the Inaugural Institute for Women’s Leadership in Latin America
Scripps College and Mount St. Mary’s College will co-host the first Women in Public Service Project (WPSP) Institute for Women’s Leadership in Latin America with the opening ceremony scheduled at 7 p.m. on March 12. The ceremony will feature former Deputy Chief of Staff for President Bill Clinton Maria Echaveste and 2012 Mexican presidential candidate Josefina Vázquez Mota.
Read MoreScripps College Wins Four CASE Awards of Excellence
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VII recognized Scripps College with two 2013 Gold Awards for outstanding work in communications and marketing. This year’s awards will be presented at the CASE District VII Conference Awards Luncheon on March 2 in San Francisco.
Read MoreScripps College Professor Latika Chaudhary Speaks at London School of Economics
Scripps College Assistant Professor of Economics Latika Chaudhary delivers this year’s Epstein Lecture at the world-renowned London School of Economics on March 14. Chaudhary will be the first person from a liberal arts college invited to give this lecture.
Read MoreHuman Cartoons: White Supremacist Visual Strategies in Mississippi Council Propaganda 1955-1989
This talk by assistant professor of politics and international relations Mark Golub concerns two sets of images deployed by the White Citizens Councils in their attack on desegregation of public schools.
Read MoreScripps College Receives Additional $5.5 Million from Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation
President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced a $5.5 million gift from the Sidney J. Weinberg, Jr. Foundation.
Read More“Making Cordelia, a Modern Noh Play Innovating Shakespeare’s King Lear”
The San Francisco-based Theatre of Yugen lectures and performs excerpts from “Cordelia,” a unique Japanese Noh interpretation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” beginning at 7:30 p.m. March 5 in Garrison Theater of the Scripps College Performing Arts Center, 231 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreThe Love Song of T.S. Eliot
T.S. Eliot came to campus in 1932 to visit Scripps professor Emily Hale, but scholars still don’t know much about their relationship.
Read MoreScripps College Students Named to Fall 2012 Dean’s List
The following Scripps College students were named to the dean’s list for the fall 2012 semester at Scripps College in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.
Read MoreAdam Novy Reads A Thing He Wrote
Adam Novy, lecturer of writing at Scripps College, speaks as part of the College’s Spring 2013 Tuesday Noon Academy lecture series.
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