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Duet-singing wrens surprise scientists
How can humans learn to get along? Maybe the answer comes from the simple wren.
Read MoreThe Monster Mash
The Scripps College community “Thrills the World” as part of a record-breaking dance event.
Read MoreScripps A Top Producer of Fulbrights
The results are in, and Scripps College ranks seventh in the nation in Fulbright Award recipients. The competitive, merit-based grants afford students a wide range of intriguing international experiences.
Read MorePunk Rock Music Festival, AthenaFest, to Benefit Rock ‘n Roll Camp for Girls LA
AthenaFest punk rock music festival will be held at Scripps College on Saturday, November 12, from 1-7 p.m., on Bowling Green. The festival is sponsored by Scripps Live Arts, a student-run organization on campus. The festival is free and open to the public.
Read MoreMosaic or Melting Pot: The India Story
Democracies in our global age will have to engage with the question of diversity and cultural difference. This question of multiculturalism is important today as Europe and United States face increasing anxieties about their national identity in response to immigration, Sunnis clash with Shias, and Jews collide with Muslims.
Read MoreCancer Survivor and “CNN Hero” Debbie Cantwell Inspires Scripps Community
Breast cancer survivor and “CNN Hero” Debbie Cantwell spoke at Scripps College about turning her experience battling cancer into something positive.
Read MoreScripps College’s Tuesday Noon Academy Presents “Mosaic or Melting Pot: The India Story”
Scripps College Professor Mona G. Mehta will lecture on “Mosaic or Melting Pot: The India Story,” presented by the Malott Commons Tuesday Noon Academy, on November 1, in Scripps College’s Hampton Room of the Malott Commons. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Read MoreScripps College students “punch out the negative” during Fat Talk-Free Week
Negative body image took a beating at the Scripps College Fat Talk-Free event last week.
Read MoreScripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Hosts American Raku Workshop
Beginners and more advanced ceramicists alike can learn to create their own raku pottery at a one-day workshop at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College on Saturday, November 12, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Noted ceramic artists Kevin Myers and T Robert will lead the interactive sessions.
Read MoreHere Be Dragons: Public Education, Discipline, and the Unknown
During the past 10 years there has been serious interest on the part of scholars, policy makers, non-profits, state officials, and community members as to the relationship between schools and prisons in the United States. Professor Damien Sojoyner explores the micro-processes by which public education as a state structure, functions and operates within the parameters of the prison system.
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