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Scripps College Humanities Institute Presents “Race to Nowhere”
Scripps College’s Humanities Institute and Pitzer College’s Munroe Center for Social Inquiry will jointly screen the documentary film “Race to Nowhere” on Tuesday, March 29, at 5:30 p.m., in the College’s Performing Arts Center, Garrison Theater.
Read MoreWar, Women’s NGOs, and Education: The Perils of “Democracy Training”
Professor Shahrzad Mojab, author and scholar, presents her lecture “War, Women’s NGOs, and Education: The Perils of ‘Democracy Training'” as part of the Scripps College Humanities Institute spring 2011 film and lecture series at Scripps College’s Performing Arts Center, Boone Recital Hall, on Wednesday, March 23, 2011, at 5:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreClimbing PoeTree to Present Workshop and Spoken-Word Performance at Scripps College
Climbing PoeTree—a queer, Haitian, and Columbian spoken word duo—will present their workshop “Art as Activism” and a multimedia spoken-word performance, “Pride Celebration and Hurricane Season Excerpts,” in Scripps College’s Scripps Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE) office on April 8.
Read MoreDionne Bensonsmith : “Race, Choice, and Reproductive Health in the Age of Health Care Reform”
This talk addresses recent proposals and amendments in the Obama Health Care Plan and their potential effects on reproductive choice — specifically among women of color.
Read MoreMacArthur “Genius” to Give Scripps College Commencement Address
Noted sculptor and Scripps College alumna Elizabeth Turk, winner of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for 2010, will be the Scripps College commencement speaker on Sunday, May 15.
Read More2011 Commencement speaker
I am pleased to announce that noted sculptor and Scripps College alumna Elizabeth Turk ’83, winner of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship for 2010, will be the College’s commencement speaker on May 15, 2011.
Read MoreBrown is the New Green
How does Lola Trafecanty, Scripps College’s director of grounds, keep Alumnae Field lush and green during the cold winter months? She doesn’t – and it’s all in the name of sustainability.
Read MoreBreaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist
Professor Laura L. Mays Hoopes, Halstead-Bent Professor of Biology at Pomona College, presents “Breaking Through the Spiral Ceiling: An American Woman Becomes a DNA Scientist” hosted by the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons and Joint Science Program on Tuesday, March 8, at 6:45 p.m. in Scripps College’s Malott Commons Hampton Room. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreTuesday Noon Academy Presents “Marble Statues and Earthquakes”
McKenzie Lowry, mount maker in the department of antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum will speak on “How to Keep Massive Marble Statues Standing in an Earthquake,” presented by the Malott Commons Tuesday Noon Academy, on March 8.
Read More“Should Affirmative Action be Based on Race or Class?”
Richard Kahlenberg, author and scholar, will speak on “Should Affirmative Action Be Based on Race or Class?” at Pitzer College, Benson Auditorium, on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at 4:15 p.m., as part of the Scripps College Humanities Institute spring 2011 lecture and film series.
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