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Medical Brigade
For several Scripps College students, Lima, Peru was an obvious choice for a Spring Break destination – it gave them the chance to bring healthcare to rural areas as a part of MEDLIFE.
Read MoreAthenas Lacrosse #1 Seed in SCIAC Tournament
The CMS Athenas are the number one seed going into the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) inaugural tournament May 1-2.
Read MoreAbigail Washburn performs at Scripps College Levitt on the Lawn Concert Series
American banjo player and folk singer Abigail Washburn performs at Scripps College on Friday, April 23 from 5:30-7:00 pm.
Read MoreScripps College to Hold “Public Fruit Jam”
Fallen Fruit founders David Burns, Matias Viegener, and Austin Young come to Scripps College to hold a “Public Fruit Jam” community event on Friday, April 23.
Read MoreScripps College in Top Ten for Happiest College Students
Scripps College ranks sixth among the “100 Happiest Colleges” in the nation, according to a new college ranking.
Read MoreSowing the Seeds of Social Activism – One Intern at a Time
Megan Westgate 02 leads a dedicated group of Scripps students and alumnae in promoting sustainable organic agriculture.
Read MoreScripps celebrates National Student Employee Appreciation Week
For the first time, Scripps College celebrates National Student Employee Appreciation Week, recognizing the importance and impact of student employees.
Read MoreAndrew Jacobs: “The Circumcised Messiah? Early Christian Anxieties of Difference”
As Christianity grew in its first centuries, it became an increasingly non-Jewish – occasionally even anti-Jewish – religious movement. Yet as early Christians struggled to define themselves as separate from the Jews, they also began contemplating and discussing a peculiar sign: the circumcision of Jesus, whom they considered God’s Son made flesh. Why would they be so drawn to this paradigmatic sign of the Jewish covenant on the body of the Christian messiah? What did it signify to them about the nature of religious and cultural boundaries? Professor Andrew Jacobs discusses diverse sources from Christian antiquity, but looks especially at the writings of Epiphanius, a bishop who took it upon himself to refute one Christian “heresy” that dared to teach: “Christ was circumcised, we should be too!”
Read MoreAuthor Cheryl Strayed Reads from Her Memoir WILD
The Scripps College Writing Program will host guest author Cheryl Strayed as she reads from her forthcoming memoir WILD, Wednesday, March 31, 2010, 7:00 p.m. in Vita Nova Hall, Scripps College. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreAmy Marcus-Newhall Named Vice President and Dean of Faculty at Scripps College
Amy Marcus-Newhall has been named vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty at Scripps College for a three-year term, to begin July 1, 2010.
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