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Scripps College ranks 25th among top U.S. liberal arts colleges, according to U.S. News & World Report
Scripps moved up two places to 25th out of more than 260 schools, according to the annual “America’s Best Colleges” report issued today by US News and World Report.
Read MoreA Dream Internship with a Parisian Finish
India Mullady ’11 was celebrating the end of a prestigious economic internship in Prague with a trip to Paris, but the one sight she hadn’t anticipated was a Scripps professor.
Read MoreScripps offers “best of both worlds”
Scripps College is one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. In its popular guidebook, The Best 371 Colleges, The Princeton Review praises the school for its academics and campus beauty and quotes extensively from Scripps students. Read what they have to say.
Read MoreEnergizing the Community
Pepsi-Cola has awarded two groups led by Scripps students a collective $20,000 for their efforts to cultivate community-driven projects as part of the Mountain Dew ‘Energize Your Community’ Contest.
Read MoreModernism After Wagner
Hear Juliet Koss, associate professor of art history, speak with NPR Berlin’s “The Berlin Journal” about her forthcoming book, “Modernism After Wagner.”
Read MoreScripps Welcomes New Dean of Joint Science Department
The Joint Science Department of The Claremont Colleges has a new dean. Beginning this academic year, Professor David E. Hansen will oversee the three-member program for Scripps, Claremont McKenna, and Pitzer Colleges.
Read MoreGetting Candid with Cándida
Associate Professor of Music Cándida Jáquez takes her love of music on the road as a visiting scholar at Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada.
Read MoreScripps College Academy: Opening the Door to a Liberal Arts Education
For the seventh consecutive summer, the Scripps College Academy is bringing bright young high school women to campus for two weeks to find out what a liberal arts education is all about. The program, designed for high achieving students from racially and economically diverse groups and first-generation college-bound students, helps prepare them for continued academic success.
Read MoreScripps Professor suggests an overhaul of Bush reforms on Medicare Part D
As the national conversation gets underway on reforming America’s health care system, Stacey Wood, professor of psychology at Scripps College and an expert on issues related to aging and the brain, says one thing that should be changed are the recent Bush health reforms providing prescription coverage on Medicare Part D.
Read MoreScripps Faculty and Staff Endow Student Scholarship
Scripps College faculty and staff are known for the deep care and personal attention they give undergraduates. So it was no surprise they would support an initiative to establish an endowed scholarship for a deserving Scripps student. The surprise was the amount raised and the timing: $75,000 this spring, one year ahead of schedule.
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