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Study Abroad Experience Ignites Passion for Scripps
Between Mandarin classes and learning to navigate the streets of China’s largest city, Shanghai, Elaine Wan ’07 realized how much she appreciated Scripps. Being 10,000 miles away sparked the politics and international relations major’s eagerness to mentor first-year students back home.
Read MoreThe Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Stanford University professor emeritus and author Dr. Philip Zimbardo will present a lecture, “The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil,” on Monday, March 26.
Read MoreRaphael Sonenshein: "Grass Roots Democracy in Los Angeles: Past, Present and Future"
The California State University, Fullerton professor speaks as part of the Scripps College Humanities Institute Spring 2007 series “L.A. Palimpsest: Recovering Los Angeles’ Hidden Stories and Forgotten Communities.”
Read MoreStories Waiting to be Told: A One-Woman Play with Jude Narita
Jude Narita, award-winning actor and playwright, will present “Stories Waiting to be Told,” a one-woman play on Thursday, March 22.
Read MoreAn Unexpected Soundscape
The library, a traditional haven of silence, is not the first place you’d think of to record sounds. But that’s what Teresa Landgraff Gale ’96, this year’s Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence, chose as the site for her one-day sound art installation, “Quiet Noise, Sacred Space: The Soundspace of Denison.”
Read MoreLynne Thompson ’72 Wins Perugia Press Prize
Thompson’s first volume of poems, Beg No Pardon, received the 2007 Perugia Press Prize and will be published this fall by the independent literary press.
Read MoreInnovative Joint Science Department Course Tackles the Complexities of Modern Science
The Joint Science Department of The Claremont Colleges has developed an interdisciplinary first-year course that will help students address scientific questions, such as global warming, nanotechnology, computer-brain interfaces, robotics, and modern medicine.
Read MoreA Lunchtime Lecture with Author and Scholar Shana Penn
Author Shana Penn will present a lecture, “Solidarity’s Secret: The Women Who Defeated Communism in Poland,” on Wednesday, March 21.
Read More“Alfredo Ramos Martinez and Hollywood”
Louis Stern, president and director of Louis Stern Fine Arts in West Hollywood, will present a lecture, “Alfredo Ramos Martinez and Hollywood,” on Tuesday, March 20.
Read MoreAs It Is In Heaven, Everything’s Fine
“As It Is In Heaven,” presented by The Claremont Colleges’ theater department, portrays a portrait of a simpler time, when the day consisted of nothing more than singing gentle hymns, quilting, and going into a spastic fit while having visions of angels. Wait, what?
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