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Scripps Named “Hottest Women’s College” in Nation
Kaplan/Newsweek’s “America’s Hottest Colleges” gives its top 25 picks for “the places that everyone’s talking about for 2006.” The publication names Scripps as the “Hottest Women’s College,” remarking positively on Scripps’ academic strengths as well as its physical location and campus amenities.
Read MoreThe Alexa Fullerton Hampton speaker Series “Voice and Vision” Welcomes Chellie Kew: Photographer, Author, and Humanitarian
Chellie Kew, photographer, author, and humanitarian, will speak at Scripps College on October 11, at 7:30 p.m., in Balch Auditorium, Scripps College.
Read MoreScripps College Performance Benefitts Dillard University Hurricane Relief Fund
Scripps College Departments of Music and Dance presented a benefit performance on Sunday, September 25, at 3 p.m., in Garrison Theater.
Read MoreThe Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons Presents a Lunchtime Lecture with Author Nan Mooney '92
Author Nan Mooney ’92, discusses her recent book, “I Can’t Believe She Did That: Why Women Betray Other Women at Work,” on Friday, October 14, 12 pm., in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, Scripps College.
Read More“The New Documentary Impulse,” Humanities Institute Fall Series Begins
The Scripps College Humanities Institute announces its fall 2005 program exploring “The New Documentary Impulse.” The program features a documentary film series, lecture series, master classes with film directors, symposium, and photography exhibition.
Read MoreScripps College Presents the Los Angeles Premier of Award-Winning Photographer Jenny Matthews’ Exhibition; Women and War
The Scripps College Humanities Institute presents a photography exhibition and lecture by freelance photographer and filmmaker Jenny Matthews.
Read MoreScripps Music and Dance Performance to Benefit Dillard University Hurricane Relief Fund
Scripps College will present a performance on Sunday, September 25, at 3 p.m., in Garrison Theater, to benefit the Dillard University Hurricane Relief Fund.
Read MoreHuang to Perform Works by Beethoven and Schumann
Dr. Hao Huang, acclaimed pianist and professor of music at Scripps College, will present a solo program Sunday, September 18, at 3 p.m. featuring Beethoven’s Piano Sonata in C minor, Opus 111 and Schumann’s Carnaval, Opus 9.
Read MoreScripps College to Accept Visiting Students from Colleges Affected by Hurricane
Scripps College will accept up to five students from colleges closed because of Hurricane Katrina as visiting students for fall semester 2005. The College will waive tuition for these students and provide a transcript of all academic coursework they complete to their home institution.
Read MoreCall of the Wild
“Of all the great apes, the orangutan is perhaps the smartest,” says Debra Erickson ’79. “Give a screwdriver to a chimpanzee, he’ll stab you with it. Give it to a gorilla, he’ll scratch himself with it. But give it to an orangutan, and he’ll unscrew the door to your refrigerator.”
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