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In the Media: Helen Yenser ’17 Wins Oscar for Documentary
Helen Yenser ’17 won an Academy Award in the category Best Documentary Short for Period. End of Sentence.
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Spotlight on Alumnae: Helen Yenser ’17 Is Headed to the 2019 Academy Awards
Scripps College alumna Helen Yenser ’17 is headed to the 2019 Academy Awards. Yenser is an executive producer of an Oscar-nominated documentary short, Period. End of Sentence., that chronicles an effort to fight the stigmas attached to menstruation in the village of Kathikhera, India.
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In the Media: Alison Saar ’78 Exhibits Sculpture, Reimagines Uncle Tom’s Cabin
L.A. Louver, the contemporary art gallery in Venice, CA, is currently displaying a sculpture by Alison Saar ’78, “Grow’d.”
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Gaby Dunn Visits Scripps College to Help Gen-Zers Get Their “Financial Sh*t Together”
2019)—Student loans, wealth inequality, sex—these are just a few of the topics that Gaby Dunn covers in her popular podcast Bad with Money, pitched to Millennials and Gen-Zers needing to get their “financial sh*it together.” The former Buzzfeed writer and author of a new book, Bad with Money: The Imperfect Art of Getting Your Financial Sh*t Together, comes to Scripps College on February 20 to discuss some of the financial issues affecting our personal—as well as global—economies.
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In the Media: Scripps Presents’ debut of “Wicked Bodies” Featured, LA Dance Chronicle
Scripps Presents, the College’s signature event series, was featured in the LA Dance Chronicle for its showing of Liz Lerman’s dance-theater work-in-progress, Wicked Bodies, which premiered to a packed Balch Hall on February 5, 2019.
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Spotlight on Staff: Jennifer Martinez Wormser ’95, Director of Ella Strong Denison Library
This spring, alumna Jennifer Martinez Wormser ’95 was appointed Denison Librarian of the Ella Strong Denison Library. An English major and French minor at Scripps, she earned her MLS degree with a concentration in archival management from the University of Maryland, College Park.
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Announcing Scripps College 2019 Commencement Speaker: USA Facts Editor Poppy MacDonald
Poppy MacDonald ’97, Managing Director of USA Facts, will deliver the address at 89th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 18, 2019.
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In the News: Scripps Remains Top Producer of Fulbright Students
The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Scripps College was once again named a top producer of Fulbright students.
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Class of 2019: Announcing Scripps’ 2019 Commencement Speaker: USAFacts President Poppy MacDonald ’97
Poppy MacDonald ’97, president of USAFacts and Scripps alumna, will deliver the address at the 89th commencement exercises on Saturday, May 18, 2019.
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In the Media: Smithsonian Curator Dr. Dwandalyn Reece ’85 Discusses Legacy of Blackface, CBS, NPR
Dr. Dwandalyn Reece ’85, curator of music and performing arts at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture, was on CBS This Morning discussing the history of blackface— the practice of white performers using black makeup on their faces to caricature Black Americans.
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