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Branwen Williams on Climate Change in Mashable.com
Branwen Williams, associate professor of environmental science, was featured in a Mashable.com article that helps explain the five most prevalent climate change phenomena. The popular digital culture and technology magazine […]
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U.S.News & World Report Ranks Scripps College Among Top 25 Best Liberal Arts Colleges
U.S. News & World Report ranks Scripps College 23rd on its annual list of America’s best liberal arts colleges in 2017, up from 29th in 2016, as reported in the […]
Read MoreProfessor Kevin Williamson’s TROPHY Receives Stellar Review from Seedancenews Publication
Scripps College Assistant Professor of Dance Kevin Williamson’s original dance performance, “TROPHY,” debuted at Human Resources gallery in Los Angeles to a rave review by Seedancenews.com, which characterized the work as “a totally riveting evening of art” and an experience that perceptively highlighted the internal struggle of the human spirit.
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Associate Professor of Environmental Science Branwen Williams Featured in National Geographic
In 2015, Branwen Williams, associate professor of environmental science at the W.M. Keck Science Department, found and collected coralline algae 20 meters beneath the ice in freezing sea water for her research on oceanic climate change, as a grantee of the National Geographic Society’s Committee for Research and Exploration. Her work has now been featured by National Geographic in its #bestjobever and Oceans View video series online.
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Scripps College Student Noor Hamdy Co-Authors Article on Egypt’s Timely Amendment of Protest Law
Noor Hamdy ’18, a student at Scripps College majoring in politics and Middle East and North Africastudies, and whose research interests are in Egyptian politics has co-authored an article for The […]
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In the News: Fiske Guide Names Scripps Among Nation’s Top Colleges, As Featured in Los Angeles Daily News
The Los Angeles Daily News reports that Scripps College is among the best 321 colleges and universities in the U.S., Canada, and U.K. as featured in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2017.”
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Gabby Giffords ’93 Speaks at Democratic National Convention
Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords ’93 spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia on July 27 in support of Hillary Clinton who is the first female presidential nominee of […]
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Scripps College History Chair Rita Roberts Contributes to U.S. News & World Report Article on Race Politics
It feels like 1968 all over again, or does it? Scripps College history chair Rita Roberts was interviewed recently by U.S.News & World Report writer Joseph Williams in his exploration of […]
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New York Times Features Scripps College Alumna Susan Finley ’58, Space Pioneer
NASA’s longest serving female employee, Susan Finley, is a Scripps College alum whose pioneering work as a space engineering specialist is featured in a recent The New York Times article. […]
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Regional, National Publications Herald Selection of Scripps College’s Ninth President
Scripps College’s announcement of Dr. Larissa Z. Tiedens as its next president was featured in regional and national newspapers and higher education publications including Inland Valley Daily Bulletin and San Gabriel Valley Tribune in Southern California, Inside Higher Ed, and Stanford University News. Tiedens, who currently serves as senior associate dean of academic affairs at Stanford Graduate School of Business, will become the ninth president of Scripps.
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