Alumnae Newsmakers (page 5)


April 18, 2023

In the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Condemns Kansas Shooting in Huffington Post

“As someone who is still recovering from a gunshot to the head, I am heartbroken and infuriated that Ralph Yarl now faces a lifetime of recovery,” Giffords said in a tweet.

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April 13, 2023

In the Media: Los Angeles Daily News Features Lynne Thompson ’72’s Upcoming Reading

Thompson is the former poet laureate of Los Angeles and a recipient of a 2015 artist fellowship from the city of Los Angeles.

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March 10, 2023

In the Media: NBC Highlights Giffords Organization’s Ad Campaign Against Florida Gun Bill

Gabby Giffords will lead an event at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, the site of a 2018 mass shooting.

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March 9, 2023

In the Media: Alexandra Tran ’08 Discusses Classic Movie Scripts and Her Own Writing Process in Backstory

A script of Tran’s own made the 2022 Black List, an annual survey of most-liked motion picture scripts that have yet to be produced.

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March 6, 2023

In the Media: Claremont Courier Interviews Gabby Giffords ’93 to Highlight Scripps Presents Event

“I hope the students here realize, as I once did on the very same campus, that their voices can shape the future,” Giffords writes.

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In the Media: Rosie Narasaki’s New Play Spotlighted in Rafu Shimpo

Rosie Narasaki ’13’s new play, Unrivaled, will have its world premiere at Boston Court Pasadena.

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Sneha Deo ’17 Leverages her Scripps Experience to Advance Education of Young Women

Now an artificial intelligence ethicist with Microsoft whose work combines social science, human-centered thinking, and computer science, Deo attributes her confidence in interdisciplinary thinking to her Scripps professors.

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February 23, 2023

In the Media: Susan D. Anderson ’75 Speaks to KQED About the Black Miners Bar

“People of African descent have been coming to California since people have been coming to California,” Anderson said.

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February 22, 2023

In the Media: Susan D. Anderson ’75 Speaks to CBS News About Olympian Cornelius Jackson

Susan D. Anderson ’75, history curator and program manager at the California African American Museum, discussed the significance of former Olympian Cornelius Jackson with CBS News.

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February 7, 2023

In the Media: Wooster Symphony Orchestra to Perform Piece Composed by Anna-Louise Walton ’14, Bargain Hunter Reports

Walton majored in music and began composing formally during her junior year.

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