Press Releases (page 2)
Scripps College Professor Receives Prestigious Rome Prize Fellowship
Scripps College Assistant Professor of History Corey Tazzara was awarded the Rome Prize in the discipline of Renaissance and Early Modern Studies by the American Academy in Rome.
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Scripps College Junior Bergen Carloss Receives Strauss Foundation Scholarship
Scripps College junior Bergen Carloss has received a $15,000 scholarship from the Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation to fund an enrichment program for a Los Angeles elementary school.
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Scripps College Receives Getty Foundation Grant for Three Full-Time Internships
For the 27th consecutive year, the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College has received a Getty Foundation grant to fund three full-time summer internships, the maximum number awarded each year through the Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internship program.
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Scripps College to Host Samin Nosrat, Pioneering Chef, Award- Winning Author and Netflix Star of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Scripps College will host award-winning chef and author Samin Nosrat on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, at 7 p.m. in Garrison Theater as part of the College’s signature event series, Scripps Presents.
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Scripps College Dance Department to Premiere New Faculty and Student Work in Annual Spring Concert
The Scripps College Dance Department will premiere original faculty, student, and guest-artist dance-theater work at Scripps Dances, the department’s annual spring concert.
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“Disappearing Los Angeles” Photographer Reynaldo Rivera to Debut at Scripps College
Scripps College is pleased to host Reynaldo Rivera, the Mexicali-born, Los Angeles-based photographer on Thursday, March 12 at 6:00 p.m. in Balch Auditorium of Scripps’ campus.
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Scripps College to Host Hip-Hop Mogul Dessa
Scripps College will host Dessa—rapper, music executive, and author of the memoir-in-essays My Own Devices: True Stories from the Road on Music,
Science, and Senseless Love—on Tuesday, March 5, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. in Garrison Theater on the Scripps campus as part of the College’s signature event series, Scripps Presents.
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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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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Women’s “Wicked Bodies” Take the Stage in a New Work by Iconic Choreographer Liz Lerman
Iconic choreographer Liz Lerman will premiere Wicked Bodies at Scripps College on Tuesday, February 5, at 7:00 p.m. in Balch Auditorium. The performance is the culminating event in Lerman’s yearlong residency at Scripps and presents a rare opportunity to glimpse the artist’s process as she presents her work in progress.
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