Academics (page 28)
Minzu University Delegation Visits Scripps College
A delegation of professors from Minzu University of China’s School of Ethnology and Sociology will participate in a weeklong series of roundtable discussions and forums sponsored by Scripps College.
Read MoreScripps College Recognized as Leader in Off-Campus Study
The student body of Scripps College has one of the most cosmopolitan educations in the United States, a recent study shows.
Read MoreProfessor David Andrews Named Jean Monnet Chair
David Andrews, professor of international relations and Director of the European Union Center of California at Scripps College, has been named a Jean Monnet Chair by the Commission of the European Communities’ Jean Monnet program.
Read MoreZen! Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection at Scripps College’s Williamson Gallery
One of the finest private collections of Japanese paintings in the country, the Sanso Collection, will be on display in “Zen! Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection,” at Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.
Read MoreSecrets in A Democracy: Contemporary Artists Address Challenges to Democratic Ideals Scripps’ Williamson Gallery Fall Exhibition
Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery opens the fall season with “Secrets in a Democracy,” on view through October 11. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Read MoreGraduating Seniors Named to Scripps College Spring 2009 Dean’s List
The following graduating seniors were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at Scripps College in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.
Read MoreHow Weird Can It Get? Stories by Young American Writers
Bernard Cooper, Scripps College’s spring 2009 Mary Routt Chair of Writing, will host an evening of readings: “How Weird Can It Get? Stories by Young American Writers,” on Monday, April 27, 2009, at 7:30 p.m., in Vita Nova Hall, Scripps College.
Read MoreSamella Lewis speaks on fellow artist Barthé
Samella Lewis, nationally renowned artist and emerita professor of art at Scripps College, will speak on her recently published book, “Barthé: His Life in Art,” on April 21, noon, at Scripps College Malott Commons, as part of the Tuesday Noon Academy. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreMultiple Identities, Dynamic Subjectivities
Cecilia A. Conrad, Scripps College’s dean of faculty and professor of economics at Pomona College, is the final speaker in the Claremont College’s Intercollegiate Department of Black Studies’ 2008-09 speaker series, “Multiple Identities, Dynamic Subjectivities.”
Read MoreScripps Senior Alissa Petrites Wins Davis Peace Scholarship
Alissa Petrites ’09, a humanities major from Oakland, Calif., is the recipient of a 2009 Davis Projects for Peace Scholarship, in the amount of $10,000, to facilitate her “Promoting Breast Milk Donation” project in South Africa.
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