News Releases (page 107)
Scripps College Receives Getty Grant for “Clay Reconsidered”
Scripps College has been selected by the Getty Foundation to receive one of 15 grants totaling almost $2.8 million. The Getty will fund a celebration of the post-World War II Los Angeles art scene, “Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980,” to be spotlighted in an unprecedented series of parallel exhibitions at museums throughout Southern California, beginning in the fall of 2011.
Read More“In The Works”: A Concert of Student Danceworks
“In The Works…”, the annual fall concert by students of the departments of dance at Scripps and Pomona Colleges, will be held Thursday, December 4, and Friday, December 5, at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, December 6 at 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. in the Pendleton Dance Studio, Pomona College.
Read MoreErin Feenstra: “The CSI Effect”
Scripps alumna Erin Feenstra, a forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) North Central Laboratory in Chicago, will speak about her career experiences on November 18 as part of the “Celebrating Women in Science” speaker series.
Read MoreFestival Del Cuatro Concert to Honor Women
The 3rd annual Festival del Cuatro concert will honor Puerto Rican women, as well as all women who struggle in supporting a cause, this Saturday, November 15, at 6:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater in the Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Read MorePlace in Time: Contemporary Landscape
A new consciousness of habitat is explored in the new exhibition Place in Time: Contemporary Landscape at Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, running from November 2-December 14, 2008.
Read MoreEscape: Former Polygamous Sect Member Speaks at Scripps College
Author Carolyn Jessop, former member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, will present her book, “Escape,” at a lecture in Balch Auditorium of Scripps College on November 11.
Read MoreScripps Receives $5.7 Million Commitment for Financial Aid
An anonymous donor has committed to providing $1.9 million a year for the next three years in support of the successful James E. Scripps Scholars Program, Interim President Fritz Weis announced today.
Read MoreScripps College Professor Leads Research on Brain Response Affecting Voting Decisions
Michael Spezio, assistant professor of psychology at Scripps College and visiting associate at Caltech, is the lead author of brain-imaging studies that reveal voting decisions are more associated with the brain’s response to negative aspects of a politician’s appearance than to positive ones.
Read MoreThe 65th Scripps College Ceramic Annual
The Scripps College Ceramic Annual – the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States – opens for the 65th year on Saturday, January 24, 2009, and continues through April 5, at Scripps College’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery.
Read MoreThe American Resting Place
Marilyn Yalom, senior scholar at Stanford University’s Michelle R. Clayman Institute for Gender Research, will discuss her book, “The American Resting Place: 400 Years of History through Our Cemeteries and Burial Grounds,” on October 28 in Scripps College’s Hampton Room of the Malott Commons.
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