News Releases (page 114)
Fighting Breast Cancer With Love
Dr. Susan M. Love, known worldwide as one of the founders of the breast cancer advocacy movement, will speak on eradicating the disease in Balch Auditorium at Scripps College on Thursday, February 7, as part of Malott Commons’ Voice and Vision Speaker Series.
Read MoreDr. Terrence Roberts of the Little Rock Nine Speaks at Scripps
Dr. Terrence Roberts will speak on “Evaluating the Dream: The Legacy of the Little Rock Nine” on Wednesday, January 30, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center. The lecture is part of the 2008 Claremont Colleges’ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration Week.
Read MoreAcclaimed Male Soprano Makes West Coast Debut at Scripps
Acclaimed young New York male soprano Michael Maniaci will be the featured artist in Con Gioia Early Music Ensemble’s concert at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 21, at Balch Auditorium, Scripps College, Claremont.
Read MoreScripps Humanities Institute Focuses On Biotechnology
This semester, the Scripps College Humanities Institute will focus on the issue of biotechnology as it relates to the future of human nature. From January through April, the Humanities Institute will offer a series of lectures and films exploring this topic.
Read MoreSpiritual Growth Nurtured Within
Professor Kerry Odell is using a faculty renewal grant from the Mellon Foundation to explore a subject about as far away as you can get from her usual field. The professor, recognized by the Economic History Association as the 2006 outstanding teacher of economic history in the U.S., Canada, and Great Britain, is on a quest for spiritual growth.
Read MoreScripps Alumna Highlighted in Clinton Speech
Scripps College alumna Eli Winkelman ’07 received rave reviews by former President Bill Clinton during MTV’s Clinton Global Initiative forum, which took place October 6. The segment, which discussed Winkelman’s creation and participation in the charitable group Challah For Hunger, was broadcast on the cable outlet Friday, October 12, at 8 p.m.
Read MoreAthenas Soccer Takes First Place in SCIAC
The CMS Athenas soccer team finished the regular season in first place in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).
Read MoreRuth Chandler Williamson Gallery Presents the 64th Scripps College Ceramic Annual
The Scripps College Ceramic Annual, the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States, opens for the 64th year on Saturday, January 26, 2008, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the Scripps College campus.
Read MoreAcclaimed Journalist to Speak at Scripps
Asra Nomani, acclaimed journalist and author, will speak at Scripps College on Wednesday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Balch Auditorium.
Read MoreProfessor of Music Wins Fulbright Award
Hao Huang, professor and chair of the Music Department at Scripps College, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary, during the 2007-2008 academic year.
Read More