News Releases (page 21)
In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Cryptocurrency Scams in The Conversation
Wood and Hanoch point out that many cryptocurrency scams combine similar techniques as other types of fraud—such as romance scams and Ponzi schemes—with the anonymity and lack of oversight that the cryptocurrency market provides duplicitous users.
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In the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Urges Congress to Take Action on Gun Control, USA Today Reports
“Now is the time to come together [and] be responsible,” Giffords said. “. . . The nation’s counting on you.”
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In the Media: Broadway World Highlights The Conference of the Birds at the Broad Stage
The performance co-premiered at Scripps College in March and is funded in part by a 2021 grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.
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In the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 Wears Orange for National Gun Violence Awareness Day, Newsweek Reports
“Today, I #WearOrange on Gun Violence Awareness Day in honor of Hadiya Pendleton and every victim of gun violence,” Giffords wrote.
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In the Media: Jih-Fei Cheng Discusses Monkeypox and Homophobia in Slate
Jih-Fei Cheng, associate professor of feminist, gender, and sexuality studies, spoke to Slate about monkeypox and reporting that has focused on the disease’s spread among gay and bisexual men.
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In the Media: Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Ebony Mourn Passing of Professor Emerita Samella Lewis
Samella Lewis, “godmother” of Black art and professor emerita of art, has died at 99.
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In the Media: Gabby Giffords ’93 “Horrified” by Gun Violence Inaction, MSN and People Report
“Gun violence is a uniquely American problem–and it is now the leading cause of death for American children,” Giffords told MSN.
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In the Media: Hao Huang Discusses California’s History of Anti-Asian American Racism on History News Network
“Surely, California cannot be held up as an unblemished paragon of tolerance and peaceful inclusion,” Huang writes.
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In the Media: Meg Foley ’04 Explores Gender and Parenting Through Dance, Public Source Reports
Meg Foley ’04’s Blood Baby, an artistic project centered on gender and queer parenthood, will be part of the Kelly Strayhorn Theater’s fall 2023 season.
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In the Media: NPR, LAist Mourn Passing of Rosemary Radford Ruether ’58
Rosemary Radford Ruether ’58, one of the founders of feminist theology, died at the age of 85.
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