Research and Service (page 7)
Spotlight on Students: Isabella Levin ’17 Scholarship Winner Is Planning the Future of Transportation
Isabella Levin ’17 grew up in Murrieta, California, just 60 miles south Scripps, where, as she describes it, “the automobile reined supreme.” But a semester abroad in Paris her junior year, during which she learned to navigate the city by walking, riding the metro, taking the bus, and participating in the bike share program got the environmental analysis major thinking: What are some ways I might reimagine mass transit in Southern California?
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Sean Flynn Cites Singapore’s Health Care System as Option to Obamacare
Sean Masaki Flynn, PhD, associate professor of economics at Scripps College, published in a recent FOX NewsLink article his opinion that Singapore provides the best example for the U.S. as the country’s leadership considers options for replacing Obamacare.
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Laspa Center for Leadership We Act Grant: Kristen Liu ’19: Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Silicon Valley Students
Growing up in Los Altos, California, Kristen Liu ’19 was aware of the disparity of wealth in Silicon Valley and its impact on public education. Supported by a Laspa We Act Grant last summer, Liu […]
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Kate Fehlhaber ’09 Honored by Society for Neuroscience
Scripps College alumna Kate Fehlhaber ’09 and her team of fellow graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at UCLA won the Society for Neuroscience ‘Next Generation Award 2016‘ at the organization’s […]
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Natalie Miller ’06 Is Founder of Apply101 College Search Website
Natalie Miller ’06 is featured in an Oregonlive.com article about her company, Apply101, a website that makes it easy for students, parents, and high school guidance counselors to manage […]
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The 5C Experience: The Hive: Fostering Collaboration and Creativity Across the 5Cs
With a new director and a larger space, the Rick and Susan Sontag Center for Collaborative Creativity—better known as the Hive—is strengthened in its mission to inspire students to create, […]
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Spotlight on Faculty: Findley Finseth, Assistant Professor of Genomics
Findley Finseth’s research program investigates the evolutionary drivers of biodiversity. By complementing modern genomics studies of natural populations with classic genetics experiments, her work offers novel insight into the maintenance of genetic variation, the processes of adaptation and speciation, and the evolution of the genome itself.
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Stephanie Park ’13 Awarded Prestigious Capital Fellows Internship with California Senate
Stephanie Park ’13 has been awarded a 2016–2017 California Senate Fellowship, one of four fellowships administered by the Capital Fellows Program. Majoring in the humanities: interdisciplinary studies in culture […]
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Professor Vanessa Tyson to Offer Election Night Commentary at FOX-LA
Vanessa Tyson, assistant professor of politics at Scripps College, will offer live commentary as an election-night guest in the FOX-LA news studio in Los Angeles on Nov. 8. Professor Tyson […]
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Spotlight on Students: Isabella Ramos ’17
Though students might know her for the matcha green tea Rice Krispies treats she often made as an employee at the Motley Coffeehouse, lately, Scripps senior Isabella Ramos has been up to a lot more than baking. These days, you won’t find her behind the counter at the Motley, but rather on a couch, finalizing plans for the weeklong Noh Theater Festival.
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