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heidi rhodes Receives 2023–24 Creative Capital Award for Book Project
The project, Vital Signs, “foregrounds an anti-ableist way of being, premised on relationality and interdependency, with special attention to form as part of sick/disabled practices for living differently.”
Read MoreScripps Remains a Fulbright Top Producing Institution for 2022–23
The US Department of State announced that Scripps College remains a top producer of Fulbright students for 2022–23, with seven grants awarded.
Read MoreIn the Media: Claremont Courier, KQED Profile MacArthur Recipient Martha Gonzalez
Gonzalez, associate professor of Chicanx/Latinx Studies at Scripps College and lead singer, songwriter, and percussionist of the Grammy Award-winning band Quetzal, recently received a 2022 MacArthur Fellowship.
Read MoreIn the Media: KCRW Profiles MacArthur “Genius” Grant Winner Martha Gonzalez
“Music really grounds me in a way that’s not just about putting out fires [and] consistently responding to the urgencies of the world,” Gonzalez said.
Read MoreIn the Media: Martha Gonzalez Among 2022 MacArthur Fellowship Recipients, New York Times and Washington Post Report
Inside Higher Ed and NPR also highlighted Gonzalez’s achievement.
Read MoreMartha Gonzalez Awarded Prestigious MacArthur Fellowship
The fellowship, also known as a “genius grant,” awards $800,000 to fuel the future achievements of extraordinarily talented and creative individuals.
Read MoreScripps to Receive $15 Million Grant to Increase Scholarship Aid
The Schuler Education Foundation will provide a transformative matching challenge grant of up to $15 million to inspire the Scripps community to give, resulting in a total of $30 million in new financial aid.
Read MoreIn the Media: Lynne Thompson ’72 Receives Fellowship from Academy of American Poets
Thompson is the current poet laureate of Los Angeles, a role to which she was appointed in 2021.
Read MoreSummer 2022 Community Update
Dear Members of the Scripps Community: Congratulations on the completion of a successful academic year! I have been honored to serve as the College’s interim president for the past academic year and to engage with so many of you as we have pursued the mission of Scripps College together. There is nothing that compares to […]
Read MoreAnna Cohen ’24 Receives Critical Language Scholarship
Anna Cohen ’24, a public policy and politics major with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and migration, received a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Swahili this summer.
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