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Los Angeles Times profiles Scripps’s Ken Gonzales-Day
Art professor Ken Gonzales-Day and his newest exhibit, entitled “Profiled,” are featured in a recent article by The Los Angeles Times. His installation, which began while he served as artist-in-residence at The Getty Institute in 2008, focuses on the development of modern concept of race.
Read MoreThe Milton Marathon, a One-Day Reading of “Paradise Lost”
Perhaps a little-known fact outside of early modern literature scholarship circles, Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost can be read in just one day. On December 2, a relatively mild and sunny day for this time of year in Southern California, Assistant Professors of English Literature Colleen Rosenfeld (Pomona) and Jacqueline Wernimont (Scripps) organized a one-day reading of the poem on the lawn north of Honnold-Mudd Library.
Read MoreCollege to Celebrate the life of the late Paul Soldner
Scripps College will celebrate the life of Professor Emeritus Paul Soldner, artist and innovator in the field of ceramic art, in Seal Court on the Scripps College campus on Saturday afternoon, January 8, at 4 p.m. Soldner died January 3, 2011, at his winter home in Claremont, at age 89.
Read MoreRivka Weinberg: “Giving Babies to the Needy: A Critique of Altruistic Surrogacy”
Commercial surrogacy has long been criticized because it seems degrading to treat a person as an object of commercial contracts. It seems to contradict a widely accepted view regarding the proper treatment of persons as ends in themselves, and certainly beyond price. Altruistic surrogacy, on the other hand, has been deemed free of these sorts of problems presented by its commercial alternative. I will question this assessment: if persons are not the kinds of things that we should sell, aren’t they also not the kinds of things that we should give away? The answer to this question, which has received little philosophical attention, may have implications for other kinds of child welfare and custody issues as well.
Read MoreScripps College Receives Major NSF Grant for Neuroscience Research
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Scripps College a $411,008 grant to create a state-of-the-art laboratory for student-faculty research on human cognitive functioning using high-density electroencephalography (EEG) for recording brain activity.
Read MoreScripps College Academy Wins National Recognition from President of the United States
Scripps College Academy has been recognized as a 2010 Coming Up Taller semifinalist by the United States President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities for its innovative and successful academic enrichment program.
Read MoreAmy Marcus-Newhall Named Vice President and Dean of Faculty at Scripps College
Amy Marcus-Newhall has been named vice president of academic affairs and dean of faculty at Scripps College for a three-year term, to begin July 1, 2010.
Read MoreProfessor David Andrews Named Jean Monnet Chair
David Andrews, professor of international relations and Director of the European Union Center of California at Scripps College, has been named a Jean Monnet Chair by the Commission of the European Communities’ Jean Monnet program.
Read MorePerfect Harmony
Assistant Professor of Music History Charles Kamm discusses his influences and love for music with his alma mater’s alumni magazine.
Read MoreScripps Faculty and Staff Endow Student Scholarship
Scripps College faculty and staff are known for the deep care and personal attention they give undergraduates. So it was no surprise they would support an initiative to establish an endowed scholarship for a deserving Scripps student. The surprise was the amount raised and the timing: $75,000 this spring, one year ahead of schedule.
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