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African Perspectives on Peace
Kofi Asare Opoku, formerly of the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana and retired professor of religious studies at Lafayette College, will speak about African perspectives on peace, April 14 in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons, Scripps College. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Read MoreScripps Seniors Present Thesis Art Show
Eight senior studio art majors will present their thesis work from May 2 through May 18 at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. The exhibit focuses primarily on two arenas in contemporary art: mixed media installations and hand-drawn graphic novels. There will be an opening reception on Friday, May 2, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Read MoreTV Special Correspondent Lisa Ling to Speak at Scripps
Lisa Ling, special correspondent for the National Geographic Channel and Oprah Winfrey Show, will lecture on “Opening Minds and Hearts to the Issues Surrounding Us” on Tuesday April 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater, Scripps College Performing Arts Center.
Read MorePhilosopher Peter Singer to Speak at Scripps
World-renowned philosopher, ethicist, and animal rights activist Peter Singer will give the Philip and Franciszka Merlan Lecture at Scripps College on Thursday, April 24, at 4:15 p.m. in Balch Auditorium. A question-and-answer session will follow the lecture.
Read More‘Scripps Dances’ Returns to Claremont
“Scripps Dances,” the annual spring concert of the Scripps College Dance Department, will take place on Thursday, April 17, and Friday, April 18, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, April 19, at 2 p.m. in Garrison Theater, Scripps College. The program features original dance pieces choreographed by students, faculty, and guest artists.
Read MoreScripps Junior Named Truman Scholar
Maile Yeats ’09 has been named a Truman Scholar for the upcoming year and will receive a $30,000 scholarship to attend the graduate program of her choice. Yeats is the sole winner from The Claremont Colleges this year and one of only 65 Truman Scholars nationwide.
Read MoreScripps Students Named Barry M. Goldwater Scholar and Honorable Mentions
Laura Loesch ’09, a neuroscience and humanities major, has been named a Barry M. Goldwater Scholar for 2008. Loesch was one of only 321 scholars chosen from among 1,035 nominees for the scholarship, widely considered the most prestigious award in the U.S. bestowed upon graduates studying in the sciences.
Read MoreScripps Junior Receives Davis Peace Award
Fatima Elkabti ’09 recently received the Davis Peace Award, given to students who seek to promote world peace through international projects. She will travel to the West Bank for several weeks in June to establish a series of writing workshops that she hopes will connect a group of American children with their Palestinian peers.
Read MoreAndy Warhol Photographs Awarded to Scripps’ Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
A treasure trove of Andy Warhol’s work has been offered to the Williamson Gallery of Scripps College: 100 Polaroid photos and 50 gelatin silver prints, valued at close to $150,000. The works were created roughly between 1978 and 1985.
Read MoreGregory Stock: "Enhancing the Human: Genomics, Science Fiction and Ethics Collide"
Gregory Stock has explored the larger evolutionary significance of humanity’s recent technological progress for many years, and he examined the subject at length in his 1993 book, Metaman: The Merging of Humans and Machines into a Global Superorganism (Simon & Schuster). Following its publication, he spent a year at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs looking specifically at the implications of recent breakthroughs in molecular genetics. It was as an outgrowth of that work that he teamed up with John Campbell to organize this conference, the first ever on human germline engineering. Currently Dr. Stock is directing the Program on Science, Technology, and Society at UCLA and is a visiting senior fellow at the Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life.
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