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Scripps Alumna Highlighted in Clinton Speech
Scripps College alumna Eli Winkelman ’07 received rave reviews by former President Bill Clinton during MTV’s Clinton Global Initiative forum, which took place October 6. The segment, which discussed Winkelman’s creation and participation in the charitable group Challah For Hunger, was broadcast on the cable outlet Friday, October 12, at 8 p.m.
Read MoreAthenas Soccer Takes First Place in SCIAC
The CMS Athenas soccer team finished the regular season in first place in the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC).
Read MoreRuth Chandler Williamson Gallery Presents the 64th Scripps College Ceramic Annual
The Scripps College Ceramic Annual, the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States, opens for the 64th year on Saturday, January 26, 2008, at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the Scripps College campus.
Read MoreAcclaimed Journalist to Speak at Scripps
Asra Nomani, acclaimed journalist and author, will speak at Scripps College on Wednesday, December 5, at 7:30 p.m. in Balch Auditorium.
Read MoreProfessor of Music Wins Fulbright Award
Hao Huang, professor and chair of the Music Department at Scripps College, has been awarded a Fulbright Scholar grant to lecture at Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, Hungary, during the 2007-2008 academic year.
Read MoreHunter Drohojowska-Philp: "Nothing to Lose: The Los Angeles Art Scene of the 1960s"
Unlike New York, Los Angeles did not have an true art museum until 1965. The artists who chose to pursue their art here were intentionally charting a course independent of that pursued by peers on the East Coast. Ed Kienholz, Robert Irwin, Ken Price, Ed Ruscha and others were rebels with a cause, creating work that was beholden to their own sensibilities despite the lack of gallery support or critical commentary. Hunter’s talk addresses the personalities and politics of the era, incorporating anecdotes recounted by the artists and those around them.
Read MoreWalter Benn Michaels: "Unequal Opportunity: The Flourishing University and the Vanishing Middle Class"
Walter Benn Michaels is just completing a project, The Shape of the Signifier, on literary and theoretical writing since 1967. His new project — its working title is “The Beauty of a Social Problem” — will be about art and inequality between WWI and WWII, and his teaching over the next few years will probably focus on this period while continuing to engage the issues raised by some more recent texts.
Read MoreScripps’ Director of Financial Aid on Public Radio
Listen live to David Levy on 89.3 KPCC-FM and 89.1 KUOR-FM Thursday, Oct. 25, at 11 a.m. on “AirTalk with Larry Mantle.”
Read MoreCheney Sisters to Make First Joint Appearance at Scripps College
Mary and Liz Cheney will make their first ever joint public appearance at Scripps College on Thursday, November 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Garrison Theater, Performing Arts Center, as part of the second annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program.
Read MoreChris Howard: "Fighting Inequality and (or?) Poverty"
Chris Howard graduated Phi Beta Kappa and summa cum laude from Duke University in 1983 with a B.A. degree in History. He later earned his M.S. (1990) and Ph.D. (1993) degrees in Political Science from MIT. Chris has taught at the College since 1993. Recent course offerings include The American Welfare State, Research Methods, and Race and Inequality in American Politics. Students in this last course also participate in the Sharpe Community Service Program by tutoring students from the local schools. Starting in August 2007, Chris will be the Pamela Harriman Professor of Government and Public Policy.
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