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Scripps Students Win Top National Awards
Seven Scripps students recently received top national awards and honors: two Goldwater scholarships for achievement in math and science, two Watson fellowships, one Newton fellowship, one Sigma Xi grant, and one Fulbright scholarship.
Read MoreStudents Win Top National Awards
Seven Scripps students recently received top national awards and honors: two Goldwater scholarships for achievement in math and science, two Watson fellowships, one Newton fellowship, one Sigma Xi grant, and one Fulbright scholarship.
Read MoreAuthor Walter Mosley Speaks at Scripps College
Award-winning writer Walter Mosley, best known for his mysteries featuring private investigator Easy Rawlins, will speak at Scripps College on April 4 and 5.
Read MoreFritz Weis Appointed Interim President of Scripps College
Chair of the Scripps College Board of Trustees Roxanne Wilson announced on Tuesday, March 20, the appointment of Frederick M. “Fritz” Weis as interim president of Scripps College, effective July 1, 2007.
Read MoreStudy Abroad Experience Ignites Passion for Scripps
Between Mandarin classes and learning to navigate the streets of China’s largest city, Shanghai, Elaine Wan ’07 realized how much she appreciated Scripps. Being 10,000 miles away sparked the politics and international relations major’s eagerness to mentor first-year students back home.
Read MoreThe Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil
Stanford University professor emeritus and author Dr. Philip Zimbardo will present a lecture, “The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil,” on Monday, March 26.
Read MoreRaphael Sonenshein: "Grass Roots Democracy in Los Angeles: Past, Present and Future"
The California State University, Fullerton professor speaks as part of the Scripps College Humanities Institute Spring 2007 series “L.A. Palimpsest: Recovering Los Angeles’ Hidden Stories and Forgotten Communities.”
Read MoreStories Waiting to be Told: A One-Woman Play with Jude Narita
Jude Narita, award-winning actor and playwright, will present “Stories Waiting to be Told,” a one-woman play on Thursday, March 22.
Read MoreAn Unexpected Soundscape
The library, a traditional haven of silence, is not the first place you’d think of to record sounds. But that’s what Teresa Landgraff Gale ’96, this year’s Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence, chose as the site for her one-day sound art installation, “Quiet Noise, Sacred Space: The Soundspace of Denison.”
Read MoreLynne Thompson ’72 Wins Perugia Press Prize
Thompson’s first volume of poems, Beg No Pardon, received the 2007 Perugia Press Prize and will be published this fall by the independent literary press.
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