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Scripps Students Share Academic Passions at 2024 Research Tea
Through Scripps-supported funding opportunities, students pursue faculty-directed research projects or conduct their own research with faculty endorsement.
Read MoreCore III Class Unveils Rock ‘N’ Roll Exhibition at Clark Humanities Museum
Through the curation of merchandise, records, and other artifacts, Huang’s class highlighted the ways in which young people in LA used and continue to use music to support both themselves and each other as artists.
Read MoreScripps Students Share Summer Research Results at Annual Tea
Through Scripps-supported funding opportunities, students can contribute to faculty-directed research projects or pursue independently designed projects with the mentorship and guidance of a faculty member.
Read MoreASIANetwork Grant Funds Student and Faculty Research Trip to Malaysia
The research trip was fully funded by a Freeman Student-Faculty Fellows Program grant of more than $24,000 from ASIANetwork, a professional organization of more than 140 member colleges that strives to promote the development of Asian studies within the liberal arts.
Read MoreScience Department Empowers Elle Desmarteau ’26 to Pursue International STEM Research Projects
Her observational study documenting various species of mushrooms and fungi on the reserve identified more than 50 different species and added key information to the reserve’s ongoing biodiversity research.
Read MoreSophia Shepherd ’24 Explores Militarism’s Role in Climate Change
“Because of this grant, I had the time and energy to read everything I’ve wanted to read and explore a subject that is personally meaningful to me and my career path,” Shepherd says.
Read MoreSimar Malhotra ’25 Conducts Scripps-Funded Research on Vaccine Uptake
Through the Mary W. Johnson and J. Stanley Johnson Research Award, established in 1995 to support Scripps students’ summer research, Simar Malhotra ’25 has spent the past several months digging into the relationship between media exposure and health.
Read MoreScripps Faculty and Alums Coauthor Paper in Nature
Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Ferree, Emily Yuguchi ’19, Haena Lee ’18, and Salina Teklay ’22 coauthored a paper, published in Nature, on B chromosome behavior in the jewel wasp.
Read MoreRina Nagashima ’24 Receives Prestigious Public Service Awards
Representing Scripps as a Key into Public Service Scholar wasn’t the end of Nagashima’s achievements this year: She was also selected as a 2023 Truman Scholar.
Read MoreMena Bova ’24 Revives Ellen Browning Scripps’ Passion for Literature through Summer Research Internship
What surprised Bova the most during her research was that, in addition to her love of collecting books, Ellen Browning Scripps was also a literary benefactor.
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