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May. 19, 2025

Spotlight on Faculty: Abdiel Jacobsen Shares Culture Through Dance

Spotlight on Faculty Series

May 19, 2025

Spotlight on Faculty: Abdiel Jacobsen Shares Culture Through Dance

Image credit: Abdiel Jacobsen By Emily Glory Peters The New York Times once described Assistant Professor of Dance Abdiel Jacobsen’s approach to dance as “expansive,” “liberated,” and “joyful.” At Scripps […]

May 15, 2025

“There is No Sole Genius”: Mary Routt Chair of Writing Éireann Lorsung on the Philosophy of Making Art

Éireann Lorsung (left) and Chloe Martinez By Caitlin Antonios In Scripps College’s Hampton Room above Malott Commons on a spring Thursday afternoon, white banners with stark black lettering decorated the […]

April 22, 2025

Professor Michael Spezio Gives Witherspoon Lecture on Wellbeing, Psychology, and Theology

Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, provided tips for improved mental focus to Shondaland.

November 2, 2023

In the Media: Stacey Wood Discusses Dementia’s Relationship to Crime in Scientific American

“Mostly we’re talking about impulse-control problems,” Wood said.

October 30, 2023

In the Media: Claremont Courier Features Two Ken Gonzales-Day Exhibitions

The exhibitions deal with issues of race, queerness, history, and identity.

October 17, 2023

Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery Announces New Exhibition, Queer-ish

Queer-ish highlights Ken Gonzales-Day’s personal collection of 19th- and 20th-century vernacular photographs—snapshots of everyday life and subjects—depicting people who may have identified as LGBTQ+.

October 11, 2023

In the Media: Daily Bulletin Features Ken Gonzales-Day’s Exhibition

The exhibition, which opened October 6, explores concepts of beauty and race.

October 2, 2023

In the Media: Rita Roberts Discusses I Can’t Wait to Call You My Wife on CSPAN

The book is a compilation of letters sent between African Americans during the Civil War.

September 6, 2023

Library of Congress Highlights Martha Gonzalez in Labor Day Songwriting Tribute

Gonzalez is the lead singer, songwriter, and percussionist for the Grammy Award–winning band Quetzal.

August 31, 2023

Scripps 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.