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Spotlight on Students Series (page 3)
Maya Edstrom ’22 Designs Sustainable Clean Water Technologies
“I used to think of ‘the environment’ as something around us and outside of us, but the reality is that we are incredibly interconnected,” says Edstrom. “My classes aren’t just about using sustainable materials and building practices, they’re very focused on creating resilient communities through physical design.”
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For Anna Bagley ’22, Microbiology May be the Key to Cleaner Drinking Water
Anna Bagley ’22 is using microbiology to address one of the major environmental concerns facing our planet: water pollution. Bagley is working with Assistant Professor of Biology Pete Chandrangsu to research poly-γ-glutamate (PGA), a shiny, gooey substance that bacteria secrete to protect themselves from heavy metals like copper and zinc.
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Awards and Honors 2021
Awards to Seniors Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award Jamie Berkson – English Teaching Assistant Award in Spain Lucy Ordman – English Teaching Assistant Award in Brazil Olivia Truesdale – English Teaching Assistant Award in South Korea Vani Dewan – Research/Study Award in India “Neuroscience: Investigating Resilience Against the Effects of Early Life Trauma” Napier […]
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Keeping it Classic: Classics Majors Gain Modern Knowledge through Study of Ancient Texts
Heroes, monsters, and goddesses are the order of the day for seniors Ruby Laufer ’21 and Alyssa Rowshan ’21. For these two majors in classics/ancient studies and late antique-medieval studies, classical literature is more than a trove for understanding the cultures of antiquity or an escapist pleasure.
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Senior Art and Media Studies Seniors Present Abstract Media in Historic LA Chinatown
The annual senior art exhibition is the capstone of the Scripps College studio art major. Seniors create original works of art, conceptualize an exhibition, install their pieces, draft artist statements and wall texts, and publicize the event as part of their senior theses.
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Spotlight on Seniors: English Major Katie Clelland Writes Her Way to Community
This fall, Katie will take her love of writing and community engagement and head to Chicago for graduate school to study integrated marketing and communications at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
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Then and Now: The Class of 2021
At the start of the 2016–17 academic year, we interviewed a few first-year students about why they chose Scripps and what their plans were for their college careers. Now, four years later, we’ve caught up with some of those seniors to see how their plans shaped up, how they’ve grown, and where they’re off to after graduation.
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Senior Spotlights: Selina Ho and Claire Joseph Dance for Justice, Beauty, and Expression
For Joseph, graduation from Scripps will lead her to a master’s program in Irish literature at Trinity College Dublin, in Dublin, Ireland. Ho will begin her post-grad job as a data analyst at the Vera Institute of Justice in April, a nonprofit devoted to criminal justice reform.
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Spotlight on Seniors: Olivia Truesdale ’21’s Quest to Connect Language and Culture
Stepping off the plane at Incheon International Airport in the summer of 2019, foreign languages major Olivia Truesdale had a sense of unreality. Surrounded by the sights and splendor of Seoul, she was at the precipice of her longest and most intense trip abroad: An internship at the US Embassy followed by a semester abroad at Yonsei University.
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Spotlight on Seniors: Rui-Jie Yew ’21 Explores the Human Side of Computer Science
Although Yew is majoring in computer science and mathematics through Harvey Mudd College, she credits her Scripps courses, particularly the Core Curriculum in Interdisciplinary Humanities, with introducing her to the types of projects and questions that solidified her academic interests.
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