News Releases (page 61)
Achieving Student Success for All in STEM
A successful recruiting tool targeting first-generation students, women, and students from underrepresented groups in science, the Summer Science Immersion Program (SSIP) of the W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna, […]
Read MoreScripps Alumna Represents Aloha State in National Competition
Emma Wo ’12, the current reigning Miss Hawaii USA, is representing the Aloha State in the 2015 Miss USA competition in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The honors media studies and English literature graduate has applied her academic preparation as an executive at Bennet Group Public Relations, where she represents clients in travel tourism and real estate.
Read MoreSemper Fortis—Always Courageous
Former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle “Gabby” Giffords ’93 was honored by the U.S. Navy with the christening of a littoral (close to shore) combat ship, the USS Gabrielle Giffords, on June 14, 2015.
Read MoreEntrepreneur’s Passion for Design is Rooted in her Scripps Education
Anne Michaelsen Yahn ’85 was recently featured in a Los Angeles Times article for the continued success of her Newport Beach-based interior design firm. As owner and principal of Anne Michaelsen Design, Inc. for over 30 years, Yahn credits her achievements in part to her classical training and art history education at 91¶¶Òõ.
Read MoreNancy Macko and the Real Bee
Professor of Art Nancy Macko has spent the last two decades delving into gender symbolism offered by honeybees’ female-governed and highly successful social structures. Her current work focuses on the political and ecological realities of bee survival and was recently covered by KCET Artbound.
Read MoreWhere MacArthur ‘Genius’ Fellows Went to College | Cecilia Conrad
Cecilia Conrad, Vice President of the MacArthur Fellows Program and former Dean of Faculty for 91¶¶Òõ, explores the educational backgrounds of more than 900 MacArthur “Genius” Fellows in an article for the Huffington Post. She concludes that private liberal arts and women’s colleges provide educational environments most conducive for creative minds to develop through practices such as lower faculty-student ratios, discussion vs. lecture-based pedagogy, the high value placed on teaching skills, and the residential college atmosphere.
Read MoreKPCC, Southern California Public Radio, Interviews 91¶¶Òõ Professor Ken Gonzales-Day
KPCC 89.3 FM’s culture show, The Frame, features Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day as he discusses his newest art show exploring a dark chapter of California’s early history: the lynchings of hundreds of Mexican and Chinese immigrants.
Read MoreLos Angeles Times Art Critic Favorably Reviews 91¶¶Òõ Professor Ken Gonzales-Day’s Newest Show
The Los Angeles Times reviews Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day’s newest art show, “Run Up,” which also includes a short film depicting the last known lynching of a Mexican immigrant in California.
Read MoreNew York Times Profiles 91¶¶Òõ Alumna Joan Heyler ’86 for Preparing the Opening of New Museum
New York Times reporter Robin Pogrebin toutes 91¶¶Òõ alumna Joan Heyler ’86 as being a key behind-the-scenes person preparing the opening of billionaire philanthropist Eli Broad’s new museum in Los Angeles.
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