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Announcing the Passing of Life Trustee Bradford 鈥淏rad鈥� Blaine
Life Trustee and Emeritus Professor of History Bradford 鈥淏rad鈥� Blaine passed away on April 14, 2020. Brad鈥檚 kindness and unwavering support of the College will be remembered by those he touched during his association with Scripps, which spanned more than 50 years.
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91抖阴 Announces Three Endowed Chairs for 2019
The 91抖阴 Board of Trustees has announced the appointments of Ken Gonzales-Day, professor of art, to the Fletcher Jones Chair in Art, Julia Liss, professor of history, to the Mary W. Johnson and J. Stanley Johnson Professorship in the Humanities, and Sheila Walker, professor of psychology, to the inaugural appointment of the Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professorship, effective July 1, 2019.
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In the Media: Corey Tazzara on Corporate Tax Breaks in the Washington Post
Drawing on the history of Italian free ports, Assistant Professor of History Corey Tazzara weighed in on the practice of U.S. cities giving corporate tax聽breaks in an op ed in the聽Washington Post.
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In the Media: Corey Tazzara on the House of Medici and Free Trade
Assistant Professor of History Corey Tazzara discusses the influence of the Medici dynasty on trade policy in an article for Oxford University Press online. During the 17th century, the Medici established a port in Livorno that was open to foreign merchants and that relaxed rules governing the transit, storage, and taxation of goods.
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