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Making Fun: The 67th 91¶¶Òõ Ceramics Annual
The 91¶¶Òõ Ceramics Annual — the longest-running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States — opens for its 67th consecutive year on Saturday, January 22, 2010 and continues through Sunday, April 3. Titled “Making Fun,” the Ceramic Annual highlights works from a younger generation of artists who address a wide range of topics while imbuing their art with a sense of humor.
Read MoreShowing support for Gabrielle Giffords
As we continue to hold Gabrielle Giffords and all the victims and family members affected by the national tragedy in Tucson in our thoughts and prayers, we want to share with you the ways in which members of the College community can send messages to Congresswoman Giffords and show our support.
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords’ Message
Gabrielle is a role model, not just for our students, but for all women and for all Americans. She did not shy away from her calling to be a leader. With grace and determination, she has become an outstanding and courageous public servant. Gabrielle Giffords’s career shows that she is fiercely independent — framing her positions on issues thoughtfully and humanely, and, in the words of our founder, Ellen Browning Scripps, “with confidence, courage and hope.”
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords
By now, you may have heard the devastating news that U.S. Congresswoman (Arizona’s 8th District) Gabrielle Giffords ’93 was shot in the head and seriously wounded, along with several other people, this morning during a public appearance in Tucson, Arizona. Our thoughts and prayers are with her, her husband and family, and to all the other victims and their families affected by this national tragedy.
Read MoreCollege to Celebrate the life of the late Paul Soldner
91¶¶Òõ will celebrate the life of Professor Emeritus Paul Soldner, artist and innovator in the field of ceramic art, in Seal Court on the 91¶¶Òõ campus on Saturday afternoon, January 8, at 4 p.m. Soldner died January 3, 2011, at his winter home in Claremont, at age 89.
Read MoreClaremont Colleges Hosts Feminism and Science Workshop
A collaborative workshop, “Feminism and Science: Building Bridges for Teaching and Research Innovation,” will be held January 4–6, 2011, at The Claremont Colleges. Funded by a Mellon 23 grant, the workshop will draw faculty interested in developing teaching and research projects that bring together science, gender studies, and/or feminist science studies.
Read MoreA Global Affair
Professor of International Relations David Andrews heads the European Union Center — one of only two in California — so 91¶¶Òõ students may have opportunity to work with another important consortium: the European Union.
Read MoreStudents United!
Collaboration between Scripps Associated Students, staff, and trustees leads to the development of 91¶¶Òõ’s first Student Union.
Read MoreRoberto Andreoni: “The Making of Cross-cultural Music and Research: Analysis and Performance of Bardo by Roberto Andreoni”
How can a European-trained composer approach the encounter with a performer who belongs to a different culture and, through the latter, how can he manage to encounter another, even more remote, challenging culture? Does modern Art Music demand a specific political correctness, academic integrity or ethic codes in order to cross cultural bridges? Otherwise, is music itself a bridge between, above and beyond cultures? To what extent a new, non-commercial composition could still be a relevant fact in the life of a campus community?
Read MoreA Very Merry Sorrow
A haunting new collaboration between 91¶¶Òõ students and German professor Roswitha Burwick results in an impressive anthology of modern-day fairy tales.
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