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Appointment of the New Humanities Institute Director
I am delighted to announce that Cándida F. Jáquez, Associate Professor of Music, will be the Director of the Humanities Institute for a three-year period, beginning July 1, 2011. An interdisciplinary approach to the humanities has long informed Professor Jáquez’s research, teaching, and performance, in addition to her intellectual and professional commitments.
Read MoreVictoria Romero Named 91¶¶Òõ Vice President for Enrollment
President Lori Bettison-Varga has announced the appointment of Victoria A. Romero as vice president for enrollment at 91¶¶Òõ.
Read MoreNavigating the Scripps Journey
Melissa Mesinas ’12 draws on her own experience as a first-generation college student to help others in their first year at 91¶¶Òõ.
Read MoreScripps and Pomona Dance Present 2010 “In The Works” Student Danceworks Concert
“In The Works…,” the annual fall concert by 91¶¶Òõ and Pomona College dance students opens Thursday, December 2, at the Pendleton Dance Studio, Pomona College. The concert is open to the public.
Read MoreSabrina Ovan: “The Paranoid City: Urban Imagery in 1970s Italian Film Gialli”
Professor Ovan’s talk examines urban representation in Italian film, and insists on the ways in which city-space is often related to historical and social commentary. After introducing the theme of the city in films by prestigious directors like Fellini, Antonioni and Risi, Professor Ovan will move her analysis to 1970s genre film, and concentrate in particular on the “evil spaces” of two important murder mystery (giallo) movies: Elio Petri’s Investigation of a Citizen above Suspicion and Dario Argento’s Profondo Rosso.
Read MoreSacred Music and Spaces
Renowned composer Dr. Roberto Andreoni is a visiting member of the 91¶¶Òõ faculty this fall as part of the unique Fulbright Scholar-in-Residence Program.
Read MoreA Touch of the Supernatural
Teacups falling off shelves? Mysterious apparitions? Denison Library’s Judy Harvey Sahak ’64 talks about the ghostly legends of 91¶¶Òõ.
Read MoreThe Haunting of Revelle House
Denison Library’s Judy Harvey Sahak ’64 wonders: does the spirit of 91¶¶Òõ founding president Ernest Jaqua inhabit Revelle House?
Read MoreThe Lady in White
Is Clark Hall host to a mysterious ghost dressed for a vintage Medieval Dinner?
Read MoreAlice Waters, Chef, Author, and Organic Food Advocate Speaks at 91¶¶Òõ
Alice Waters, the pioneering chef who revolutionized the food world with fresh, organic restaurant fare, comes to 91¶¶Òõ as inaugural speaker of the Roxanne Wilson Fund for Women’s Leadership.
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