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In the Media: Scripps’ Contribution to Collaborative CRISPR-Chip Research Supports Real-Time COVID-19 Detection, Mail Tribune Reports
91 was part of the development of devices that can detect COVID-19 in real time, the Mail Tribune reported. The devices test the human genome on a graphene chip, or CRISPR-Chip.
Read MoreIn the Media: New York Times Remembers Idelle Weber ’54
The New York Times remembered painter, collagist, and sculptor Idelle Weber ’54, who passed away on March 23 in Los Angeles. Weber was one of the few women artists involved in the Pop Art movement.
Read MoreVirtual Community Thrives through SCORE
When Jenn Wells, assistant dean and director of Scripps Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE) began her online graduate program in organizational change and leadership, the last skill she expected to walk away with was expertise in virtual educational delivery. “I’m applying not just the content of my graduate work to my role as director of SCORE, but how that content is delivered and applying it to keeping the mission and actions of SCORE alive during the coronavirus shelter-in-place orders,” she says.
Read MoreIn the Media: Elizabeth Eastman ’81 Examines de Tocqueville, Democracy, and Pandemic in Tennessee Star Op-Ed
In an op-ed for the Tennessee Star, Elizabeth Eastman ’81 examined the effect the coronavirus may have on American democracy through the lens of Alexis de Tocqueville’s Democracy in America.
Read MoreIn the Media: Inside Higher Ed Features Scripps’ Move to ‘Test Optional’ for Admission
Inside Higher Ed featured Scripps as one of several colleges and universities that have announced that they will drop SAT and ACT requirements for upcoming admission cycles. The College made the announcement in March, saying that the policy “will allow admission officers to identify and advocate for students with a strong academic profile who may have previously been viewed as less competitive, based on their performance on a single exam.”
Read MoreClaremont-Mudd-Scripps Tennis Player Anastasia Bryan-Ajania ’20 Serves Up Supplies for COVID-19 Relief
Anastasia Bryan-Ajania ’20, a member of the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps Athenas tennis team, helped organize donations of personal protective equipment from The Claremont Colleges to aid in COVID-19 relief efforts. She reached out to all seven schools for donations of gloves, lab coats, masks, and disinfectant wipes, which were distributed to medical facilities in the Claremont and Pomona areas.
Read MoreProfessor Hao Huang Awarded KAMEN Residency for Composition and Ethnomusicology
Professor of Music and Bessie and Cecil Frankel Endowed Chair in Music Hao Huang has been awarded a KAMEN Artist Residency for his work as a composer and ethnomusicologist.
Read MoreTravel Writing to Transport the Mind
Our students are off campus for the rest of the semester, but that doesn’t mean we’ve stopped our pursuit of the latest and greatest in arts and culture. While sheltering in place—and unlikely to travel anytime soon—Scripps Presents authors offer journeys to locales near and far, from Bel Air to Jamaica, with stops along the way.
Read MoreMikayla Chang ’20’s Eye-Opening Senior Thesis
Prior to obtaining an unexpected research opportunity with Associate Professor of Biology Lars Schmitz, Mikayla Chang ’20 had never truly considered the human eyeball. But that’s all it took for her eyes to open to the complexities and wonder of this sensory phenomenon.
Read MoreIn the Media: Stacey Wood Explains How to Avoid Coronavirus-Related Scams for Salon
In Salon, Professor of Psychology and Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology Stacey Wood, along with a team of researchers, explains how to avoid scams that exploit coronavirus fears. These scams currently include fake cures or treatments, bogus ads and products, price gouging, and phishing emails, but Wood warns that scammers will expand their scope as the coronavirus continues to impact the world.
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