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Feature Stories (page 64)


February 16, 2007

Scripps Ruggers Aim for National Championships

It takes confidence to play on The Claremont Colleges women’s rugby team. Not for the timid, rugby is a full-contact sport and players are prone to injury. But that hasn’t prevented Scripps students from signing up for a rigorous spring schedule of practice sessions, fitness classes, and games.

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February 9, 2007

Too Many Choices?

Current research by Stacey Wood, associate professor of psychology at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ and clinical neuropsychologist, explores whether excessive choices associated with the new Medicare prescription drug plan work against individuals.

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To Experience a Book

Nineteen Scripps students of diverse disciplinary backgrounds from neuroscience to philosophy became book artists in Professor Kitty Maryatt’s class last fall. An exhibition of their bookworks is on view in the Lang Arts Studio 112 at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ until Monday, February 19, 2007.

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January 17, 2007

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ’s 63rd Ceramic Annual Exhibition

The 63rd °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Ceramic Annual, on view at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ from Saturday, January 20 through Sunday, April 8, is the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States.

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January 7, 2007

Changing the World – One Loaf at a Time

Two years ago, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ senior Elisabeth (Eli) Winkelman used her now-famous recipe for baking challah bread to create the student organization Challah for Hunger to raise money for victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.

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December 22, 2006

Scripps Undergraduates Garner Rave Reviews at Recent International Scientific Conference

Sharon Torigoe ’07 and Ivy McDaniel ’08 received recognition for their research presentations at the 28th Annual Asilomar Chromatin and Chromosomes Conference.

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Ensnaring the Moment: Thoughts on the Intersection of Photography and Poetry

So often in writing about photography, I have described a work as poetic. This talk was born out of challenging myself to figure out what, after all, I mean by that. Is there more to it than innocuous generalization?

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Joint Science Neuroscientist Awarded Two NSF Grants

John Milton, M.D., Ph.D, Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Fellow, American Physical Society, and the William R. Kenan Professor of Computational Neuroscience at The Claremont Colleges, has been awarded two National Science Foundation (NSF) research awards this fall.

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Michael Lamkin Named Frankel Professor of Music at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ

Michael Deane Lamkin has been named the Bessie and Cecil Frankel Professor of Music at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ, as announced at the December 2, 2006, meeting of the Board of Trustees. Lamkin is currently vice president and dean of faculty at Scripps, as well as professor of music in the Joint Music Program and conductor of The Claremont Concert Orchestra.

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Professor Nancy Macko Featured in Solo Exhibition At Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Professor Nancy Macko’s survey show, “Hive Universe,” on view from December 15 through February 4 is the featured exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery located in the Barnsdall Art Park.

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