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News Releases (page 106)


March 16, 2009

Scripps Student Named 2009 Watson Fellow

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ senior Kyle Delbyck was awarded a prestigious 2009-2010 Watson Foundation Fellowship to spend a year exploring relationships between dramatic presentations and historical amnesia in Lithuania, Taiwan, Cambodia and Ghana.

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March 9, 2009

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords ‘93 to Give °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Commencement Address

U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords ’93 will give the commencement address at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ on Sunday, May 17, 2009. Giffords, a 1993 graduate of Scripps, represents the Eighth District of Arizona, a diverse area that covers 9,000 square miles including a 114 mile border with Mexico.

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March 6, 2009

Scripps Bolsters Japanese Art and Literature Collection

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ has received 48 recently published books on Japanese arts and literature from The Nippon Foundation, to be housed in Denison Library.

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February 27, 2009

Roya Hakakian’s Journey From the Land of No: A Childhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran

Roya Hakakian, writer, poet, journalist, and 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, will speak at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ as part of the Alex Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision, on Tuesday, March 3.

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10 Scripps Students named Fulbright Finalists

Ten Scripps students have been named finalists for a Fulbright scholarship to do research or assistant-teach overseas for one academic year. They currently await confirmation from their host country committees. This is a record number of finalists for °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ; in 2008, Scripps had five Fulbright scholars accepted.

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February 23, 2009

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Presents Spring Art Lecture Series

A wide range of visual artists – from photographers to ceramists – present their work this semester as part of the spring 2009 lecture series, sponsored by the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Art Department, through May 8, at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ. All events are free and open to the public.

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February 20, 2009

Claudia Stevens Performs “Blue Lias, or The Fish Lizard’s Whore”

Claudia Stevens, playwright and performer, will perform “Blue Lias, or The Fish Lizard’s Whore,” as part of °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ’s Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series on Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m.

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February 19, 2009

All Aboard the Overground Railroad to Africa

Dana Dakin ’64, founder of WomensTrust, Inc. and Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence, will lecture as part of the Tuesday Noon Academy lecture series on February 23.

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Women’s Public Participation, Sexual Rights, and Social Change in Shi’i Lebanon

Lara Deeb, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ assistant professor of anthropology, will speak as part of the Tuesday Noon Academy lecture series on March 3.

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February 9, 2009

Family Weekend Faculty Recital

On Sunday, February 15, 2009, Professor Hao Huang will give a faculty recital for the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Family Weekend. The recital, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 3:00 p.m. in °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ’s Garrison Theater.

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