News Releases (page 43)
In the Media: Roxanne Wilson ’76 on Women in the Boardroom
Scripps alumna Roxanne Wilson ’76聽was recently quoted in an article for Bloomberg Markets on university investment committees led by women. A member of the investment committee and the Board of Trustees at Scripps, she says that having female majorities on both committees has helped the College raise money.
Read MoreIn the Media: Corey Tazzara on Corporate Tax Breaks in the Washington Post
Drawing on the history of Italian free ports, Assistant Professor of History Corey Tazzara weighed in on the practice of U.S. cities giving corporate tax聽breaks in an op ed in the聽Washington Post.
Read MoreAnnouncement: Vice President for External Relations and Institutional Advancement
Vice President for External Relations and Institutional Advancement Announcement to the Scripps Community from President Lara Tiedens: I am delighted to announce that Binti Harvey has accepted the […]
Read MoreIn the Media: New Work by Alison Saar ’78 Reviewed in the LA Times
“Topsy Turvy,” an exhibition of new work by Scripps alumna and artist Alison Saar ’78,聽garnered high praise from the聽Los Angeles Times. In depicting Topsy, a slave girl character in Harriet Beecher Stowe’s聽Uncle Tom’s Cabin, “Saar has brilliantly made and remade [her], restoring her innate power to make herself,” writes critic Christopher Knight in his review.
Read MoreIn the Media: Ken Gonzales-Day in Smithsonian Magazine
Professor of Art聽Ken聽Gonzales-Day’s recent exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., is profiled in聽Smithsonian Magazine. The exhibition,聽“Unseen: Our Past in a New Light,”聽focuses on work by Gonzales-Day and Titus Kaphar that grapples with “the under- and misrepresentation of certain minorities in portraiture and American history.”
Read MoreIn the Media: Sean Flynn on Steel Tariffs
Sean Flynn, associate professor of economics and chair of the department at Scripps, was聽recently quoted in聽The Daily Bulletin. Flynn was asked to weigh in on how the Trump Administration’s steel tariffs may affect the steel industry in California.
Read MoreIn the Media: Vanessa Tyson on Sexual Harassment in the Senate
Assistant Professor of Politics Vanessa Tyson was quoted by NBC in an article about recent efforts to change the culture of sexual harassment in the Senate.
Read MoreIn the Media: Corey Tazzara on the House of Medici and Free Trade
Assistant Professor of History Corey Tazzara discusses the influence of the Medici dynasty on trade policy in an article for Oxford University Press online. During the 17th century, the Medici established a port in Livorno that was open to foreign merchants and that relaxed rules governing the transit, storage, and taxation of goods.
Read MoreIn the Media: Suchi Branfman’s Prison-Based Choreography Featured
Scripps Lecturer in Dance Suchi Branfman’s choreographic collaboration with incarcerated men at the California Rehabilitation Center is the subject of a recent article in The Argonaut.
Read MoreIn the Media: Roberto Pedace Discusses Diversity in Film on NPR
On the eve of the 2018 Academy Awards, Roberto Pedace, professor of economics at 澳门六合彩开奖记录资料, spoke on NPR’s 1A on diversity in film and what changes in representation mean for Hollywood’s bottom line.
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