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Awards and Honors: Michelle Decker Receives Graves Award in the Humanities
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Assistant Professor of English Michelle Decker has won the Arnold L. Graves and Lois S. Graves Award in the Humanities. The $10,000 award will help fund a research and teaching project titled Indian South African Poetics: Politics, Aesthetics, and Form.
Read MoreScripps Presents: Liz Lerman
Liz Lerman is an icon. For the past four decades, the choreographer, performer, writer, and teacher has engaged artists and audiences alike with her intellectually curious, nimble explorations. She brings her generous and generative spirit to Scripps for a conversation and exploration of her latest ongoing project, Wicked Bodies, prompted by powerful and grotesque images of women’s bodies throughout history.
Read MoreThe Scripps Experience: The Motley Coffeehouse Student Bake Off
Since 2011, the Motley has also been home to an annual Student Bake Off, pitting entrants from across the 5Cs against each other to see who can make the tastiest baked goods, as judged by their peers. Winners have their treats added to the Motley menu for the week.
Read MoreScripps Presents: Krista Suh
Following the 2016 presidential election, when millions of people were seeking outlets for their political frustrations, Krista Suh had the idea to use handicrafts to mobilize the nation. As co-founder of the Pussyhat Project, Suh helped turn the 2017 Women’s Marches into a sea of pink-capped protestors.
Read MoreSpotlight on Alumnae: Carin Weinrich ’88: Immigration Attorney Helps Scripps Students and Families Know Their Rights
When A. Carin Weinrich ’88 reminisces about her time at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ, her favorite spot on campus comes to mind: Browning Hall’s third-floor balcony. From that vantage point, she could take in the scenic views and enjoy a brief respite from busy campus life.
Read MoreIn the Media: Chronicle of Higher Ed Lists °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Among Top 25 Fulbright-Producing Colleges
°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ is featured in The Chronicle of Higher Education as a U.S. college credited with producing the highest number of student Fulbright recipients in the country for 2017–18, ranking among the Top 25 in its category.
Read MoreIn the Media: Sean Flynn Comments on Federal Economic Policy in U.S.News & World Report Article
Sean Flynn, associate professor of economics at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ, offers warnings on how current plans for federal spending as approved by the U.S. Congress can have dire long-term future effects on education, health care, and Social Security benefits, in a recent article published in U.S.News & World Report.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Passing of Former Trustee Sharon Walther Blasgen ’64
Dear Members of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Community, It is with sadness that I announce former trustee Sharon Walther Blasgen ’64 passed away last weekend. Sharon was a beloved trustee from […]
Read MoreIn the Media: Cultural Anthropology Podcast Features Conversation with Lara Deeb About “Anthropology’s Politics”
A recent podcast of the Cultural Anthropology journal reviews the findings of scholars Lara Deeb (°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ) and Jessica Winegar (Northwestern University) recounted in their book Anthropology’s Politics: Disciplining the Middle East (2015).
Read MoreFrom the Archives: The Love Song of T. S. Eliot and Emily Hale
T. S. Eliot hated California. In a series of private letters written in early 1933, he called it “a horrible place,” “a nightmare,” and one of America’s “two great mistakes” (the other being New York). Eliot’s correspondents were, not surprisingly, British—and the missives may be partly indicative of the poet’s longing for England, after nearly a year abroad, rather than of full-hearted contempt for California. At the very least, there was one thing about California that he was sincerely devoted to.
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