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Anna Cohen ’24 Receives Critical Language Scholarship
Anna Cohen ’24, a public policy and politics major with a focus on sub-Saharan Africa and migration, received a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) to study Swahili this summer.
Read MoreDaisy Achiriloaie ’24 Earns Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
Achiriloaie has been awarded the most prestigious scholarship in the United States for undergraduates studying natural science, engineering, or math.
Read MoreScripps Students Earn Library Undergraduate Research Awards
Alexandra Rivasplata ’22 and Ella Wasson ’24 each received a Library Undergraduate Research Award (LURA) from The Claremont Colleges Library.
Read MoreSpotlight on Seniors: Jess Maurice ’22 Advances Understanding of Animal Social Behavior
Jess Maurice ’22 presented her research on the social hierarchies of fish at the Southern California Animal Behavior conference.
Read MoreScripps Students and Alumnae Earn Prestigious Awards and Fellowships
Several Scripps students and alumnae earned prestigious awards and fellowships that will provide them with opportunities to further their global engagement through projects, research, and education.
Read MoreTia Blassingame Highlights Student Work in Parenthesis Magazine
In celebration of the 80th anniversary of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Press this year, Tia Blassingame, assistant professor of art and director of the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ Press, highlighted student-created artists’ books in a series of videos for Parenthesis magazine.
Read MoreScripps Research Tea Pairs Knowledge and Community
Each summer, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±¼Ç¼×ÊÁÏ supports student research projects through the Johnson Summer Research Grant, the Scripps Undergraduate Fellowship in Environmental Analysis, the Racial Justice and Equity Fund, the Esterly Award, the Mellon Interdisciplinary Humanities Initiative, and the Arthur Vining Davis Student Summer Library Internship. Through these funding opportunities, students pursue faculty-directed research projects or conduct their own research with faculty endorsement.
Read MoreScripps Celebrates Return to Campus, Promotes Community at Fall 2021 Convocation
Interim President Amy Marcus-Newhall officially welcomed Scripps students, staff, and faculty back to campus for a new academic year during the College’s virtual convocation on Monday, September 13.
Read MoreSpotlight on Academics: Isabela Harmon ’22 and Jessica Maurice ’22 Explore the Social Hierarchies of Fish
For years, neuroscientists have been asking the deceptively simple question: Why do animals behave the way they do? Isabela Harmon ’22 and Jessica Maurice ’22 are working with Assistant Professor of Biology Tessa Solomon-Lane to fill in pieces of this puzzle.
Read MoreCapstone Day 2021 Showcases Senior Research and Creativity
This year, Capstone Day took place online for the second year running, but the theses—which were nominated by faculty—had the same depth of intellectual inquiry and creative expression as ever.
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