Academics (page 29)
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Senior Alissa Petrites Wins Davis Peace Scholarship
Alissa Petrites ’09, a humanities major from Oakland, Calif., is the recipient of a 2009 Davis Projects for Peace Scholarship, in the amount of $10,000, to facilitate her “Promoting Breast Milk Donation” project in South Africa.
Read MoreÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Student Named 2009 Watson Fellow
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» 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.
Read More10 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»Students named Fulbright Finalists
Ten Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»; in 2008, Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»had five Fulbright scholars accepted.
Read MoreÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³» 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 Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Art Department, through May 8, at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³». All events are free and open to the public.
Read MoreXiamen University Musicians to Give Gala Concert at Scripps
Traditional Chinese music played on ancient instruments will be part of a gala concert as a delegation from Xiamen University visits Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³».
Read MoreStudents Named to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Fall 2008 Dean’s List
The following students were named to the dean’s list for the fall semester at Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.
Read MoreBroadway and America: Reflections of a Cultural History
An exhibit on musical theater, “Broadway and America: Reflections of a Cultural History,” at Scripps’ Denison Library, is on view now through February 28, 2009.
Read More(Up-and-Coming) California Authors: Andrew Foster Altschul
Andrew Foster Altschul, a lecturer in the creative writing program at Stanford University, will read from his novel “Lady Lazarus” on September 17, as part of a new speaker series, (Up-and-Coming) California Writers.
Read MoreOff-Campus Study Students Named to Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» 2008 Dean’s List
The following students were named to the Dean’s List from Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» in Claremont, California who participated in the Off-Campus Study Program during the fall 2007 and spring 2008 semesters.
Read MoreSatire and Political Carnage: Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» Clark Humanities Museum Presents 1800s France in Rare Caricatures
From September 2 to October 10, 2008, the Clark Humanities Museum of Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³» will run “The Politics of Satire in 19th Century France,” an exhibit of the college’s collection of French caricatures of the era.
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