Academics
Spotlight on Seniors: Kushnerniva Laurent 鈥�24 Empowered to Conduct Interdisciplinary Research
Kushnerniva Laurent 鈥�24 has always been interested in science and politics, and at 61传媒she has found the perfect way to blend the two. An environmental analysis major on the science track and a politics minor, Laurent鈥檚 primary academic passion is Earth systems. 聽
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The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Sarah Marzen
Assistant Professor of Physic Sarah Marzen discusses how we can combat confirmation bias and polarization in today’s divided social environment in her episode of The Academic Minute for Scripps鈥� week-long takeover of the podcast.
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Spotlight on Students: Evelyn Chan ’25
Evelyn Chan ’25, a molecular biology major, describes her experience playing piano for Sergei Prokofiev鈥檚 Piano Concerto No. 1 on March 2 and 3 and explains how music has benefited her life.
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The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Myriam J. A. Chancy
Hartley Burr Chair in the Humanities Myriam J. A. Chancy is the second guest for Scripps鈥� takeover of The Academic Minute podcast. In her episode, she examines “how fiction can bring truth to the fore.”
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The Academic Minute Podcast Takeover: Ken Gonzales-Day
Fletcher Jones Chair in Art Ken Gonzales-Day discusses how “photography can reveal many hidden things about the people who lived centuries ago” in the first episode of Scripps’ week-long takeover of The Academic Minute podcast, which features researchers from colleges and universities around the world as they update listeners on what’s new in academic research.
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Myriam Chancy’s Book Launch Noted by L.A. Times
The L.A. Times聽noted Myriam J. A. Chancy’s April 5 book launch for her newest novel, Village Weavers. Chancy is the Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities at 61传媒.
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Douglas Goodwin on Photographing an Eclipse
Douglas Goodwin contributed an article for The Conversation about the best methods for photographing a solar eclipse with a smartphone.
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In The Media: Stacey Wood Interviewed by The Atlantic
Stacey Wood, Scripps’ Molly Mason Jones Chair in Psychology, was interviewed for The Atlantic‘s newsletter about how scammers are leveraging increased social isolation among Americans to defraud rising numbers of victims.
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Student-Run Exhibition on Display at Clark Humanities Museum
From March 22 to April 12, the Clark Humanities Museum will be hosting Portraying the Self in the Anthropocene, an exhibition prepared by the students of the Core II course 鈥淪caped Subjects: Portraying the Self in the Anthropocene.鈥�
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Spotlight on Faculty: Mary-Alice Daniel, Mary Routt Chair of Writing
Scripps’ 2024 Mary Routt Chair of Writing is Mary-Alice Daniel, an award-winning, cross-genre writer born near the Niger/Nigeria border and raised in England and Tennessee.
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