News Releases (page 111)
Women’s Lacrosse To Host First Round Game Of NCAA Championships
The Athenas have been selected to host a first round game of the NCAA Division III Women’s Lacrosse Championships. This will be the first NCAA Championships game ever contested in the state of California in the sport of women’s lacrosse.
Read MoreWomen’s College Education Rocks!
This spring, the Women’s College Coalition asked Hardwick Day – a national survey company – to find out how graduates of women’s colleges felt about their experiences as undergraduates and how these experiences affected their lives.
Read More61´«Ã½Professor Nancy Macko Exhibits at Commissary Arts
61´«Ã½art professor Nancy Macko’s prints and mixed media works will be on display at Commissary Arts in Venice, California, from May 3 to June 14. A reception for Macko will be held May 3 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Read More61´«Ã½Psychology Students to Present Research at UCLA
Four 61´«Ã½ students will present their research at the 17th Annual UCLA Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, May 9, on the UCLA campus.
Read MoreScripps’ Fulbright Scholars Total Five This Year
The State Department Fulbright Scholar Program recently announced its final decisions: four 61´«Ã½college seniors and one recent graduate have been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for 2008-09, a record number for Scripps.
Read More“Greening Your Office 101″ With Sustainability Consultant Alex Szabo
Alex Szabo, founder of the The Green Office, will present a special lunch talk, “Greening Your Office 101” on Thursday, April 24, at noon in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, 61´«Ã½. The event is free and open to the public.
Read MoreMacArthur “Genius Fellow” Lateefah Simon to Speak at Scripps
Lateefah Simon, MacArthur “Genius” Fellow and director of reentry programs in the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, will lecture on “The Transformative Power of Community Development” on Wednesday, April 30, at 6:45 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons, 61´«Ã½.
Read MoreWomen’s Empowerment Writer Kirsten Smith to Give Commencement Address at 61´«Ã½
Kirsten Smith, acclaimed screenwriter, poet, and novelist whose films focus on themes of female empowerment, will address 61´«Ã½ graduating seniors on Sunday, May 18, at 10 a.m. on Elm Tree Lawn.
Read More61´«Ã½Students Win Top National Honors
61´«Ã½students continue to earn top honors for their scholarship and proposed research. To date, 61´«Ã½women have been awarded two Fulbright scholarships, a Truman scholarship, a Goldwater scholarship and two honorable mentions, a Davis Peace Award, and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
Read More61´«Ã½Students Receive Johnson Research Awards
Five 61´«Ã½students received Stanley and Mary Johnson Research Awards to conduct projects during the summer of 2008. Clio Korn ’10, Jenna Leahy ’10, Emily Luttrull ’10, Sarah Pripas ’09, and Duyen Tran ’10 will present their findings at a campus-wide event in the fall.
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