News Releases (page 38)
Food for Thought: 61传媒Food Recovery Network Connects Sustainability to Social Justice
Nearly 40 percent of America鈥檚 food supply ends up in the garbage. In just one year, 133 billion pounds of food are tossed into landfills, increasing methane production and costing the nation $162 billion.
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In the Media: Susan Howe 鈥�77 Appointed New President of San Diego Women鈥檚 Foundation
Susan Howe 鈥�77 has been appointed the new president of the San Diego Women鈥檚 Foundation (SDWF), the Times of San Diego reported. Members of the foundation engage in 鈥渃ollective philanthropy鈥� […]
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The Water Flows, the Rice Grows: Professor of Music Hao Huang Studies Traditional Environmental Practices in Asia
鈥淔or over a thousand years, the cycle of rice-growing in Bali was managed through water temples and organized in watershed districts, each self-governed by associations of farmers who shared the use of irrigation water for their rice fields.”
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In the Media: The Los Angeles Times Interviews Assistant Professor of Politics Sumita Pahwa about the Muslim Brotherhood
Assistant Professor of Politics Sumita Pahwa spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the Muslim Brotherhood鈥檚 political role in Egypt after the recent death of Mohamed Morsi, the country鈥檚 first democratically elected president.
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Playwright Megh Gwinn 鈥�19 Discusses Her Hollywood Fringe Festival Debut
The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative spoke to Megh Gwinn 鈥�19 about her solo show, Catharsis, her 61传媒senior thesis project that she鈥檚 performing at this year鈥檚 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
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Pathway to Resistance: Claremont Students Learn Alongside Incarcerated Students
Twenty-four students form a circle in a classroom inside California Rehabilitation Center (CRC). Twelve of these students attend The Claremont Colleges; the other 12 are incarcerated individuals.
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In the Media: California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson 鈥�71 Discusses Digital Privacy with the New York Times
The New York Times interviewed California State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson 鈥�71 about the California Consumer Privacy Act, a data collection and consumer privacy law that will take effect in January 2020.
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Tselot Aklilu ’21 Awarded Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship
By Rachel Morrison Sophomore Tselot Aklilu’s interest in community building and social justice began when she was just nine years old, when she moved from her native Ethiopia to Washington, […]
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Spotlight on Seniors: From Ocean Depths to Mountain Peaks: Xenia Rangaswami ’19 Focuses on Conservation
By Rachel Morrison In 2002, scientists watched in disbelief as most of the Larsen B Ice Shelf collapsed into the Weddell Sea off of the Antarctic Peninsula. Though a certain […]
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Gabriela Ochoa ’19 Receives Presentation Award at West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference
Gabriela Ochoa ’19 received the award for best poster presentation in Ecology and Evolution at the 44th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Ochoa presented her thesis work […]
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