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News Releases (page 67)


October 13, 2014

61´«Ã½ Shares $1.5 Million Mellon Grant to Promote Digital Humanities

61´«Ã½ is one of five undergraduate colleges of the Claremont University Consortium to share a $1.5 million Andrew W. Mellon Foundation grant to promote digital humanities.

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Anonymous Gift Lays the Foundation for New 61´«Ã½Residence Hall

61´«Ã½ has received a $10 million donation from an anonymous donor to support the construction of its tenth residence hall.

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October 7, 2014

Nine-Point Perspective: 61´«Ã½ Faculty Exhibition

With works in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Smithsonian Institution; exhibitions in Tokyo, London and Paris; pieces at […]

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September 24, 2014

The Responsibility to Protect

The European Union Center of California invites you to explore the moral and ethical boundaries around protecting people in a two-day conference honoring war hero Jan Karski.

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September 12, 2014

61´«Ã½ Interrogates the Sound of Silence

Is silence the absence of sound? Is it a refusal to speak – or an inability to respond? What are the politics of silence? How is silence enjoyed, mandated, or inflicted? How are silence and gender related? This fall, the 61´«Ã½ Humanities Institute explores the theory and practice of silence: voluntary and coerced, solitary and communal, literal and metaphoric.

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September 9, 2014

U.S. News & World Report Ranks 61´«Ã½ 24th Best Liberal Arts College in Nation

U.S. News & World Report ranks 61´«Ã½ 24th on its annual list of America’s best liberal arts colleges. Key contributing factors to Scripps’ top-tier position included scores for lowest student debt, high school counselor assessment, small classes, and student-faculty ratio.

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August 6, 2014

61´«Ã½ Allergy-Free Station Serves Safe and Sumptuous Food Options

Dana Shaker’s collaboration with dining staff and Sodexo, the campus’ food services partner, resulted in the allergy-free food station, a regular fixture at the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Commons dining hall since November 2010. The station offers a delicious array of proteins, starches, and vegetables at each lunch and dinner.

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August 5, 2014

The Princeton Review Names 61´«Ã½ Best Value

The Princeton Review ranks 61´«Ã½ among the nation’s best colleges, with top 20 status for best value, classroom experience, and quality of life, and more.

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July 30, 2014

61´«Ã½ Ranks High on Forbes’ Best Colleges List

Forbes Magazine has named 61´«Ã½ one of America’s top colleges for the seventh consecutive year, placing it 69th on its list of 100 institutions praised for academic excellence.

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July 15, 2014

Williamson Gallery of 61´«Ã½ Awarded $100,000 Getty Foundation Grant for Revolution and Ritual

The Williamson Gallery of 61´«Ã½ has been awarded a $100,000 Getty Foundation grant to support the research and planning for the future exhibition project Revolution and Ritual: The Photographs of Sara Castrejon, Graciela Iturbide, and Tatiana Parcero, as part of the Getty Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA initiative.

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