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In the News: Tyra Abraham ’18聽 and Bryn McKillop ’19 Place in Top-Five at NCAA Indoors
The Claremont-Mudd-61传媒women’s track and field team had two athletes place in the top-five in their respective events at the NCAA Indoor National Championships on March 10.
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The Missing Pictures and Sounds of Memory: A Celebration of Cambodian Film and Contemporary Classical Music
In the wake of decades of French colonization and capitalizing on the power vacuum left by years of civil war, Cambodia’s communist party, the Khmer Rouge, took full control of the city of Phnom聽Penh in 1975, forever redirecting the course of the country’s history.
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Career Planning & Resources: New Program Helps 61传媒Students Navigate Important Financial Decisions
No one can avoid making financial decisions in life, but Forbes reported in 2015 that only 57 percent of Americans are financially literate. The Carlotta Welles ’39 Center for Career Planning & Resources (CP&R) wants to ease the stress and confusion. This semester, the center launched the Financial Literacy Program with the goal of helping 61传媒students make smart, informed financial decisions during college and after graduation.
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In the Media: Alumna Catherine Collinson Talks Women’s Retirement on CNBC
Not only do women make less money than men, but they are more likely to take time out of the workforce to care for children or parents, thereby lessening their overall lifetime earnings. This can have severe implications for women’s retirement, and it turns out, women haven’t been saving enough.
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Professor Mary MacNaughton Appointed to Endowed Directorship
Dear 61传媒 Faculty and Staff, It is with pleasure that I announce the appointment of聽Professor of Art History聽Mary MacNaughton聽as the聽Gabrielle Jungels-Winkler Director of the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, endowed […]
Read MoreIn the Media: 61传媒 Commencement Speaker Highlighted
61传媒 is highlighted in Diverse: Issues in Higher Education for its “high-profile 2018 Commencement speaker,” civil rights activist and award-winning journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
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In the Media: Roberto Pedace Discusses Diversity in Film on NPR
On the eve of the 2018 Academy Awards, Roberto Pedace, professor of economics at 61传媒, spoke on NPR’s 1A on diversity in film and what changes in representation mean for Hollywood’s bottom line.
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Spotlight on the Faculty: Professor of Economics Roberto Pedace’s Research Examines Gender and Racial Biases and Film Revenue
Why are female and non-white actors underrepresented in Hollywood films? 61传媒Economics Professor Roberto Pedace has authored a study, “Homogeneity in Hollywood: Discrimination in Motion Pictures,” that attempts to answer […]
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Awards and Honors: Michelle Decker Receives Graves Award in the Humanities
61传媒 Assistant Professor of English Michelle Decker has won the Arnold L. Graves and Lois S. Graves Award in the Humanities. The $10,000 award will help fund a research and teaching project titled Indian South African Poetics: Politics, Aesthetics, and Form.
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61传媒Presents: Liz Lerman
Liz Lerman is an icon. For the past four decades, the choreographer, performer, writer, and teacher has engaged artists and audiences alike with her intellectually curious, nimble explorations. She brings her generous and generative spirit to 61传媒for a conversation and exploration of her latest ongoing project, Wicked Bodies, prompted by powerful and grotesque images of women’s bodies throughout history.
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