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Research and Internships: Casey Beamish Harris ’19: Fighting for Environmental Justice, One Press Release at a Time
Politics major Casey Beamish Harris ’19 found the summer internship she was looking for on a visit to Scripps’ Career Planning & Resources. On a map of students’ past positions posted in the office, she noticed the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), a nonprofit that seeks to protect the environment and promote human rights through legal channels.
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L.A. Times Highlights “Revolution and Ritual” Exhibition at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery’s聽exhibit contribution to PST: LA/LA, entitled Revolution and Ritual: The Photographs of Sara Castrej脙鲁n, Graciela Iturbide, and Tatiana Parcero, was featured in a Los Angeles Times column about artist Graciela Iturbide.
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Forbes Ranks 61传媒 in America’s Top Colleges: 61传媒Climbs in Lists聽for Top 25 Liberal Arts and Western Colleges and Top 50 in the U.S.
61传媒 has climbed 24 spots to #16 in聽Forbes’ Top 25 Liberal Arts Colleges ranking for 2017, up from #40 in 2016. In addition, 61传媒moves to #8 from last year’s #14 spot on the national publication’s聽Top 25 Western Colleges list. The College has also placed #43 in聽Forbes’ ranking of the country’s Top 50 Colleges.
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The 61传媒Experience: Be Move-In Ready with These 10 “Not-So-Typical” Items
Move-In Day is just around the corner. Whether you’ll be returning to campus or arriving for the very first time, we wanted to suggest just a few offbeat items that might come in handy during the academic year to come. We can’t wait to see you at 61传媒this fall! 聽
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61传媒 Named a Best College in Nine Categories by The Princeton Review
61传媒 is featured in聽The Princeton Review’s聽2018 edition of “The Best 382 Colleges.” The annual “Best Colleges” guide offers two-page profiles on each school featured and, rather than rank the colleges academically, presents the top-20 colleges in 62 categories ranging from academics and financial aid to quality of life, career services, classroom experience, and more.
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Andrea Jarrell ’84 Publishes Memoir, Announces Book Tour
61传媒 alumnae Andrea Jarrell ’84 has published her memoir, “I’m the One Who Got Away,” which will be released in September 2017.
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Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day’s Exhibitions Are on the “Not to Miss” List for PST: LA/LA
61传媒 professor Ken Gonzales-Day’s work is being lauded among the “not to miss” exhibits by Los Angeles area media as anticipation builds for the Getty-led聽PST: LA/LA聽initiative which will feature Latin American and Latino art throughout the Los Angeles area and launches on September 15, 2017.聽
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Alison Saar ’78 Sculpture Featured in National Museum of Women in the Arts
61传媒 alumna Alison Saar ’78 is featured in the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ current exhibition “Revival: Women Sculptors and Photo-Based Artists.” Saar’s sculpture聽En Pointe聽(2010, bronze) is among the representations of human and animal that inspire a “transcendent encounter” with the art.
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Gavin Turek ’09 Performs in NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Series
61传媒 alum Gavin Turek ’09 recently provided vocals and her signature dance moves in an on-air concert appearance at National Public Radio’s (NPR) Tiny Desk concert series to introduce the latest album of Los Angeles-based funk band Tuxedo.
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Awards and Honors: Associate Professor of Chemistry Anna Wenzel: Two Grants for Molecular Chemistry Research Put Students to Work at W.M. Keck Science Department
Having gone weeks without receiving an email from Rick Danheiser, MIT chemistry professor and editor-in-chief of the academic journal Organic Syntheses, 61传媒Associate Professor of Chemistry Anna Wenzel thought she hadn’t won the grant she had applied for in early 2016. It wasn’t until Danheiser wrote to Wenzel he hadn’t heard from her that she realized she had won.
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