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Spotlight on Faculty: Marino Forlino, Assistant Professor of Italian

Forlino graduated magna cum laude from the University of Florence, Italy, in modern foreign languages and literatures and earned his MA and PhD degrees in Italian at Rutgers University. He also speaks, and has taught, German and Arabic, and holds a graduate diploma in American studies from Smith College. He joins 61传媒from California State University, Fullerton, where he served as multi-area full time lecturer in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures.

U.S.News & World Report Ranks 61传媒 Among Top 25 Best Liberal Arts Colleges

U.S. News & World Report ranks 61传媒 23rd on its annual list of America’s best liberal arts colleges in 2017, up from 29th in 2016, as reported in the […]

61传媒 Announces Fall 2016 Humanities Institute Public Events

September 2016 marks the fifteen-year anniversary of President George W. Bush’s declaration that the United States was now engaged in a global “war on terror.” The fall 2016 61传媒 […]

61传媒 Offers Scholarship for High School Students in Upstate New York

In 2013, the family of Tia Palermo, a longtime resident of Livingston County, established a scholarship at 61传媒 in her memory. Through her dedication and hard work, Tia supported […]

Spotlight on Faculty: Carlin Wing, Assistant Professor of Media Studies

This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 61传媒, including two at the W.M. Keck Science Department. As part of our ongoing series on Scripps’ faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Assistant Professor Carlin Wing, the first full-time tenure-track professor of media studies at Scripps.

Wing earned her AB in visual and environmental studies and social anthropology at Harvard University, her MFA in photography and media at California Institute of the Arts, and her PhD in media, culture, and communication at New York University. Her areas of interest include media and communication, science and technology, material culture, globalization, performance, disability, and play, games, and sport. She has exhibited her work nationally and internationally, and has published writing in Games and Culture, Public Books, Cabinet, Art Lies, and The Bulletin of the Serving Library.

61传媒Presents: Melissa Harris-Perry

When it comes to race and politics, there are few as incisive as Melissa Harris-Perry. Moving effortlessly from Beyonc脙漏 to Black Lives Matter, feminism to Flint, Michigan, the former MSNBC host, editor-at-large at ELLE.com, and BET correspondent brings her insightful and provocative cultural critique to the 61传媒Presents stage for a conversation with 61传媒professor Myriam J. A. Chancy.聽

61传媒Presents: Tuesday Noon Academy: New Series of Public Lunchtime Talks Begin September 20

This fall, Tuesday Noon Academy, Scripps’ midday speaker series, hosts a dynamic mix of scholars, writers, and composers鈥攊ncluding one 61传媒alumna鈥攚ho will present thought-provoking lunchtime talks that are open to the Claremont community.

Spotlight on Faculty: Kevin Vennemann, Assistant Professor of German

This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 61传媒, including two at the W.M. Keck Science Department. As part of our ongoing series on faculty, the 61传媒Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Kevin Vennemann, assistant professor in the Department of German Studies. Vennemann received his BA and MA in literature and history from Free University of Berlin in 2006 and his PhD in German from New York University in 2015.

A Message on Diversity and Inclusion from President Lara Tiedens

Dear 61传媒Students, Faculty, and Staff, As an educator, I have long believed that education, especially higher education, has an important role to play in creating a more just society. […]

Professor Kevin Williamson’s TROPHY Receives Stellar Review from Seedancenews Publication

61传媒 Assistant Professor of Dance Kevin Williamson’s original dance performance, “TROPHY,” debuted at Human Resources gallery in Los Angeles to a rave review by Seedancenews.com, which characterized the work as “a totally riveting evening of art” and an experience that perceptively highlighted the internal struggle of the human spirit.