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March 7, 2014

Extraordinary Research

Research opportunities are prized by undergraduate students. Mackenzie Leake ’15 already has two major projects on her resume.

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Tangible Results

A partnership among 61´«Ã½, Occidental College, and the Fullbridge Program provides intensive student training for the job market – and it’s already secured one 61´«Ã½student an internship.

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March 6, 2014

Picturing Mexico: Alfredo Ramos Martinez in California Symposium

61´«Ã½ hosts, “Picturing Mexico: Alfredo Ramos Martínez in California Symposium,” on March 23 at 1 p.m. in the Humanities Auditorium.

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March 4, 2014

Regula Campbell ‘69: “Investing in Nature: Sacred Landscapes”

In this illustrated talk, Campbell presents her research into the formal, experiential, and symbolic ways landscape designs reveal and reconcile the sacred with and within the world.

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February 27, 2014

61´«Ã½ Professor Ken Gonzales-Day’s “Erased Lynchings” is Topic of New York City’s WBAI 99.5 FM Interview

Professor of Art Ken Gonzales-Day, an internationally acclaimed Los Angeles-based artist known for his thought-provoking photographs, was recently featured on New York’s progressive radio station WBAI 99.5 FM to challenge the misperception that lynchings didn’t occur in California.

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February 25, 2014

Beyond the Blackboard

By the time Dana Von Schaumberg ’14 graduates this May, she’ll already have years of teaching experience on her resumé. And it will come in handy when she joins Teach for America for a two-year stint.

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Braving the Wikistorm

Jade Ulrich ’14 and Susie Ferrell ’15 use cutting-edge technology to raise awareness for the feminist perspective in our digital landscape.

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Mary Roberts ’81: “African Arts at LACMA: A Tribute to Samella Lewis”

In this richly illustrated lecture, 61´«Ã½alumna Polly Nooter Roberts ‘81 introduces a new gallery and educational program for the arts of Africa at LACMA. She focuses on the current exhibition, “Shaping Power: Luba Masterworks from the Royal Museum for Central Africa,” to demonstrate deeply philosophical concepts and complex cultural practices embodied by works of African art.

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February 20, 2014

61´«Ã½ Academy “helps young women dream big!”

61´«Ã½ Academy continues to capture the attention of regional journalists and, as a result, the college-preparatory program was recently featured on a popular Los Angeles-based Spanish-language news radio talk show.

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February 17, 2014

61´«Ã½ Hosts Award-Winning Haitian Writer Louis-Philippe Dalembert Who Will Speak on “Writing Since Childhood”

Louis-Philippe Dalembert, an award-winning Haitian writer whose works have been translated into Danish, English, German, Italian, Romanian and Spanish, lectures on “Writing Since Childhood” on March 6 at 4:15 p.m. in 61´«Ã½’s Humanities Auditorium, 981 N. Amherst Ave. This free event is open to the public.

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