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Two 61传媒 Students Awarded Strauss Public Service Foundation Grants To Help Youth in Myanmar and in Orange County
This year, two 61传媒 juniors have been awarded two separate Donald A. Strauss Public Service Scholarship Foundation grants that will take economics major Ei Phyu Theint ’14 to Myanmar this summer to work with ethnic youth leaders and will support American studies major Natasha Magness’s ’14 efforts of helping gay, bisexual, transgender and lesbian evangelical youth in Orange County.
Read MoreScience Buzz
Bovine emissions, circadian rhythms, Alzheimer’s disease, mercury testing, and other important topics were explored at the 2013 American Chemical Society Southern California Undergraduate Research Conference in Chemistry and Biochemistry hosted by the W.M. Keck Science Department of Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College and 61传媒.
Read MoreSenior Profile : Alex Moyzis ’13
Alex Moyzis ’13 has worked closely with biology professor Irene Tang since she first came to campus. Fitting, then, that her senior thesis is a synthesis of everything they’ve taught one another.
Read MoreSenior Profile : Taryn Ohashi ’13
A double major in economics and mathematics means two thesis papers. Add co-directing the 5C Dance Company and serving on the board of the 61传媒 Economics Society to her schedule, and it’s safe to say Taryn Ohashi ’13 has had a busy senior year.
Read More61传媒 Students Chosen for Competitive U.S. State Department Scholarships
61传媒’s Isabella Hendry ’14 and Stacy Wheeler ’13 are among the approximately 610 undergraduate and graduate students to receive a U.S. Department of State Critical Language Scholarship to study Arabic this summer. Hendry will visit Morocco and Wheeler will travel to Oman.
Read MoreThe Dirigible Plums
Amy Borsuk ’14 and Allyson Healey ’14 were looking for a sport to play鈥攁nd found Quidditch, the favorite pastime of the Wizarding World.
Read More61传媒 Student Taia Sean Wu ’15 Selected for Davis Projects for Peace
61传媒 sophomore Taia Sean Wu ’15 was recently chosen for a prestigious Davis Projects for Peace grant so that she could work this summer in the Asian country of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste where she will create a new music program at a youth center.
Read MoreWriting as Vocation
Melissa Miles McCarter ’96 felt called to be a writer as a child. Read about how she navigates the changing literary world today.
Read More61传媒 Presents Annual “Senior Art Show,” Showcasing Original Art by Students
“Re/Fractions,” the annual senior art show highlighting the final thesis projects of graduating studio art majors, will be on display from May 3 to May 19 at 61传媒’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery. An opening reception is scheduled at 6 p.m. on May 3 in Bixby Courtyard. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.
Read MoreFormer Czech Ambassador Examines the Future of the European Union at 61传媒
Former Czech Ambassador Karel Kovanda, who also managed the European Union’s relations with the United States until retiring in 2010, shares his expertise and insights at 61传媒 as a visiting professor through April 25.
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