Newsroom
Newsroom (page 283)
The Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series, “Voice and Vision,” Welcomes Ron His Horse is Thunder
Ron His Horse Is Thunder (Ron McNeil), president of Sitting Bull College in Fort Yates, North Dakota, will present a lecture, “Ordinary People, Extraordinary Influence,” Thursday, April 28 at 7:15 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons at 61传媒.
Read MoreClaremont Choirs to Perform “Songs of Life and Time”
The Claremont Chamber Choir and the Concert Choir, led by conductor Stephen Gothold, will perform “Songs of Life and Time” on Saturday, April 23, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, April 24, at 3 p.m. in Garrison Theater at the 61传媒 Performing Arts Center.
Read More61传媒Senior Art Exhibition “Absence and Excess”
“Absence and Excess,” the 61传媒 Senior Art Exhibition, opens Friday, April 22 and will continue through May 15 at the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery on the 61传媒campus.
Read MoreIn Today Already Walks Tomorrow
On June 12, 1962, Rachel Carson delivered the Commencement address to the next generation of 61传媒women. Carson was a biologist and author of one of the most influential books of the twentieth century, Silent Spring. Only a few days later, sections of the book were published in The New Yorker.
Read MoreBrain Trust
Being careful not to separate the cerebellum, I sliced through the dura mater with my scalpel and peeled it back to reveal the entire brain. From there I made my first sagittal cut and began to identify such structures as the thalamus and fornix. No, this is not a description of a class in medical school, but a sheep brain dissection for a cognitive neuroscience lab at 61传媒.
Read MoreReunion Weekend 2005
On a spring weekend in late April, more than 450 alumnae from 14 classes returned to campus to celebrate and remember their time at Scripps. It was an opportunity to reconnect with classmates, present their class gifts to the College, celebrate the success of the Campaign for the 61传媒Women, and be a part of class dinners and photos, as well as the dedication of Mary Wig Johnson Court.
Read MoreRescuing Shakespeare
Most 61传媒alumnae have never known a time when the eight bas-reliefs depicting scenes from Shakespeare haven’t been a part of the College environment. Set into the exterior walls of Sycamore court and Balch Hall, each depicts the important characters in scenes from eight of Shakespeare’s plays: A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, King Lear, Richard III, Hamlet, and Henry IV.
Read MoreClaremont Concert Orchestra Spring Performances
The Claremont Concert Orchestra, led by conductor Michael Deane Lamkin, will perform on Saturday, April 30, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 1, at 3 p.m. in Garrison Theater of the 61传媒 Performing Arts Center.
Read MoreDr. Janet Helms to Give Girard Lecture at Scripps
Dr. Janet Helms, Augustus Long Professor of Psychology and founding director of the Institute for the Study and Promotion of Race and Culture at Boston College, will give the Marion Jane Girard Lecture at 61传媒 on Thursday, April 21, at 4:15 p.m., in the Humanities Auditorium.
Read MoreAndreoni Composition Recital
The 61传媒 department of music presents an afternoon concert of contemporary Italian music on Sunday, April 10, at 3:00 p.m. in Balch Auditorium on 10th and Columbia on the 61传媒 campus.
Read More