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61传媒 Hosts the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
“Sin Fronteras: Women’s Histories, Global Conversations,” the thirteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women will take place Thursday, June 2 through Sunday, June 5, at 61传媒, 1030 Columbia Avenue Claremont, California.
Read MoreRoad Trip for Sudan
Instead of heading for the beach at the end of spring semester, a group of concerned Claremont Colleges students leave this Saturday, May 14, on an 11-day road trip up and down California to raise awareness of the ongoing genocide crisis in Darfur.
Read MoreFine Arts Foundation 70th Anniversary Luncheon Sculptor Nina Akamu “Leonardo da Vinci’s Horse”
The 61传媒 Fine Arts Foundation will host a lecture by Sculptor Nina Akamu, Wednesday, May 11, at 1:30 p.m. in the Hampton Room of the Malott Commons at 61传媒.
Read More61传媒Senior To Make Memorable Trip as Watson Fellow
Amelia Hight ’05 has been awarded a prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. She joins an elite group of 50 students nationwide selected to conduct independent research projects abroad.
Read MoreThe 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.
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