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Traveling Smithsonian Exhibition Features Work by Ken Gonzales-Day
The Smithsonian American Art Museum’s traveling exhibition, Many Wests, includes a series of prints by Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Chair in Art and professor of art, titled “Erased Lynchings.”
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In the Media: Publishers Weekly Says Myriam J.A. Chancy’s New Novel “Not to Be Missed”
Publishers Weekly reviewed Myriam J.A. Chancy’s forthcoming novel, What Storm, What Thunder, which will be published by Tin House Books in October 2021. The novel charts the lives of 10 characters affected by the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
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Maya Edstrom 鈥�22 Designs Sustainable Clean Water Technologies
鈥淚 used to think of 鈥榯he environment鈥� as something around us and outside of us, but the reality is that we are incredibly interconnected,鈥� says Edstrom. 鈥淢y classes aren鈥檛 just about using sustainable materials and building practices, they鈥檙e very focused on creating resilient communities through physical design.鈥�
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Angelina Astillero ’23 Pursues Interests in Finance, Social Inequity through Investment Internship
This summer, Angelina Astillero ’23 is interning at the Kresge Foundation through Girls Who Invest, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing women’s representation in the asset management industry.
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In the Media: Gabby Giffords Discusses Public Policy with the Huffington Post
Gabby Giffords ’93 discussed her continued involvement in public policy and gun violence prevention in the Huffington Post. “Today, the public service I鈥檓 engaged in takes a different form鈥旾 may no longer be in elected office, but my desire to serve is as strong as ever,” she said.
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Patrick Ferree Receives National Science Foundation Grant
W.M. Keck Science Department Associate Professor of Biology Patrick Ferree received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to study how certain 鈥渟elfish鈥� genetic elements alter inheritance patterns at the molecular level.
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In the Media: Los Angeles Times Reviews Alison Saar ’78’s Exhibition “Of Aether and Earth”
The Los Angeles Times reviewed “Of Aether and Earth,” an exhibition of work by Alison Saar ’78 currently on view at both the Armory Center for the Arts in Pasadena and the Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College.
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Elizabeth Turk ’83’s Immersive “Look Up” Exhibition on Display at Claremont Museum of Art
Elizabeth Turk ’83, recipient of a 2010 MacArthur Fellowship, is exhibiting her latest work, “Look Up,” at the Claremont Museum of Art.
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Spotlight on Academics: Isabela Harmon 鈥�22 and Jessica Maurice 鈥�22 Explore the Social Hierarchies of Fish
For years, neuroscientists have been asking the deceptively simple question: Why do animals behave the way they do? Isabela Harmon 鈥�22 and Jessica Maurice 鈥�22 are working with Assistant Professor of Biology Tessa Solomon-Lane to fill in pieces of this puzzle.
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In the Media: Myriam J.A. Chancy’s Novel, What Storm, What Thunder, Receives Starred Kirkus Review
Myriam J.A. Chancy’s new novel, What Storm, What Thunder, received a starred review in Kirkus, which is awarded to “books of exceptional merit.”
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