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Research Bytes: New Instagram Account Showcases Student Fellowships and Research
This month, 61传媒launched a new Instagram account,聽@scripps.fellowships, to highlight and share information about students鈥� fellowships, research, and scholarship opportunities. In a series called 鈥淩esearch Bytes,鈥� the account uses Instagram鈥檚 IGTV video platform to feature brief vlogs about students鈥� summer research projects and to provide information about the fellowships that made these projects possible.
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Hao Huang Reflects on COVID-19’s Environmental Effects in EnviroLab Asia
Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair of Music and professor of music, published a paper examining COVID-19’s environmental effects in EnviroLab Asia, The Claremont Colleges’ journal of Asia and the environment.
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Visiting Lecturer Jessica Christian 鈥�07 Connects the United States鈥� Past to Its Present
For Visiting Lecturer of History Jessica Christian 鈥�07, the past is always present. Although she鈥檚 teaching an introduction to US history course, the subjects she鈥檚 covering鈥攚hich include disease, colonization, environmentalism, and politics鈥攆eel both modern and familiar in a year marked by a global pandemic, protests for racial justice, and an unprecedented presidential election season.
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In the Media: “Be Slower, Do Less,” Michelle Decker Tells the Chronicle of Higher Education
Assistant Professor of English Michelle Decker spoke to the Chronicle of Higher Education about the analog teaching methods she’s using during this online semester. Guided by the motto “be slower, […]
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Spotlight on Staff: Queer Resource Center Director Sharon Chia Claros
The Claremont Colleges community recently welcomed Sharon Chia Claros (she/her/hers) as the new assistant dean and director of the Queer Resource Center (QRC).
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Career Conversations Returns, Offering Alums Tactical Resources for Navigating Career Transition
This fall, the Office of Alumnae Engagement and Career Planning & Resources will partner for the return of Career Conversations, a webinar series designed to provide alums with professional career guidance.
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In the Media: Trustee Claude M. Steele to Speak at Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy, Financial Times Reports
Claude M. Steele, Stanford psychology professor and member of the 61传媒Board of Trustees, will speak at the Sandra Day O’Connor Institute for American Democracy, the Financial Times reports.
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Spotlight on Staff: Assistant Dean and SCORE Director Dr. Marissiko Wheaton
61传媒recently welcomed Dr. Marissiko Wheaton as the new assistant dean and director of 61传媒Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE). The Office of Marketing and Communications recently spoke to Wheaton to learn more about her professional background and her aspirations for SCORE.
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Summer Thyme ’06 Awarded Mallinckrodt Grant for Study of Zebrafish Neurodevelopment
Summer Thyme ’06, an assistant professor of neurobiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was awarded a prestigious Mallinckrodt Grant to study the neurological development of zebrafish. Because zebrafish share 70 percent of their genes with humans, Thyme hopes that her research will identify the genes that may play a part in human neurodevelopmental disorders such as schizophrenia.
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61传媒Planning Update
As we near the midpoint of the fall semester, I am pleased to hear positive reports about the active learning and engagement underway in virtual classrooms and in student and community programs. I continue to be impressed and proud of the many ways faculty, students, and staff are strengthening relationships, acquiring new knowledge, and building community online.
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