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5C Dance Marathon, Led by Elizabeth Howell-Egan 鈥�22, Raises Thousands for Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles
5C Dance Marathon, The Claremont Colleges鈥� chapter of the nationwide Miracle Network Dance Marathon, raised $13,578 for Children鈥檚 Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) during its first year as a chapter. The Miracle Network Dance Marathon is a collective of college, university, and high school programs that raise funds and awareness for local Children鈥檚 Miracle Network hospitals.
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Commitment to Community: Priscilla Wang 鈥�17鈥檚 Campaign to Keep Medical Workers and Patients Safe
Just as so many things do these days, it began with a post on social media. Priscilla Wang 鈥�17鈥檚 former 61传媒roommate had posted a link to GoFundMe, the online fundraising tool, for an organization called PPE 2 NYC.
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LinkedIn Praises Career Planning & Resources鈥� R茅sum茅 Book for Championing the Class of 2020
LinkedIn praised the 2020 61传媒 R茅sum茅 Book for digitally championing the Class of 2020 during physical campus closures. The book, which Career Planning & Resources (CP&R) publishes each spring and promotes to potential employers, is a digital compilation of r茅sum茅s from seniors and recent graduates.
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Six 61传媒Students and Alumnae Receive National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Recognition
Six 61传媒students and alumnae received recognition from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program, which supports outstanding students who are pursuing or plan to pursue research-based master鈥檚 and doctoral degrees in NSF-supported science, technology, engineering, and mathematics disciplines.
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In the Media: Mary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon Reflects on Grief and the Coronavirus Pandemic in the New York Times
In an op-ed for the New York Times, Spring 2020 Mary Routt Chair of Writing R.O. Kwon reflected on her attempts to write during the upheaval of the coronavirus pandemic and the grief she discovered was stymying her writing process. 鈥溾�ecause many Americans weren鈥檛 talking about grief before the pandemic, we don鈥檛 know how to name it, let alone voice it,鈥� Kwon writes.
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In the Media: Scripps鈥� Contribution to Collaborative CRISPR-Chip Research Supports Real-Time COVID-19 Detection, Mail Tribune Reports
61传媒 was part of the development of devices that can detect COVID-19 in real time,聽the聽Mail Tribune聽reported. The devices test聽the human genome on a graphene chip, or CRISPR-Chip.
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In the Media: New York Times Remembers Idelle Weber 鈥�54
The New York Times remembered painter, collagist, and sculptor Idelle Weber 鈥�54, who passed away on March 23 in Los Angeles. Weber was one of the few women artists involved in the Pop Art movement.
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Virtual Community Thrives through SCORE
When Jenn Wells, assistant dean and director of 61传媒Communities of Resources and Empowerment (SCORE) began her online graduate program in organizational change and leadership, the last skill she expected to walk away with was expertise in virtual educational delivery. 鈥淚鈥檓 applying not just the content of my graduate work to my role as director of SCORE, but how that content is delivered and applying it to keeping the mission and actions of SCORE alive during the coronavirus shelter-in-place orders,鈥� she says.
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In the Media: Elizabeth Eastman 鈥�81 Examines de Tocqueville, Democracy, and Pandemic in Tennessee Star Op-Ed
In an op-ed for the Tennessee Star, Elizabeth Eastman 鈥�81 examined the effect the coronavirus may have on American democracy through the lens of Alexis de Tocqueville鈥檚 Democracy in America.
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In the Media: Inside Higher Ed Features Scripps鈥� Move to ‘Test Optional’ for Admission
Inside Higher Ed featured 61传媒as one of several colleges and universities that have announced that they will drop SAT and ACT requirements for upcoming admission cycles. The College made the announcement in March, saying that the policy 鈥渨ill allow admission officers to identify and advocate for students with a strong academic profile who may have previously been viewed as less competitive, based on their performance on a single exam.鈥�
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