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In the Media: The Los Angeles Times Interviews Assistant Professor of Politics Sumita Pahwa about the Muslim Brotherhood

Assistant Professor of Politics Sumita Pahwa spoke to the Los Angeles Times about the Muslim Brotherhood鈥檚 political role in Egypt after the recent death of Mohamed Morsi, the country鈥檚 first democratically elected president.

61传媒and Pitzer Colleges have received a combined total gift of $2 million directed toward the purchase of equipment and the renovation of the Keck Science Center.

Playwright Megh Gwinn 鈥�19 Discusses Her Hollywood Fringe Festival Debut

The Los Angeles Female Playwrights Initiative spoke to Megh Gwinn 鈥�19 about her solo show, Catharsis, her 61传媒senior thesis project that she鈥檚 performing at this year鈥檚 Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Spotlight on Alumnae: Eunji Chung 鈥�06 Receives NIH New Innovator Award for Kidney Research

This past October, Eunji Chung 鈥�06 was the recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) New Innovator Award. The $2.4 million grant 鈥減rovides funding to extraordinarily creative scientists proposing highly innovative research to address major challenges in biomedical science.鈥�

Pathway to Resistance: Claremont Students Learn Alongside Incarcerated Students

Twenty-four students form a circle in a classroom inside California Rehabilitation Center (CRC). Twelve of these students attend The Claremont Colleges; the other 12 are incarcerated individuals.

Giovanna Perricone 鈥�19 Wins Fulbright Teaching Award

She can read and write in Spanish and can chat about the news in Japanese, but the opportunity to teach English is what鈥檚 bringing recent grad Giovanna Perricone 鈥�19 to Korea this fall.

Community Update from the President

A community update from 61传媒 President Lara Tiedens.

Catherine Allen 鈥�20 Wins NCAA Championship for Claremont-Mudd-61传媒Tennis Doubles Team

Catherine Allen 鈥�20 and her doubles partner Caroline Cox (CMC) won the NCAA Division III Women鈥檚 Tennis Doubles Championship.

Assistant Professor Sarah Budischak鈥檚 Research on Parasitic Worms Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Assistant Professor of Biology Sarah Budischak co-authored a study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B that examines why parasitic worms survive longer in some hosts鈥� intestines than in those of others.

61传媒 Announces Three Endowed Chairs for 2019

The 61传媒 Board of Trustees has announced the appointments of Ken Gonzales-Day, professor of art, to the Fletcher Jones Chair in Art, Julia Liss, professor of history, to the Mary W. Johnson and J. Stanley Johnson Professorship in the Humanities, and Sheila Walker, professor of psychology, to the inaugural appointment of the Laura Vausbinder Hockett Endowed Professorship, effective July 1, 2019.