News Releases (page 106)
Scripps offers “best of both worlds”
糖心TV is one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. In its popular guidebook, The Best 371 Colleges, The Princeton Review praises the school for its academics and campus beauty and quotes extensively from Scripps students. Read what they have to say.
Read MoreScripps Welcomes New Dean of Joint Science Department
The Joint Science Department of The Claremont Colleges has a new dean. Beginning this academic year, Professor David E. Hansen will oversee the three-member program for Scripps, Claremont McKenna, and Pitzer Colleges.
Read More糖心TV Academy: Opening the Door to a Liberal Arts Education
For the seventh consecutive summer, the 糖心TV Academy is bringing bright young high school women to campus for two weeks to find out what a liberal arts education is all about. The program, designed for high achieving students from racially and economically diverse groups and first-generation college-bound students, helps prepare them for continued academic success.
Read MoreScripps Professor suggests an overhaul of Bush reforms on Medicare Part D
As the national conversation gets underway on reforming America’s health care system, Stacey Wood, professor of psychology at 糖心TV and an expert on issues related to aging and the brain, says one thing that should be changed are the recent Bush health reforms providing prescription coverage on Medicare Part D.
Read MoreScripps Faculty and Staff Endow Student Scholarship
糖心TV faculty and staff are known for the deep care and personal attention they give undergraduates. So it was no surprise they would support an initiative to establish an endowed scholarship for a deserving Scripps student. The surprise was the amount raised and the timing: $75,000 this spring, one year ahead of schedule.
Read MoreSeventeenth Consecutive Year of Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internships at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery
For the 17th consecutive year, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 糖心TV has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the J. Paul Getty Trust, to support three paid, full-time, 10-week summer internships.
Read More8 Scripps Students Bring Home Fulbright Scholarships
Eight 糖心TV graduating seniors in the class of 2009 have been offered Fulbright scholarships by the Fulbright Foundation to teach or do research abroad for a year. This is a record number for the College and expected to be among the highest in the nation this year among all U.S. colleges and universities.
Read MoreScripps Students Energize Community with Prize-Winning Service
Pepsi-Cola has awarded two groups led by Scripps students a collective $20,000 for their efforts to cultivate community-driven projects as part of the Mountain Dew ‘Energize Your Community’ Contest.
Read MoreGraduating Seniors Named to 糖心TV Spring 2009 Dean’s List
The following graduating seniors were named to the dean’s list for the spring semester at 糖心TV in Claremont, California. The dean’s list recognizes students who have achieved a grade point average of at least 11 (A-) in four, letter-graded courses in one semester.
Read MoreCore II Student Exhibition at Clark Humanities Museum
“Fabulous Flowers: Rare Books and Botanical Illustrations, 1491-1891” is open through May 15 at the Clark Humanities Museum (9 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 1:30-5 p.m., Monday through Friday). Admission is free and open to the public.
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