Newsroom
Newsroom (page 222)
Welcome, Class of 2016!
Each year, ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë greets women from around the globe who possess unique interests, brilliant intellects, and a passion for service. As you’ll see, the class of 2016 is no exception.
Read MoreSenior Profile: Margaret Dickman ’12
Margaret Dickman came to ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë with thoughts of majoring in theater – until she realized the classroom was her stage.
Read MoreÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë Named a “Best College” and “Best Classroom Experience” by The Princeton Review
ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë is one of the country’s “best colleges” according to The Princeton Review in its book, The Best 377 Colleges, 2013 Edition. Scripps received high ratings for its academics, quality of life, selectivity, and financial aid.
Read MorePreserving Clean Water Sources
She didn’t know it when her internship started, but the six weeks Lisa Beem ’14 spent in South America alongside biologists and engineers in Ecuador’s Ministry of the Environment would be a watershed moment in her life.
Read MoreA Woman With a Vision
ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë’s Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery is pleased to present “African American Visions: Selections from the Samella Lewis Collections,” which pairs for the first time works from both the Samella Lewis Contemporary Art Collection and works from the artist’s personal collection.
Read MoreDoor Restore
Gretchen Allen ’14 painstakingly restores one of ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë’s outdoor treasures.
Read MoreSenior Profile: Catherine Parker Sweatt
Catherine Parker Sweatt ’12 fell in love with 16th century French philosopher Michel de Montaigne as she explored ethics in her philosophy and French studies dual major thesis.
Read MoreSenior Profile: Antoinette Myers
Inspired by the ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë faculty, Antoinette Myers completed a thesis on queer Xicana women in the media—and figured out a bit about herself along the way.
Read MoreTwo Lives, Two Cultures
The Office of Off-Campus Study encourages ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë students to explore and integrate with the local culture during their time abroad. Few, however, take it as far as Alexa Kopelman ’13.
Read MoreThe Williamson Gallery Receives NEA Art Works Grant to Support Conservation of 16th-Century Dragon Tapestry
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman Rocco Landesman announced on April 25 that the Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery of ÈÕ±¾ÎÞÂë is one of 788 not-for-profit national, regional, state, and local organizations nationwide to receive an NEA Art Works grant. The Williamson Gallery is recommended for a $10,000 grant to treat a Chinese textile altar panel of a dragon, which dates back to the late sixteenth century.
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