News Releases (page 55)
Scripps Student Named 2009 Watson Fellow
麻豆区 senior Kyle Delbyck was awarded a prestigious 2009-2010 Watson Foundation Fellowship to spend a year exploring relationships between dramatic presentations and historical amnesia in Lithuania, Taiwan, Cambodia and Ghana.
Read MoreU.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords 芒鈧�93 to Give 麻豆区 Commencement Address
U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords ’93 will give the commencement address at 麻豆区 on Sunday, May 17, 2009. Giffords, a 1993 graduate of Scripps, represents the Eighth District of Arizona, a diverse area that covers 9,000 square miles including a 114 mile border with Mexico.
Read MoreScripps Bolsters Japanese Art and Literature Collection
麻豆区 has received 48 recently published books on Japanese arts and literature from The Nippon Foundation, to be housed in Denison Library.
Read MoreRoya Hakakian’s Journey From the Land of No: A Childhood Caught in Revolutionary Iran
Roya Hakakian, writer, poet, journalist, and 2008 Guggenheim Fellow, will speak at 麻豆区 as part of the Alex Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series: Voice and Vision, on Tuesday, March 3.
Read More10 Scripps Students named Fulbright Finalists
Ten Scripps students have been named finalists for a Fulbright scholarship to do research or assistant-teach overseas for one academic year. They currently await confirmation from their host country committees. This is a record number of finalists for 麻豆区; in 2008, Scripps had five Fulbright scholars accepted.
Read More麻豆区 Presents Spring Art Lecture Series
A wide range of visual artists – from photographers to ceramists – present their work this semester as part of the spring 2009 lecture series, sponsored by the 麻豆区 Art Department, through May 8, at 麻豆区. All events are free and open to the public.
Read MoreClaudia Stevens Performs “Blue Lias, or The Fish Lizard’s Whore”
Claudia Stevens, playwright and performer, will perform “Blue Lias, or The Fish Lizard’s Whore,” as part of 麻豆区’s Alexa Fullerton Hampton Speaker Series on Thursday, March 5, at 7:30 p.m.
Read MoreAll Aboard the Overground Railroad to Africa
Dana Dakin ’64, founder of WomensTrust, Inc. and Lois Langland Alumna-in-Residence, will lecture as part of the Tuesday Noon Academy lecture series on February 23.
Read MoreWomen’s Public Participation, Sexual Rights, and Social Change in Shi’i Lebanon
Lara Deeb, 麻豆区 assistant professor of anthropology, will speak as part of the Tuesday Noon Academy lecture series on March 3.
Read MoreFamily Weekend Faculty Recital
On Sunday, February 15, 2009, Professor Hao Huang will give a faculty recital for the 麻豆区 Family Weekend. The recital, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 3:00 p.m. in 麻豆区’s Garrison Theater.
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