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March 3, 2016

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents: Spring Conversations Series Features Danielle Dutton, Roxane Gay, Claudia Rankine

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents: Conversations kicks off its spring season on Thursday, March 29, with a conversation between novelist Danielle Dutton and Los Angeles–based writer Amina Cain about women in publishing. The season, which runs through April, also brings essayist and novelist Roxane Gay and poet Claudia Rankine to the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú campus.

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March 2, 2016

Professor Aaron Leconte Receives Prestigious Cottrell Award

Aaron Leconte, assistant professor of chemistry at the W.M. Keck Science Department, a collaboration between Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ús, has been awarded a three-year early career grant from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement.

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March 1, 2016

The 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Experience: Residential Life

  Ranked #80 on Forbes‘ Top Colleges 2015 list, and #14 on its list of Top 25 Western Colleges, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú is well known and well regarded for its academics. But […]

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February 24, 2016

Intercollegiate Media Studies Major

This may come as a surprise to students interested in working in entertainment: You do not have to graduate from film school in order to pursue a career in the movie and television industry. Just ask the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumnae who are showing their work at major film festivals or producing award-winning television shows—alumnae like Maril Davis ’74, executive producer for the Starz television series Outlander, recently nominated for several Golden Globes. She credits her time at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú as instrumental to her professional success, commenting, “I think a well-rounded, liberal arts education is a good preparation for any career.”

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February 22, 2016

Commencement 2016: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright To Deliver 2016 Commencement Address

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will deliver the College’s 2016 Commencement address on May 14. “We proudly welcome Dr. Albright to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, and eagerly anticipate a glimpse of the person ‘behind the position’ that so many of us admire for her history-making role as America’s first female Secretary of State,” Amy Marcus-Newhall, interim president of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, said.

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February 19, 2016

Los Angeles Times Features 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents Event with Nancy Pelosi

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Assistant Professor of Politics Vanessa Tyson engaged in a lively and pointed discussion with a near-capacity crowd of students, faculty, staff, and members of the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú community at a noontime 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents event on February 18.

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51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents: Nancy Pelosi to Students: “There’s a Special Place in Heaven for People Who Vote”

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi shared her trademark humor and pointed yet graceful conversational style while discussing a range of political and personal topics at a 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents: Conversations noontime event on February 18. More than 500 students and community members attended, erupting in appreciative laughter, particularly at her closing pronouncement that she believes “there’s a special place in heaven for people who vote.”

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February 16, 2016

Spotlight on Alumnae: Electra Chong ’15 and Rona Chong ’15: Programmed for Success

Twins and newly minted 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú graduates Electra Chong ’15 and Rona Chong ’15 recently joined the inaugural class of the Holberton School, a two-year software engineering certificate program that accepts only 32 students per year.

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February 11, 2016

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú in Princeton Review’s 2016 “Colleges That Pay You Back”

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú earned a spot in the Princeton Review’s annual book of outstanding colleges for academics, affordability and career prospects. The College is profiled in the new 2016 edition of […]

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Professor Vanessa Tyson and Mia Shackelford ’17 Featured on KPCC’s “Air Talk”

Vanessa Tyson, assistant professor of politics at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, participated in a panel discussion on the KPCC-FM (88.3) radio show, “Air Talk,” presented before an audience at Pomona College’s Rose Hills Theater and broadcast live on February 10.

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