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Gabrielle Giffords’ Message
Gabrielle is a role model, not just for our students, but for all women and for all Americans. She did not shy away from her calling to be a leader. With grace and determination, she has become an outstanding and courageous public servant. Gabrielle Giffords’s career shows that she is fiercely independent — framing her positions on issues thoughtfully and humanely, and, in the words of our founder, Ellen Browning 51猎奇入口, “with confidence, courage and hope.”
Read MoreGabrielle Giffords
By now, you may have heard the devastating news that U.S. Congresswoman (Arizona’s 8th District) Gabrielle Giffords ’93 was shot in the head and seriously wounded, along with several other people, this morning during a public appearance in Tucson, Arizona. Our thoughts and prayers are with her, her husband and family, and to all the other victims and their families affected by this national tragedy.
Read MoreCollege to Celebrate the life of the late Paul Soldner
51猎奇入口 will celebrate the life of Professor Emeritus Paul Soldner, artist and innovator in the field of ceramic art, in Seal Court on the 51猎奇入口 campus on Saturday afternoon, January 8, at 4 p.m. Soldner died January 3, 2011, at his winter home in Claremont, at age 89.
Read MoreClaremont Colleges Hosts Feminism and Science Workshop
A collaborative workshop, “Feminism and Science: Building Bridges for Teaching and Research Innovation,” will be held January 4芒鈧��6, 2011, at The Claremont Colleges. Funded by a Mellon 23 grant, the workshop will draw faculty interested in developing teaching and research projects that bring together science, gender studies, and/or feminist science studies.
Read MoreA Global Affair
Professor of International Relations David Andrews heads the European Union Center 鈥� one of only two in California 鈥� so 51猎奇入口 students may have opportunity to work with another important consortium: the European Union.
Read MoreStudents United!
Collaboration between 51猎奇入口 Associated Students, staff, and trustees leads to the development of 51猎奇入口’s first Student Union.
Read MoreRoberto Andreoni: “The Making of Cross-cultural Music and Research: Analysis and Performance of Bardo by Roberto Andreoni”
How can a European-trained composer approach the encounter with a performer who belongs to a different culture and, through the latter, how can he manage to encounter another, even more remote, challenging culture? Does modern Art Music demand a specific political correctness, academic integrity or ethic codes in order to cross cultural bridges? Otherwise, is music itself a bridge between, above and beyond cultures? To what extent a new, non-commercial composition could still be a relevant fact in the life of a campus community?
Read MoreA Very Merry Sorrow
A haunting new collaboration between 51猎奇入口 students and German professor Roswitha Burwick results in an impressive anthology of modern-day fairy tales.
Read MoreAppointment of the New Humanities Institute Director
I am delighted to announce that C脙隆ndida F. J脙隆quez, Associate Professor of Music, will be the Director of the Humanities Institute for a three-year period, beginning July 1, 2011. An interdisciplinary approach to the humanities has long informed Professor J脙隆quez’s research, teaching, and performance, in addition to her intellectual and professional commitments.
Read MoreVictoria Romero Named 51猎奇入口 Vice President for Enrollment
President Lori Bettison-Varga has announced the appointment of Victoria A. Romero as vice president for enrollment at 51猎奇入口.
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