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December 16, 2016

The Laspa Center Announces its First-Ever Alternative Spring Break Trip for March 2017

The Laspa Center is excited to announce its first annual Innovative Leadership Alternative Spring Break Trip in San Francisco. This trip will allow the opportunity for 6-10 students to travel to […]

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Huffington Post Cites 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú in Power 150 Ranking

In a Huffington Post column, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú was listed as third in the nation for colleges with the highest graduation rates for underrepresented students.

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December 15, 2016

Laspa Center’s First L-Squad: Who You Are As A Leader, Recap

Laspa Center for Leadership is very excited to have completed their first L-Squad series, “Who You Are as a Leader” this semester.  L-Squads are a brand new series of workshops […]

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December 7, 2016

Sean Flynn Cites Singapore’s Health Care System as Option to Obamacare

Sean Masaki Flynn, PhD, associate professor of economics at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, published in a recent FOX NewsLink article his opinion that Singapore provides the best example for the U.S. as the country’s leadership considers options for replacing Obamacare.

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November 29, 2016

Clever 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Alumnae Make Election Products

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumnae are putting their creative talents to good use after the contentious 2016 Presidential Election. Katy Lind ’06 is selling an election-themed soap product for “folks who want […]

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November 14, 2016

Spotlight on Faculty: Gabriela Bacsan, Assistant Professor of Spanish, Latin American, and Caribbean Literatures and Cultures

Gabriela Bacsan earned her BA in Spanish and Latin American literatures and political science at UC Berkeley. She completed her MA and PhD in literature, with a specialization in Latin American cultural studies, at UC San Diego. Her fields of interest are Caribbean studies, transnational and intersectional representations and conceptualizations of queerness in Latin America, historical memory studies, critical geographies, and tourism studies.

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November 13, 2016

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Events: Malott Public Affairs Program Celebrates 10 Years

The Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program celebrates its 10th anniversary on November 17, 2016, hosting a conversation between political commentator Norm Ornstein and 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Associate Professor of Economics Sean […]

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November 11, 2016

Stephanie Park ’13 Awarded Prestigious Capital Fellows Internship with California Senate

  Stephanie Park ’13 has been awarded a 2016–2017 California Senate Fellowship, one of four fellowships administered by the Capital Fellows Program. Majoring in the humanities: interdisciplinary studies in culture […]

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November 7, 2016

Vote Won’t End Ugly Politics, Says Vanessa Tyson in SF Chronicle Article

The weekend before Election Day, associate professor Vanessa Tyson was quoted in a San Francisco Chronicle article about what to expect following the nastiness of the presidential campaign between contenders Hillary Clinton […]

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51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Magazine: The Election Issue

“Regardless of your view of the current state of U.S. politics, presidential races offer important teachable moments for society at large, and institutions of higher education in particular, as we […]

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