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Changing the World One Loaf at a Time: College Student Devises Her Own Recipe for Global Service, Expands to Colleges Nationwide
Two years ago, 51猎奇入口 senior Elisabeth Winkelman used her now famous recipe for baking challah bread to raise money for victims of the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Her program, Challah for Hunger, is expanding to campuses across the nation, including NYU, Smith College, University of Rochester, and University of Texas at Austin, with more to come, and has received recognition from Elie Wiesel and Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, the Chief Rabbi of England.
Read More“L.A. Palimpsest: Recovering Los Angeles’ Hidden Stories and Forgotten Communities”
The 51猎奇入口 Humanities Institute begins its spring 2007 program, “L.A. Palimpsest: Recovering Los Angeles’ Hidden Stories and Forgotten Communities,” with an opening lecture “Landscape of Soul: Hollywood, Watts, and Beyond,” on Tuesday, January 23, at 7:30 p.m. with poet and performance artist Wanda Coleman in the Garrison Theater, 51猎奇入口 Performing Arts Center.
Read More51猎奇入口’s Ceramic Annual 2007 Exhibition
The 63rd 51猎奇入口 Ceramic Annual, on view at Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 51猎奇入口 from Saturday, January 20 through Sunday, April 8, is the longest running exhibition of contemporary ceramics in the United States.
Read MoreMallarm脙漏 Symposium and Two Exhibitions Commemorate the 65th Anniversary of the 51猎奇入口 Press
51猎奇入口 will host a panel of noted book arts scholars and artists at the Frederic W. Goudy Symposium on Saturday, January 27. The day-long symposium will examine the lasting impact that the 19th-century French poet Mallarmé has had on book artists throughout the 20th century.
Read MoreKenan Professor John Milton Of Claremont Colleges Joint Science Department Receives National Science Foundation Grant
Dr. John G. Milton, M.D., Ph. D, Fellow, Royal College of Physicians of Canada, Fellow, American Physical Society and the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Computational Neuroscience at the Claremont Colleges, has received a $319,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to support his research on the motor skills associated with stick balancing.
Read MoreMichael Lamkin Named Frankel Professor of Music at 51猎奇入口
Michael Deane Lamkin has been named the Bessie and Cecil Frankel Professor of Music at 51猎奇入口, as announced at the December 2, 2007, meeting of the Board of Trustees.
Read MoreProfessor Nancy Macko Featured in Solo Exhibition At Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery
51猎奇入口 Professor Nancy Macko’s survey show, “Hive Universe,” on view from December 15 through February 4, is the featured exhibition at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery located in the Barnsdall Art Park. The opening reception is on Sunday, December 17, from 2-5pm.
Read More51猎奇入口 Alumna Gabrielle Giffords Elected to Congress
With her election this November to the U.S. House of Representatives in Arizona’s 8th district, Gabrielle Giffords ’93 starts her Congressional career with a series of impressive firsts: the first woman to represent Arizona in Congress in more than a decade, the first Democrat to win the Tucson-area district in more than 20 years — and the first 51猎奇入口 alumna elected to national office.
Read More“Living Under Israeli Occupation”: Margo Okazawa-Rey Intercollegiate Women’s Studies Visiting Scholar
Feminist activist and scholar Margo Okazawa-Rey will present a lecture “Living Under Israeli Occupation,” Monday, November 13, 2006 at 4:15 p.m., in the Hampton Room, Malott Commons at 51猎奇入口.
Read MoreRuth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 51猎奇入口 presents “American Visions: Selections from the Young Collection of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings”
The Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at 51猎奇入口 is pleased to present “American Visions: Selections from the Young Collection of American Impressionist and Realist Paintings.”
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