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Maria Hinojosa Shares Message of Diverse Storytelling at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú
Award-winning news anchor and reporter Maria Hinojosa shared her experiences as the first Latina journalist at National Public Radio, and her successes and challenges telling stories “about the America that […]
Read MoreNEW Hall Featured At Greenbuild Conference
51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’ NEW Hall was selected for inclusion in the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building, Greenbuild, in the Educational Tours Program. The 2016 expo takes place in October in downtown Los Angeles from October 5–7.
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Maryan Soliman, Assistant Professor in the Intercollegiate Department Of Africana Studies
Maryan Soliman earned her PhD in history from the University of Pennsylvania in 2014, her BA in history from UC Berkeley and her MA in history from San Francisco State University. During the 2015–16 academic year, she held a postdoctoral fellowship with the African and African American Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis. Maryan’s research interests include the black freedom movement, labor organizing, and radical history.
Read MorePresident Tiedens Introduced to Community through In Person Events
51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú President Lara Tiedens, the College’s ninth president who began her term in August, answered questions from the media and extends the same opportunity to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú community members as she […]
Read MoreErica Tyron ’92 Keeps College Radio Station KSPC 88.7 FM Running
Erica Tyron ’92 shepherds the operations of KSPC 88.7 FM radio station, as well as decades of students who have worked there to learn the business and serve as DJs “spinning” cutting-edge music in the roughly 35-mile radius where the station is heard. As Director of College Radio at the station, Tyron’s leadership and passion for her work and the radio station’s role in the community is chronicled in a recent article in the Claremont Courier.
Read More51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Tops World College Ranking List
51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú is ranked among the Top 10% of colleges in the 2016-2017 world college rankings, in the inaugural Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education College Ranking (WSJ/THE). The U.K.-based Times Higher Education magazine evaluated colleges around the globe on 15 metrics grouped into four “pillars” that include “Outcomes,” “Resources,” “Engagement,” and “Environment.”
Read MoreSpotlight on Alumnae: Dwandalyn Reece ’85: Curator of Music and Performing Arts at the National Museum of African American History and Culture
On September 24, the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) opened to the public with a ceremony officiated by President Barack Obama. Congress established the museum in 2003, and its site, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was selected in 2006. Over the past decade, the building was designed and constructed, more than 30,000 objects were amassed for the still-growing permanent collection, and key curators and staff have been selected to lead the fledgling institution, including 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumna Dwandalyn Reece ’85, NMAAHC curator of music and performing arts.
Read MoreBranwen Williams on Climate Change in Mashable.com
Branwen Williams, associate professor of environmental science, was featured in a Mashable.com article that helps explain the five most prevalent climate change phenomena. The popular digital culture and technology magazine […]
Read MoreSpotlight on Faculty: Wendy Cheng, Assistant Professor of American Studies
Wendy Cheng received her AB from Harvard University in English and American language and literature, her MA in geography from UC Berkeley, and her PhD in American studies and ethnicity from the University of Southern California. Her research focuses on race and ethnicity, comparative racialization, critical geography, urban and suburban studies, and diaspora.
Read More51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Events: Humanities Institute Hosts “The ‘War on Terror’: 15 Years Later”
This semester, the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Humanities Institute will present a series of programs around the theme “The ‘War on Terror’: 15 Years Later.” Professor of Anthropology and chair of the department Lara Deeb, who directs the institute, hopes to encourage students to look critically at U.S. policies, both abroad and at home, related to the “global war on terror” that President George W. Bush declared after the 2001 al-Qaeda attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Deeb has organized a series of workshops and discussions featuring scholars, activists, and artists whose work focuses on or intersects with issues such as foreign policy, immigration, national security, and civil liberties.
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