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December 14, 2016

Spotlight on Academics: Core III Symposium Student Projects Explore Art, Activism, Math, and More

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Tea provided the setting for Core III students to present their independently researched and designed final projects last week. Faculty, students, and friends from the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú community gathered in […]

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December 13, 2016

Community Update from President Lara Tiedens

Dear Members of the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Community, Reflecting on the past several months, it’s hard to believe that my first semester at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú is already drawing to a close. As I […]

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December 12, 2016

Announcing the Suzanne ’62 and Paul D. Muchnic Endowed Professorship

Extraordinary members of our community, the Muchnics supported our arts program, The 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Fund, and have made a generous pledge through their estates. In the 2017-2018 academic year, a deserving professor of art will be awarded with the new professorship.

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Spotlight on Students: Isabella Levin ’17 Scholarship Winner Is Planning the Future of Transportation

Isabella Levin ’17 grew up in Murrieta, California, just 60 miles south 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, where, as she describes it, “the automobile reined supreme.” But a semester abroad in Paris her junior year, during which she learned to navigate the city by walking, riding the metro, taking the bus, and participating in the bike share program got the environmental analysis major thinking: What are some ways I might reimagine mass transit in Southern California?

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December 11, 2016

Office of the President: Message in Response to Petition

Dear 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Students, Faculty, and Staff, I recently received a petition signed by more than 750 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú students, faculty, staff, alumnae, and friends and family members requesting the […]

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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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Juliet Carnoy ’13 Blogs About Brand Marketing on Huffington Post

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumna Juliet Carnoy ’13 writes about digital media and brand marketing for Huffington Post from her position as senior marketing manager at San Francisco-based Pixlee, a visual marketing platform that helps brands market and sell with real customer photos and videos.

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December 5, 2016

Laspa Center for Leadership We Act Grant: Kristen Liu ’19: Narrowing the Achievement Gap for Silicon Valley Students

Growing up in Los Altos, California, Kristen Liu ’19 was aware of the disparity of wealth in Silicon Valley and its impact on public education. Supported by a Laspa We Act Grant last summer, Liu […]

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Kate Fehlhaber ’09 Honored by Society for Neuroscience

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumna Kate Fehlhaber ’09 and her team of fellow graduate students and postdoctoral scholars at UCLA won the Society for Neuroscience ‘Next Generation Award 2016‘ at the organization’s […]

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December 1, 2016

Spotlight on Academics: The Dance Department’s Fall Concert Is “In the Works…”

Beginning on Thursday, December 1, students from the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú and Pomona Dance Departments will take the stage at the Pendleton Dance Center for four performances of student-choreographed contemporary dance. The choreographers—Maile Blume ’17, Rae Fredericks ’17, Willa Hevly (PO ’17), Sharon Keenan ’17, Amy Oden (PO ’18), Madelyn Shaughnessy (PZ ’17), and Maia Welbel (PO ’17)—are dance majors and minors as well as students who are simply passionate about dance.

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