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March 10, 2016

Hannah Beth Jackson ’71 Among Top 11 Women in American Politics

The Huffington Post notes women are making progress at the federal, state and city levels of government beyond household names like Hillary Clinton, Condoleezza Rice and Ruth Bader Ginsburg, listing 11 high-profile politicians of note, including 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú’s own Hannah Beth Jackson ’71.

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CMS Athletics Week In Review

Get all the latest scores and info about the Claremont-Mudd-51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Athletics as part of the CMS weekly newsletter.

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March 9, 2016

Spotlight on Faculty: Susan Rankaitis, Fletcher Jones Chair in Studio Art

Susan Rankaitis holds the Fletcher Jones Chair of Studio Art at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú. An artist herself, her works are most often defined as experimental photography or combined media. She has been included in over 100 museum exhibitions in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has been the recipient of three grants from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as a Flintridge Foundation Award in the Visual Arts and fellowships from the Avery, Borchard, Djerassi, Mellon and Graves Foundations. Rankaitis has been involved in collaborative projects with neuroscientist David Somers, dancer/choreographer John Pennington, biologist Robert Sinsheimer, poet Amy M. Wai Man and writer Paul Monette.

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March 4, 2016

High School Counselors Rank 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú in Top 20 National Liberal Arts Colleges

U.S. News & World Report annual rankings of America’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges for 2016 indicate that among high school counselors surveyed…

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March 3, 2016

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents: Spring Conversations Series Features Danielle Dutton, Roxane Gay, Claudia Rankine

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents: Conversations kicks off its spring season on Thursday, March 29, with a conversation between novelist Danielle Dutton and Los Angeles–based writer Amina Cain about women in publishing. The season, which runs through April, also brings essayist and novelist Roxane Gay and poet Claudia Rankine to the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú campus.

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March 2, 2016

Professor Aaron Leconte Receives Prestigious Cottrell Award

Aaron Leconte, assistant professor of chemistry at the W.M. Keck Science Department, a collaboration between Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ús, has been awarded a three-year early career grant from the Research Corporation for Scientific Advancement.

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March 1, 2016

The 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Experience: Residential Life

  Ranked #80 on Forbes‘ Top Colleges 2015 list, and #14 on its list of Top 25 Western Colleges, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú is well known and well regarded for its academics. But […]

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February 24, 2016

Intercollegiate Media Studies Major

This may come as a surprise to students interested in working in entertainment: You do not have to graduate from film school in order to pursue a career in the movie and television industry. Just ask the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú alumnae who are showing their work at major film festivals or producing award-winning television shows—alumnae like Maril Davis ’74, executive producer for the Starz television series Outlander, recently nominated for several Golden Globes. She credits her time at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú as instrumental to her professional success, commenting, “I think a well-rounded, liberal arts education is a good preparation for any career.”

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February 22, 2016

Commencement 2016: Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright To Deliver 2016 Commencement Address

Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will deliver the College’s 2016 Commencement address on May 14. “We proudly welcome Dr. Albright to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, and eagerly anticipate a glimpse of the person ‘behind the position’ that so many of us admire for her history-making role as America’s first female Secretary of State,” Amy Marcus-Newhall, interim president of 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, said.

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February 19, 2016

Los Angeles Times Features 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents Event with Nancy Pelosi

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi and Assistant Professor of Politics Vanessa Tyson engaged in a lively and pointed discussion with a near-capacity crowd of students, faculty, staff, and members of the 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú community at a noontime 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Presents event on February 18.

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