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Scripps’ CIW Prison Garden Project is Contest Finalist
CLAREMONT, Calif. (April 15, 2009) — Scripps seniors Adrian Hodos and Hannah Segal and their entry, “The CIW Prison Garden Project,” have been selected as one of ten finalists in the Mountain Dew...
View ArticleSeventeenth Consecutive Year of Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Internships...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (May 21, 2009) — Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery at Scripps College has been awarded a $12,500 grant from the Getty Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the J. Paul Getty Trust, to...
View ArticleScripps offers “best of both worlds”
CLAREMONT, Calif. (July 28, 2009) — Scripps College is one of the country’s best institutions for undergraduate education, according to The Princeton Review. In its popular guidebook, The Best 371...
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Scripps College Awarded $3.5 Million for the Ceramic Arts
CLAREMONT, Calif. (January 27, 2010) — President Lori Bettison-Varga with donors Joan and David Lincoln. Scripps College has received a $3.5 million commitment from Joan and David Lincoln to enhance...
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Scripps College Inaugurates Lori Bettison-Varga as Eighth President
CLAREMONT, Calif. (March 27, 2010) — President Lori Bettison-Varga asserts genius can be cultivated, especially at a liberal arts institution like Scripps College. Today, before an audience of...
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Amy Marcus-Newhall Named Vice President and Dean of Faculty at Scripps College
CLAREMONT, Calif. (March 30, 2010) — Amy Marcus-Newhall replaces Michael Deane Lamkin (right), whose term as interim vice president ends this June. Amy Marcus-Newhall has been named vice president of...
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Nancy Parker Computer Lab Dedication
Scripps College dedicated the Nancy Uttrachi Parker ’84 Computer Lab (formerly Steele 226) on April 27, 2010, in honor of the woman who, as director of information technology from 1997 to 2008,...
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Scripps College Academy Wins National Recognition from President of the...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (June 8, 2010) — For its innovative and successful academic enrichment program, Scripps College Academy has been recognized as a 2010 Coming Up Taller semifinalist by the United...
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Scripps College Still the “Best” According to The Princeton Review
CLAREMONT, Calif. (August 4, 2011) — Scripps College stands as one of the country’s best undergraduate education institutions for the fifth consecutive year, according to The Princeton Review. The...
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Scripps College Goes Green
CLAREMONT, Calif. (October 10, 2011) — Scripps College has taken a stand against plastic waste. The College is investing in sustainability measures across the campus, including installing Elkay EZH2O...
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Hands-on Chemistry
CLAREMONT, Calif. (October 24, 2011) — The San Diego Section of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Scripps College students, and faculty facilitated a hands-on demonstration table at Chem Expo 2011....
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Gift of Japanese Cloisonné Enamels to Enhance Art Education at Scripps College
CLAREMONT, Calif. (November 3, 2011) — Scripps College will receive nine pieces of fine Japanese cloisonné enamel from the Anthony and Patricia Ghosn collection, donated by R. Scott and Lannette...
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Scripps College Academy and Claremont Graduate University Awarded $10,000...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (January 30, 2012) — Scripps College Academy (SCA) and the Claremont Graduate University (CGU) have been awarded a $10,000 national grant to create a new project designed to...
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Nationally Recognized Expert Lectures on “Interethnic Conflict, Colonialism...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (March 26, 2012) — Joseph Trimble, a psychology professor recognized for his research on indigenous populations, lectures on “Interethnic Conflict, Colonialism, and Conflict...
View Article2nd Annual Green Fair
CLAREMONT, Calif. (April 3, 2012) — Join the Scripps College community this Friday, 11:30 am-3:00 pm, for the College’s 2nd annual Green Fair as we celebrate the sustainability efforts made this...
View ArticleScripps College Receives $700,000 Grant to Support Undergraduate Research...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (April 9, 2012) — Scripps College President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced the College received a $700,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to support undergraduate...
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The Williamson Gallery Receives NEA Art Works Grant to Support Conservation...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (July 30, 2012) — Kesi Panel (with Dragon) T116, 1590-1640 (detail); silk, metal foil; 60 x 35 1/2 in.; Scripps College, Claremont, CA National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Chairman...
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U.S. News & World Report Ranks Scripps College 24th Best Liberal Arts College...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (September 12, 2012) — Scripps College is 24th on the U.S. News & World Report rankings of America’s best liberal arts colleges for 2013. The College earned its top-tier...
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The 50th Anniversary of The Port Huron Statement: The Legacy of a Manifesto
CLAREMONT, Calif. (November 8, 2012) — Tom Hayden, former California state legislator and co-writer of the Port Huron Statement, a manifesto of the American 1960s student activist movement, lectures...
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Scripps College Receives $2 Million Gift for Endowed Chair for the Core...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (December 10, 2012) — President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced a $2 million gift to Scripps College to establish The Elizabeth Hubert Malott Endowed Chair for the Core...
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Scripps College Wins Four CASE Awards of Excellence
CLAREMONT, Calif. (February 28, 2013) — The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VII recognized Scripps College with two 2013 Gold Awards for outstanding work in...
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LASPA Center for Leadership at Scripps College Established With $5 Million Gift
CLAREMONT, Calif. (March 18, 2013) — President Lori Bettison-Varga today announced a $5 million gift to establish a women’s leadership center at Scripps College. The new center will be named in honor...
View ArticleNew Digital Book on Early U.S. Photographer Edward Curtis’ Photos of Native...
CLAREMONT, Calif. (September 16, 2013) — Ethnologist and photographer Edward S. Curtis resorted to controversial practices while documenting the traditions of Native American tribes in Canada and the...
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Scripps College Honors Alumna and Former U.S. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords
CLAREMONT, Calif. (September 21, 2013) — Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords ’93 was honored today at Scripps College by being the third recipient of the Ellen Browning Scripps Medal, the College’s...
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Remembering Bekki Lee
CLAREMONT, Calif. (October 13, 2013) — It is with deep sadness that Scripps College writes of the devastating news of the passing of its dear friend and colleague, Bekki Lee. Bekki suffered a stroke...
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