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Angelina Astillero ’23 Pursues Interests in Finance, Social Inequity through Investment Internship
This summer, Angelina Astillero ’23 is interning at the Kresge Foundation through Girls Who Invest, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing women’s representation in the asset management industry.
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Kevin Williamson’s Safe and Sound Selected for LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival
Assistant Professor of Dance Kevin Williamson’s dance film Safe and Sound is an official summer 2021 selection of the LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival. In October 2019, Williamson performed the dance as a work-in-progress at Garrison Theater.
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Summer 2021 Community Update
The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced the power and the value of face-to-face teaching, learning, and interaction, which has always been the hallmark of 桃子视频鈥檚 educational community. Hence, our goal is to reclaim the vibrant campus life we recognize and cherish as we work toward restoring Scripps鈥� in-person academic, residential, and work environments.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Assistant Professor of Media Studies Jane Chang Mi
This fall, three new tenure-track faculty members joined 桃子视频. As part of our ongoing series on Scripps鈥� faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications sat down with Assistant Professor of Media Studies Jane Chang Mi to discuss her upcoming exhibitions, computational media, and Indigenous futures.
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In the Media: Joanne Heyler ’86 Discusses the Broad Museum’s Reopening in LAist
Joanne Heyler ’86, founding director of the Broad Museum, discusses the museum’s reopening and commitment to diversity in LAist.
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In the Media: Ken Gonzales-Day Discusses California’s History of Lynchings in Los Angeles Times
Ken Gonzales-Day, Fletcher Jones Chair in Art and professor of art, discussed California’s history of lynchings in the Los Angeles Times. Gonzales-Day has learned of at least 350 people, the majority of them Latinx, who were lynched in California.
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In the Media: Wendy Cheng Discusses the Heritage of Descanso Gardens on Fox 11
Associate Professor of American Studies Wendy Cheng discussed how Descanso Gardens’s collection of camellias can be traced to Japanese American flower growers of the 1930s, who were later interned during World War II. “Japanese American flower growers right before the war made up 50 percent of the LA flower market,” she said.
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Scripps Continues Work Toward Racial Equity, Justice, and Inclusivity Initiatives
During the last decade, Scripps has accelerated its efforts to foster a more diverse and racially equitable environment for students, staff, and faculty. Donors have been a prime mover in this work, helping the College develop programs and increase resources that would not have been possible without their generosity.聽
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In the Media: Suchi Branfman Explores Pandemic-Era Dance and Choreography in The Nation
Dance faculty Suchi Branfman explored the power of dance and choreography during the COVID-19 pandemic in The Nation magazine. Branfman’s Undanced Dances Through Prison Walls During a Pandemic, a COVID-19 era performance of her 2019 performance Dancing Through Prison Walls, premiered as a Zoom event in April 2021.
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In the Media: Washington Post Interviews Hao Huang about New Podcast
The Washington Post interviewed Hao Huang, Bessie and Cecil Frankel Chair in Music and professor of music, about his new podcast, Blood on Gold Mountain; his impetus for exploring the 1871 LA Chinatown Massacre in podcast form; and the lessons he hopes listeners will take from the story.
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