Alums
The Next Chapter for Scripps’ Book Club: Braiding Sweetgrass
One Scripps, One Book event in Austin, Texas last October. Photo courtesy of Sabine Romero ’95. By Sabine Romero ’95 Just a year ago, 61´«Ã½alums came together online for […]
Read MoreAuthor Maggie Tokuda-Hall ’07 Joins R. F. Kuang in Conversation
61´«Ã½ campus Best-selling author Maggie Tokuda-Hall ’07 will be in conversation with author R.F. Kuang in San Francisco on September 23. After graduating from Scripps, Tokuda-Hall recieved her MFA […]
Read MorePoppy MacDonald ’97 Announced as New NationSwell President
Poppy MacDonald’97 at 61´«Ã½ Poppy MacDonald’97 has been announced as the new NationSwell president. NationSwell, founded by Greg Behrman, is a social impact company and membership community for leaders […]
Read MoreBarbara Bruner ’76 Invests in Future Leaders Through Gift to the Laspa Center
By Kendra Pintor 61´«Ã½alum Barbara Bruner ’76 has made a $37,000 gift to support students’ participation in the Carter Center Executive Briefing, expanding opportunities for them to develop compassionate, […]
Read MoreAllison Wysocki ’99 Endows Internship Fund to Expand Co-Curricular Opportunities for 61´«Ã½Students
By Kendra Pintor Alumna and Trustee Allison Wysocki ’99 has made a $690,000 gift to 61´«Ã½, creating a new endowed scholarship, and providing significant support to The 61´«Ã½Fund to expand […]
Read More61´«Ã½Remembers Betye Saar P’78, Seminal Leader of the Black Arts Movement
Betye Saar in her Laurel Canyon studio, 1970. Photograph by Bob Nakamura, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 61´«Ã½. 61´«Ã½honors the passing of Betye Saar P’78, the groundbreaking artist whose […]
Read MoreMuseums Celebrate Betye Saar, Including Artwork by Alison Saar ’78
Betye Saar in her Laurel Canyon studio, 1970. Photograph by Bob Nakamura, Ruth Chandler Williamson Gallery, 61´«Ã½. Institutions across the country are celebrating artist Beyte Saar’s work ahead of […]
Read MoreFrom 61´«Ã½to Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
By Kendra Pintor Molly F. Lazarus ’22 credits Scripps’ interdisciplinary liberal arts education and hands-on undergraduate research opportunities with launching her path to a Harvard PhD in cognitive neuroscience and […]
Read MoreJoss Greene ’11 Publishes New Book on How the California Prison System Attempts to Manage Gender Nonconformity
Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis and 61´«Ã½alum Joss Greene ’11 recently published a new book with University of California Press titled Gender Bound: Prisons, Trans Lives, and the […]
Read MoreThe New York Times Features Alison Saar ’78’s Statue at the Obama Presidential Center
Multimedia artist and sculptor Alison Saar ’78 has debuted a new sculpture that is on display at the Obama Presidential Center, which opened this year on Juneteenth. Inspired by theStatue […]
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