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Spotlight on Faculty: Douglas Goodwin, Fletcher Jones Scholar in Computation and Visiting Assistant Professor in Media Studies
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 61传媒. As part of our ongoing series on Scripps鈥 faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Douglas Goodwin to discuss photography, social media, Big Data, and the holodeck from Star Trek.
Read MoreNew Faculty Spotlight: Christina Edholm, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
This fall, 11 new tenure-track faculty members joined 61传媒. As part of our ongoing series on Scripps鈥 faculty, the Office of Marketing and Communications recently sat down with Christina Edholm to discuss mathematics, biology, invasive species, and roller derby.
Read MoreWhen Seeing Is Not Believing: Douglas Goodwin, Fletcher Jones Scholar in Computation, on the Image in the Digital Age
Douglas Goodwin has always been fascinated with how time, context, and perspective shape our conception of reality.
Read MoreChemistry Faculty Sadie Otte Comments on Study of Eco-Friendly Insecticide
Sadie Otte, lab lecturer in chemistry in the W.M. Keck Science Department, spoke to Chemistry World about the importance of a recent study of perseanol.
Read MoreSarah Budischak Receives National Science Foundation Grant to Study 鈥淪uperspreaders鈥 and the Transmission of Infectious Disease
W.M. Keck Science Department Assistant Professor of Biology Sarah Budischak received a National Science Foundation grant from the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program.
Read MoreNew Science Students Explore 鈥淐hemistry of Life鈥 in Summer Immersion Program
Gazing up at the stars, Kiana Harnish 鈥23 considered the search for water, and thus life, on planets beyond Earth. Along with 29 other first-year students from Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and 61传媒s, Harnish was at the Griffith Observatory鈥檚 planetarium show, Water is Life.
Read MoreSpotlight on Students: Building on History: Eve Kaufman 鈥20鈥檚 Architecture and Archiving Internship at Claremont Heritage
Evie Kaufman 鈥20 spends her days poring over blueprints, studying architects, and considering how the built environment鈥攖he human-made spaces in which people live, work, and recreate鈥攊nfluences individuals and communities.
Read MoreSpotlight on Students: Sabrina Wu 鈥20鈥檚 Internship Melds Healthcare and Human Rights
For Sabrina Wu 鈥20, reproductive healthcare is about more than just medicine鈥攊t鈥檚 a chance 鈥渢o support each woman鈥檚 journey.鈥
Read MoreThe Light Within: Edison Reid-McLaughlin 鈥21 Studies Bioluminescence during Summer Research Assistantship
Scientists have several ways of peering inside the human body. The bluntest tool is the X-ray, followed by MRI. These technologies are highly effective, but they are limited in their application. In order to see the more minute aspects of an organism, like individual cells, more sophisticated tools are needed.
Read MoreSpotlight on Alumnae: Rachel Odessey ’17, Awarded National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
Rachel Odessey ’17, a first-year PhD student in the electrical and computer engineering group in the School of Engineering at Brown University, has won a three-year National Defense Science and Engineering (NDSEG) Graduate Fellowship. Odessey earned her bachelor of arts in physics at Scripps.
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