Author: Han Jia

Scripps College is looking to create an Interdisciplinary Humanities Commons that would integrate humanities programs including the Core curriculum and the Humanities Institute. This framework, as outlined in a Nov. 12 email sent to the Scripps student body from the Core program, would “promote innovative ways to learn about and

Harvey Mudd College Professor of Mathematics Alfonso Castro became a fellow of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) earlier this month. The Fellows program “recognizes members who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, advancement, communication, and utilization of mathematics,” according to the society’s website.  The published list of 2015

Pomona College’s Curriculum Committee is undertaking an assessment of student enrollment data and conducting surveys among student and faculty members to determine whether changes need to be made to the college’s general education requirements.  In his State of the College remarks at a Sept. 5 faculty meeting, Pomona President David

Pitzer College’s Community Engagement Center (PCEC) has been working with the city of Pomona’s Economic Opportunity Center (EOC) since 1999, not long after the organization’s foundation, to help serve the members of the community surrounding the 5Cs. “We have had faculty, staff and students working directly with them every semester

Campus Safety released the Annual Fire Safety and Security Reports for the Claremont Colleges Oct. 1, in compliance with the Clery Act.   The federal statute requires all colleges receiving federal aid to publish an annual report covering crime statistics over the past three years. “I think the spirit of the

Harvey Mudd College’s ongoing controlled experiment on flipped classrooms is entering its third year since its initiation in 2012. According to papers submitted about the experiment, the results for the past two years have shown no significant differences in learning between a flipped class and a traditional class. In a

Pomona College English professor Claudia Rankine has been named the eighth winner of the $50,000 Jackson Poetry Prize. Rankine, whose writing focuses on injustice and human vulnerability, is the author of four collections of poetry: Don’t Let Me Be Lonely (2004), Plot (2001), The End of the Alphabet (1998), and

The Claremont McKenna College Dean of Students Office will make the student sponsor position a yearlong commitment beginning in the 2014-2015 school year.  “We are asking sponsors to be year-long mentors in addition to just orientation leaders,” wrote Kristin Weyman, the associate dean of first- and second-year students, in an