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Summer Learning and Doing

Its been a busy summer for CMCers who have taken advantage of summer internships right here on campus. Aaron McKinney18 is spending his summer doing research at the W.M. Keck Science Department analyzing large sets of brain data and writing

codes to organize the data. Watch for more #CMCsummerinternship videos throughout the summer.

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HKI Climbs Mountains (literally) to Help Their Cause

Kravis Prize intern Haley Goodman 17 talked to Kathy Spahn, President and CEO of HelenKeller International, about her HKI teams upcoming climb of Mt. Kilimanjaro as part of theEND Funds Summit to See the END." Read moreDon't Forget: Visit this link to nominate a candidate for the 2016 Kravis Prize!

Latest News from Around the Institutes

See the latest on student and faculty research, summer internships and other news from thenewsletters of Financial Economics Institute (The Exchange), the Kravis Leadership Institute(The Illumine) and the Lowe Institute of Political Economy (The Lowe Down). Also, see updates from student summer interns blogging from around the globe for theMgrublian Center for Human Rights.

Roberts Pavilion

Taking Shape

Frank Perri, CMC'sDirector ofConstruction, gives usthe latest informationon the construction ofRoberts Pavilion.Currently, the exterior

framing of the building is being erected, and once the buildingis weather-tight, construction will begin on interior finishes.Frank promises that the 130,000 square foot varsity athletic,fitness and event center "is going to be an awesome lookingbuilding."See the video

Missed an Ath

Talk?

See complete video ofselect speakers fromSpring and beyond,including former U.S.ambassador to SyriaRobert S. Ford, foodenthusiast turned

creative blogger and author of The Kitchy Kitchen ClaireThomas '07, former counter-terrorism czar Richard Clarke oncybersecurity, Googles Jonathan Rosenberg '83 P'15 on hisbook How Google Works and a discussion with WilliamKristol on "The Current Political Scene in the United States.See video

John Faranda 79 Moves to Newly

Expanded Role for the College

John Faranda 79, who has served the College for aremarkable 30 years, most recently as Vice President forAlumni and Parent Relations, has moved to a key positionas Vice President and Ambassador-at-Large for theCollege. He will focus on strengthening and sustainingpersonal and community relationships with special alumniand friends, domestically and internationally. Evan Rutter06 now assumes overall responsibility for the leadershipof the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations, having donean outstanding job during the past two years as director ofthe office.Read more

CMC Faculty In the News

CMC professors are weighing-in on a variety of hottopics this summer. Jack Pitney is quoted on NorthernCalifornias KQED on the passing of the Californiavaccine bill, Minxin Pei published a Fortune Magazineop-ed on Chinas stock gamble, Ron Riggio is quoted onhow people can be overworked and happy in YahooHealth, see Wendy Lowers discussion on the Ukrainesituation during her Kiev visit and Manfred Keilsinterview on KCRW about the challenges of raisingminimum wage.

CMC Faculty & Fellows on SCOTUS

Video Celebrates CMC's Milestones

Rulings

With the recent SCOTUS rulings, CMC faculty andfellows have been in the forefront including Prof. AudreyBilger on marriage equality in Ms. Magazine and KCRWand Rose Institute Fellow Douglas Johnson '92 in theChristian Science Monitor on redistricting.

The 2014-15 school year was a great one for the college.Highlights include a record number of admissionapplications, the completion of Mid-Quad renovationsand a winning year for many CMS athletics teams-- justto name a few. See the video

What is India? Aseema Sinha on Indian

Complexity and Identity

How do you grasp a countrys identity? Answering thatquestion is complicated, especially when it involves alayered, culturally complex nation like India. Two newscholarly studies on aspects of this question have recentlybeen published by Aseema Sinha, who is CMC's WagenerFamily Associate Professor of Comparative Politics andGeorge R. Roberts Fellow.Read more

Sports Illustrated Features CMS WarrenWood in Faces in the Crowd

Warren Wood 15, a member on the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps national championship-winning mens tennisteam, is featured in the June 15 issue of SportsIllustrateds Faces in the Crowd featuring standoutamateur athletes from around the country.Read more

Putting Our Best Foot Forward in the

Freedom 5000

CMC faculty, staff and alumni took to the streets ofClaremont on July 4 to participate in the Freedom 50001K/5K race. The annual event raises funds to supportClaremont High Schools cross-country team.Read more

A Night of Drama and Whimsy with CMC

Professor Emeritus Ricardo Quinones

In June, actors gave a special performance of the poetryof Professor Emeritus Ricardo Quinones, who for manyyears has been one of the Colleges leading literarycritics and scholars. The poetry reading took place inSanta Monica at the famed Beyond Baroque bookstore,which has served as the launching pad for the careers ofmany renowned contemporary poets.Read more

Juvenile Sentencing: Does the

Punishment Fit the Crime?

Amelia Evrigenis 15 and Prof. Daniel Krauss co-authored

Juvenile sentencing: Does the punishment fit the crime?

that was featured in the Monitor, the AmericanPsychological Association's newsletter that reaches more

than 130,000 of their members. Amelia is the first author

and the article is largely based on her senior thesis on

juvenile sentencing.

Read the full article

In Case You Missed It: Commencement

2015

Critically acclaimed author Azar Nafisi delivered the

keynote address at Claremont McKenna Colleges 68th

Annual Commencement ceremonies on May 16. She

urged graduates to use their liberal arts education to

disrupt or disturb the peace and avoid complacency.

See photos and watch videos of the entire

commencement ceremony and the interview with Dr.

Nafisi.

See Highlights From Alumni Weekend

CMC welcomed back hundreds of alumni and their

families and friends during Alumni Weekend, May 1-3.

See highlights from the weekend's festivities.

See video and photos from Alumni Weekend

'Behind the Key with John Roth

Earlier this summer, the Phi Beta Kappa Society

honored one of its members, CMC Professor Emeritus

John Roth, in the special feature Behind The Key. In

this interview, he describes his passion for human rights

and justice, and the special inspiration he received

teaching in the Claremont Colleges for some 40 years.

Read the full article

New Videos Showcase CMC History and

Talent

Among the new videos on CMCs YouTube channel,

President Emeritus Jack Stark 57 GP11 and Jil Stark 58

GP11 discuss CMCs history from its birth after WWII,

the colleges growth amid the turmoil of the 1960s,

coeducation and further development in the 1970s and the

rapid growth of the college in subsequent years. Also, see

highlights from CMCs Got Talent, a student talent show

held in April on campus.

Bill Walkenbach Selected as Head Coach

of CMS Baseball

Bill Walkenbach has been selected as the next head

coach for the Claremont-Mudd-Scripps' baseball

program, as announced on July 1 by CMS Director of

Athletics Michael Sutton, who is the William B. Arce

Professor and George R. Roberts Fellow. Walkenbach

will be the seventh coach in the 58-year history of the

Stag baseball program. He joins CMS after having

served seven years as the head baseball coach at NCAA

Division I Cornell University.

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Passings: Former Trustee Larry Hammett

57

The campus community mourned the loss of Larry

Hammett 57, a former trustee and active alumnus from

CMCs early classes. Hammett passed away in June in

Santa Barbara.

Read the full article

Swimming With the Sharks at the Angel

Summit

Five ventures led by CMCers vied for investment,

networked and received valuable feedback at the

inaugural Angel Summit held in May. Following the

premise of ABCs Shark Tank, entrepreneurs

presented their ventures and panelists asked questions

and offered feedback. The event was presented by the

Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and

CMCAA.

Read more

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