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News Releases (page 72)


January 22, 2014

ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ’s 8th Annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program Presents: An Evening with Peggy Noonan

ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ presents “An Evening of Perspective” with author, columnist and political commentator Peggy Noonan as part of the 8th Annual Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program. Noonan will comment on current events at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 6 in Garrison Theater of the ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Performing Arts Center, 231 E. Tenth St. The event is free and open to the public.

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January 16, 2014

ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ President Lori Bettison-Varga Meets With President Obama at White House Higher Education Summit

She joins more than 100 presidents from colleges and universities nationwide and leaders from nonprofits, foundations, state governments, and the private-sector to discuss expanding college opportunity.

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January 9, 2014

Two ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Music Professors Organize Benefit Supporting Relief Efforts in Philippines

As Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda swept through the Philippines in November, it quickly became known as the deadliest typhoon to hit Southeast Asia. Now, faculty and students in the ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Music Department have rallied to organize “Remember, Rebuild, and Sustain: ‘Walang Iwanan,'” a benefit event on Feb. 2 to raise support for ongoing relief efforts.

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December 18, 2013

The Big Picture: Photographs and Archives of Aperture Cofounder Go to ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµCollection

ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ is delighted to announce the recent gift of 461 photographs by mid-century American photographer Dody Weston Thompson. A key participant in the West Coast photography movement, Weston Thompson was also a major chronicler of that era. The gift of photographs, along with Weston Thompson’s archives, provide an unparalleled look into the work of this significant artist as well as that of some of the most important photographers of the 20th century, including Edward Weston and Ansel Adams. As assistant to both of them, Weston Thompson had unique access into the work and thoughts of these art history-changing artists.

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ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Appoints Rhonda Risser as Financial Aid Director

ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Vice President for Enrollment and Financial Aid Victoria Romero today announced the appointment of Rhonda Risser as the new director of financial aid. Risser previously worked as associate director of the office prior to becoming interim director in September; the new position is effective Jan. 1.

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Biology Professor Jennifer Armstrong Receives $450,000 NSF Grant

Associate Professor of Biology Jennifer Armstrong received a $450,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research chromosome structure and gene expression. Armstrong teaches at the W.M. Keck Science Department of Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College and ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ.

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December 9, 2013

Claremont Concert Orchestra Observes 10th Anniversary of ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Performing Arts Center

The Claremont Concert Orchestra and the Claremont Chorale celebrate the 50th anniversary of Garrison Theater and the 10th anniversary of the ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Performing Arts Center by performing Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125” at 8 p.m. on Dec. 14 and at 3 p.m. on Dec. 15 in Garrison Theater of the ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Performing Arts Center, 241 E. 10th St. This event is free and open to the public.

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December 5, 2013

Seven Andy Warhol Prints Gifted to ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ

Following Andy Warhol’s lead, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. continues to surprise and delight. In 2008, ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ received an astonishing gift of 150 Warhol works, including 50 silver gelatin prints, as part of the Andy Warhol Photographic Legacy Program. Now, five years later, the foundation has chosen to donate yet again to the ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµCollection. Seven substantially-sized prints, each created by Andy Warhol, have just been added to the ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ collection.

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November 25, 2013

ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµand Pomona Dance present “In The Works…” A Concert of Student Danceworks

“In The Works…” is the annual fall concert by students of the departments of Dance at ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµand Pomona Colleges. The concert will take place Dec. 5, 6 and 7 at 8 p.m. and on Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. in the Pendleton Dance Studio, Pomona College, 333 N College Way. General admission is $5 and tickets will be sold at the door. (Check or cash only please.)

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November 20, 2013

ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ Launches $175 Million Fundraising Campaign

ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµ has launched the most ambitious campaign in its history – a $175 million initiative for students scholarships, the LASPA Center (Leadership, Analysis, Scholarship, Public Service, Action) programming, internships, and the extraordinary teaching and campus for which ÎåÔÂÌìÊÓÆµis known.

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