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A Seat at the Table

This summer, protests erupted across the country demanding justice for Black citizens who were killed in acts of police brutality. The College is taking stock of its history and reimagining its future as more inclusive and supportive of Black and other underrepresented students, faculty, and staff in its continued effort to dismantle institutional injustice.
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The 19th Amendment: 100 Years Later

The 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, was ratified 100 years ago. How did this amplify American women’s voices, and what limitations still exist for voter enfranchisement?
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Focus on the Faculty: Martha Gonzalez’s Regenerative Social Imagination

Martha Gonzalez, associate professor in the Intercollegiate Department of Chicanx/Latinx Studies, shares her lifelong pursuit of social justice as a Chicana artivista (artist/activist) and offers her grassroots vision for horizontal governance.
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The Economy, the Election, and Hopes for a Post-Coronavirus Future: Interview with Assistant Professor of Economics Nicholas Kacher

Assistant Professor of Economics Nick Kacher discusses post-recession economic recoveries, labor and economics in post-COVID-19 America, and how the turmoil of the pandemic could affect the 2020 election.
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On the Ballot: Increasing Women’s Representation in Electoral Politics

Women are running for elected positions in unprecedented numbers, yet structural barriers remain for women candidates. Scripps is in the vanguard of eliminating these barriers and preparing students for lives of public service.

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Letter from the President

President Lara Tiedens discusses the 19th Amendment, women’s representation in elected positions, and the College’s work to enhance diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in order to continue to dismantle institutional racism.
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Trustee News

The Board of Trustees recognizes new appointments and remembers those who have passed.
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Newsflash

The College’s latest news includes updates on the campus solar array project, the COVID-19 Relief Grant, and a National Science Foundation Grant for Associate Professor of Environmental Science Branwen Williams, who’s studying rising temperatures in the Gulf of Maine.
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Advancing Racial Justice and Equity at Scripps and Beyond

Launched in 2014, the Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) initiative laid out a framework to assess and make changes to Scripps’ curriculum, culture, and policies to help eradicate institutional racism. Yet, as the voices raised in these protests remind us, more can be done.

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From the Archives

Denison Library’s Women Suffrage and Equal Rights Collection documents the development of the suffrage movement both internationally and in the United State, particularly in the years preceding and immediately following the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920.
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On the Ballot: Increasing Women’s Representation in Electoral Politics

Women are running for elected positions in unprecedented numbers, yet structural barriers remain for women candidates. Scripps is in the vanguard of eliminating these barriers and preparing students for lives of public service.
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Progress Report: Scripps College Centennial Plan

Two years after the Scripps College Centennial Plan was launched, many of the plan’s initiatives are completed or underway. Learn more about the Presidential Scholarship Initiative, the IDEA 2.0 Initiative, increased capacity in computer science, and the Public Humanities Initiative.