An editorial blog by John J. Pitney Jr., the Roy P. Crocker professor of American politics and co-author of Epic Journey: The 2008 Elections and American Politics, appears in the Tuesday, Oct. 13 issue of The New York T…

Roderic Ai Camp, CMC's Philip M. McKenna Professor of the Pacfic Rim, will receive an honorary degree from St. Olaf College during ceremonies on Thursday, Oct. 15. Camp will be awarded a Doctor of Humane Letters for his…

Assistant Professor of Global Health at George Washington University Sarah Baird '01, who was an Environment, Economics, and Politics (EEP) major during her undergraduate years at Claremont McKenna, will visit the Maria…

Jamaica Kincaid, the Josephine Olp Weeks Chair and Professor of Literature at Claremont McKenna College, was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 229th class of new members on Saturday, Oct. 10. The p…

Claremont McKenna College President Pamela Gann is among the female college leaders referenced in the Oct. 6 Forbes.com feature article, Women College President's Tough Test. (Full story: http://www.forbes.com/2009/10/0…

Daniel W. Yohannes '76 has been nominated by President Barack Obama as CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. government corporation established in 2004 that works with some of the world's poorest cou…

Daniel Black '11, a dual major in economics and government, likes getting people togethernamely students who want to sell old textbooks with others who want to buy them. A month ago he launched a Web-based company calle…

Montana Attorney General Stephen Bullock '88 will visit CMC's campus on Monday, Oct. 5 for a lunchtime discussion at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on the topic of, “Can a Single Lawyer Make a Difference? The State Att…

Veteran banker and business leader Peter Barker '70 P'01, former chair of the Board of Trustees for Claremont McKenna College, has been named Chairman (California) of JPMorgan Chase & Co. He has worked as an investment…

China specialist Minxin Pei, CMC's Tom and Margot Pritzker '72 Professor of Government and Roberts Fellow, as well as director of the Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies at Claremont McKenna, has written…