The Seventh Annual I Rann with Gann 5K run/walk will be held on Tuesday, Aug. 29. Participants should arrive at Ducey Gymnasium by 6:45 a.m. The approximate 3.1-mile route begins at Sixth Street and Mills Avenue, just s…

The 60th Annual Convocation ceremonies will be held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 29, in McKenna Auditorium. The ceremony will welcome new and returning students, staff, and faculty to campus, with special remarks from Pr…

Claremont McKenna College has been ranked 12th in the nation among liberal arts colleges in the 2007 U.S. News & World Report rankings, tied with Vassar College. Category results for CMC within the main survey included:…

Washington Monthly magazine has ranked Claremont McKenna College among the top 10 liberal arts colleges in the nation. CMC ranked seventh on a list of top colleges rated by the publication, which provides extensive cove…

Elizabeth Spalding, director of CMC's Washington Program and assistant professor of government, was one of three scholars to present at a panel discussion hosted by the Hudson Institute in Washington, D.C., last month o…

Gregory D. Hess, the Russell S. Bock Chair of Public Economics and Taxation, has begun his new role as vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty. Hess will fill the remaining two years of a three-year…

Lisa Cody, associate professor of history and former department chair, has been awarded the 2005 Best First Book Prize by the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians for Birthing the Nation: Sex, Science, and the Conce…

The CMC Family Picnic will take place on Friday, Aug. 18, from 12:30 to 5 p.m. on Pritzlaff Field. The event is open to all faculty, staff and their guests, featuring old-fashioned hot dog and hamburger fare, as well as…

Susan Elaine Murphy, associate professor of psychology and associate director of the Kravis Leadership Institute, will present a workshop in South Africa in August, based on her recent book, Power Mentoring: How Success…

Students enrolled in the spring semester of CMC's Washington Program enjoyed an informal pizza dinner with Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) in his Capitol Hill office recently. The students were able to hear McDermott's per…