The Southern California-Nevada Section of the Mathematical Association of America has selected Asuman Aksoy as the recipient of its 2006 Distinguished College or University Teaching Award. Aksoy, a professor of mathemat…

The Berger Institute for Work, Family, and Children at Claremont McKenna College, directed by Professor of Psychology Diane Halpern, will co-sponsor Biology & Beyond: Siblings in Adoption and Foster Care, a conference M…

Memorial services for Clifton T. MacLeod, CMC's emeritus dean of students and dean of administration, will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 4 at the Claremont Presbyterian Church, 1111 N. Mountain Ave. MacLeod, for…

Claremont McKenna College's first Race for the Cure team competing in last week's fundraising run/walk at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena finished 10th among 50 teams participating in the Feb. 26 event, benefiting the Susan G…

Temple Grandin, whose own experiences with autism have guided a nationally distinguished career as author, spokeswoman, and leading researcher on animal behavior and welfare, will visit the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum o…

Assistant Professor of History Kristina Sessa has been awarded the 2006 Graves Award for her new project Fighting for Christ and Rome: Christianity and the Culture of War in Late Antiquity (300-600 CE), a study she says…

The 16th annual Kravis-de Roulet Leadership Conference will take a slight detour from its customary agenda this year, looking at leadership from the other side of the equation, with the first national conference dedicat…

Los Angeles Times columnist Tim Rutten will visit the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum on Monday, Feb. 27 as part of a continuing examination of Bias and Objectivity in the News Media. The public portion of Rutten's discussi…

Acclaimed scholar and author Michael Marrus will speak at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum Feb. 21 as part of a two-day symposium recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial. Marrus, the Chancellor…

Ronald Riggio, the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology, will be a featured speaker at the Claremont Chamber of Commerce's 2006 Economic and Business Conference on Wednesday, Feb. 22 at…