Government Professor Jordan Branch was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities’ Dangers and Opportunities of Technology program. He is among only 13% of applicants who were selected for support this year. He will use the award to complete work on a new book on “Virtual Territories: War and the State in a Digital Age.”
CMC was recognized by Bloomberg News as a top college for return on investment. According to calculations by Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, which analyzed the typical 10-year return on investment of over 1,500 colleges across the nation, CMC is noted as one of several winners "beyond the Ivies" with impressive returns.
Philosophy Professor Rima Basu was selected to participate in a 2024 NEH Summer Institute on moral psychology held at Cornell University. The summer institutes are designed to bring together faculty from across the nation to deepen their understanding of significant topics in the humanities to enrich their capacity for effective scholarship and teaching.
Professor Emeritus Nita Kumar was named a 2024 Guggenheim Fellow. The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation received nearly 3,000 applications this year and only about 6% of applicants received the honor. As a Guggenheim Fellow, Professor Kumar will combine archival, oral history, and ethnographic research to craft a century-long social history of the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh through a gendered lens, the life of a woman called Suniti.
Manfred Keil, Associate Professor of Economics and Associate Director with the Lowe Institute, published an opinion piece that explored how economic factors drive unemployment rates.
Economics Professor Jeff Flory and several collaborators have received a new grant from the Russell Sage Foundation to conduct research exploring the impact of remote work on diversity.
Government Professor Jack Pitney contributed to a piece on how President Joe Biden is focused on healthcare messaging as former President Donald Trump criticized Biden on immigration. He outlined the windows of opportunity the current administration has, and needs, to capitalize on. Democrats also stand to gain from a conversation about Trump’s handling of COVID-19, according to Pitney.
Professor of Psychological Science Ronald Riggo provided expert analysis on newly unsealed emails in a lawsuit against Meta. The emails show that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg directed his employees to track encrypted user analytics from Snapchat, a competitor, in 2016.
Time Magazine featured an opinion piece by Lily Geismer, Professor of History. Geismer focused on political and urban history in “America Needs a New Approach on Affordable Housing. History Offers a Guide.” The op-ed highlights issues with affordable housing in the U.S. and lessons learned throughout history.
Bertha Tobias ’23, who earned a 2023 Rhodes Scholarship, was featured in a story. Tobias, an International Relations major with a sequence in Leadership Studies, was Claremont McKenna’s second consecutive female Rhodes Scholar, and first of African descent.
