Celebrate the extraordinary new anthology 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine the Ignited a Revolution (2023) and engage in critical conversation with members of Ms.’s executive and advisory board team…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/feminist-fight-forward-lessons-50-years-msA lonely older woman, an unmoored young man...and a snarky Giant Pacific Octopus. In Shelby Van Pelt's novel, REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES (2022, HarperCollins), these characters come together to discover the power of fi…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/remarkably-bright-creaturesBy Manfred Keil and Jinghan HuAbstract:National unemployment data for August is trending in the direction of an economic downturn – but how severe or mild is that recession expected to be? Most forecasters do not predic…
https://www.cmc.edu/lowe-institute/research/The-End-is-Near%3A-Hard-Landing-or-Soft-Landing%3FThe anticipation and energy emanating from Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum felt like Opening Night, as students—many of them new to CMC—excitedly gathered with faculty and staff to welcome the fi…
Destigmatizing mental health treatment in the Asian American community, as well as understanding the importance of cultural adapted treatment, is at the heart of Professor Wei-Chin Hwang’s scholarly mission.
Robert A. Day ’65 P’12, a visionary philanthropist whose legacy is woven into the fabric of Claremont McKenna College (CMC), passed away on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
In this talk, Susan Schneider will discuss the implications of the continuing trend toward increasing machine intelligence. Focusing on the future versions of the now-familiar case of chatbots like GPT, she will conside…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/what-happens-when-bots-get-smarter-philosophical-and-social-challenges-future-artificialWriting across genres of prose, specifically fiction and nonfiction, and languages can amplify and enrich our experience the world. As a bilingual writer, raised in an immigrant family, Carribean Fragoza draws from the…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/cries-spanglish-writing-across-genres-and-languagesCan coffee be religious? Many of us who drink coffee might describe it in terms that are sacred—awakening, invigorating, even eye-opening. The earliest people to popularize the beverage in the 15th century also describe…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/some-sacred-lives-coffeeFor the past four decades, the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum has served as the heart of intellectual and social engagement on Claremont McKenna’s campus, attracting prestigious speakers and shining a light on the College…
