Partially inspired by her experiences as a trans woman, Meredith Russo's debut novel, If I Was Your Girl, won the Stonewall Award in 2016. It has been described as "a universal story about feeling different and a love s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/creating-transgender-art-reflections-of-trans-woman-writerThe spark: Teaching a cognitive psychology class in graduate school completely changed how Sharda Umanath viewed research. Staying in the lab to study memory was tempting, she said. But exploring both through the libera…
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https://www.cmc.edu/literature/eventsClaremont McKenna College has been named a Top Producing Institution of Fulbright U.S. Students and Fulbright U.S. Scholars for 2018-2019. CMC is one of only 11 colleges and universities nationwide to receive the design…
The original purpose of Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments was to eliminate institutional barriers to educational opportunity for women and girls. As the doors of opportunity swung open, female students rushed t…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/why-has-title-ix-become-so-controversialFrom refugee crises and global poverty to rigged elections, growing populism—and the intolerance and oppression it breeds, we are at a pivotal moment in history as the contempt for human rights spreads. Prince Zeid Ra’a…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/global-challenges-to-human-rights-todayAn evening of classical piano masterpieces performed by a graduating CMCer and music and physics student, Sheena Hui.
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/senior-piano-recital-works-of-hadyn-schumann-liszt-bach-prokofiev-franck-and-linUpstairs at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum, in a converted office with black soundproofing material cascading down the walls and a hunk of electronics on a table, Nandeeni Patel ’21 and Zach Wong ’19, quickly review th…
Social inequality has increased substantially in recent decades and has become a salient issue in many societies around the world. Thomas Fuller-Rowell, associate professor in the College of Human Sciences at Auburn Uni…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/health-disparities-in-era-of-rising-income-inequality