Professor Jack Pitney at the Richard Nixon Library and Museum Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7 p.m. The Richard Nixon Library & Museum 18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard Yorba Linda, CA 92886 The Richard Nixon Foundation will host Cl…
Landesa, the inaugural recipient of the 2006 Henry R. Kravis Prize in Nonprofit Leadership, has won the 2015 Hilton Humanitarian Prize. Established by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to recognize organizations that make…
By Tom Johnson At a panel discussion at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum last Wednesday on new ideas in mathematics, the professors were out to prove something that had nothing to do with complex theorems and the kinds o…
After Mao Zedong's death, his successor, Deng Xiaoping, declared that China needed to move away from "over-concentration of authority" and establish a more institutionalized system of governance. Yet under Xi Jinping, c…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/return-to-personalistic-dictatorship-in-chinaClaremont McKenna College announced today that its second annual Dreier Roundtable Conference will take place with a half-day event at CMC on Oct. 9 that will discuss the roots of political conflict that exist in diverg…
Claremont McKenna College (CMC) announced the gift of two major sculptures from George Roberts ’66 P’93 by world-renowned artists Chris Burden and Ellsworth Kelly. The sculptures are the latest milestones in a major art…
Chris Burden's "Meet in the Middle," installed in the plaza in front of Roberts Pavilion, allows students to interact with the artwork. Christopher Lee Burden was born April 11, 1946, in Boston, and worked in the fields…
https://www.cmc.edu/public-art/chris-burden-%E2%80%9Cmeet-in-middle%E2%80%9DEllsworth Kelly's 40-foot, white-painted stainless steel totem stands between Appleby and Phillips Halls and Collins Dining Hall — the former site of the historic Story House. Ellsworth Kelly (May 31, 1923 - December 27…
https://www.cmc.edu/public-art/ellsworth-kelly-totem“From the Mountain to the Sea,” a mural by Mary Weatherford, graces one wall of the Eggert Dining Room at the Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Mary Weatherford possesses a remarkable ability to overlap deep, sultry colors i…
https://www.cmc.edu/public-art/mary-weatherford-%E2%80%9Cfrom-mountain-to-sea%E2%80%9Dhe Walker Collection at Claremont McKenna College has been significantly enriched since 2012 with the addition of multiple public art installations across campus. The outdoor sculptures and an indoor mural—created by so…
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