By Roderic Camp Editor’s Note: A new study by Professor Rod Camp examines the evolution of public opinion in the United State’s neighbor to the south, Mexico. Why has public opinion grown there since the 1940s? Its de…

  Shortly after the outbreak of Syria’s civil war, Robert Ford traveled to the city of Hama in a show of solidarity with Syrians protesting the rule of Bashar Al Assad. Former U.S. Ambassador to Syria (2010-2014), Ford…

Here’s a nice moment from the CMC archives: This photo dates to 1948 (anyone who can identify the student, caught in midreach, let the magazine’s editors know) and may puzzle some of our younger alumni. That doesn’t loo…

  My two terms as president of the Claremont McKenna College Alumni Association are almost at an end, and I want to thank you for your support of me, our Association and our College.   The truth is, until I became presi…

  Earlier this spring a large group of 26 students, along with alumni, faculty, and staff (including one humbled sophomore president), joined together to run the LA Marathon. Our students inspired national attention thr…

  Recently, I had the honor of being invited to sit in on an all-day meeting of the Admissions Committee, and it was a real eye-opener! There were about a dozen people sitting around a conference table. What really stoo…

  By Tom Johnson There’s an old motivational saying that goes: It’s not where you start, it’s where you finish. When you run the LA Marathon during record-setting temperatures, though, that old saying quickly changes fr…

  Undergraduates are supposed to spend their college careers reading other people’s work, not writing their own, right?   Not for Anoush Baghdassarian ’17, who arrived at CMC as a fully confirmed playwright. By the time…

  This spring’s Kravis milestones come with another turning point for these vital campus institutions: the retirement of Sarah Smith Orr, who has stood at the helm of the Kravis Leadership Institute in the role of Execu…