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“I start everyday with the knowledge that helping people and fighting for justice is my duty and that nothing worthwhile comes without sacrifice, self discipline, and courage. I am a lawyer, but you don’t have to be o…
“I start everyday with the knowledge that helping people and fighting for justice is my duty and that nothing worthwhile comes without sacrifice, self discipline, and courage. I am a lawyer, but you don’t have to be o…
Students working closely with professors is a cherished hallmark of CMC, and a significant draw for incoming students. Opportunities to collaborate, present, and even publish are experiences you’d expect at the graduate…
To CMC Community, After eight fulfilling years as Chair of the CMC Board of Trustees, I will be stepping down on June 30, 2014 and will join Robert Day, Bob Lowe, and Peter Barker as an Emeritus Chair Trustee. This…
It had been a long, busy day for popular author Rosalind Wiseman, who wrote about the social dynamics of girls in the bestseller Queen Bees and Wannabes. But in the vortex of publicity surrounding her newest research on…
This Fall was another great season of informative and provocative lectures from a bevy of movers, shakers, thinkers, leaders and luminaries. In case you missed them, see video of entire talks from select Fall speakers a…
Piercarlo Valdesolo Research conducted by CMC Assistant Professor of Psychology Piercarlo Valdesolo, along with colleagues at the University of Southern California, bears out that for many people awe-inspiring moments u…
Poet August Kleinzahler is profiled in the latest issue (November-December 2013) of Poets & Writers, a leading literary publication for working writers devoted to perfecting their craft. The interview with Kleinzahler,…
Mark Segal '86 P'15 received the Human Rights Medallion from the American Jewish Committee (AJC) in a Nov. 25 ceremony at the Ritz-Carlton in Chicago. The event was hosted by Valerie Jarrett, senior advisor to President…
READ THE ARTICLE ABOUT ELIZABETH WYDRA '98 (From Constitutional Accountability Center website): Elizabeth Wydra is Constitutional Accountability Center’s Chief Counsel. Elizabeth frequently participates in Supreme Cour…
When he arrived at CMC in 1963, Ricardo Quinones was a rising literary critic whose presence and credentials, writes Kevin Starr in his history of the college's first 50 years, boosted the College’s efforts to develop a…