Californians will vote on 14 statewide ballot propositions this fall. They span a wide variety of issues including voter ID, several housing measures including a bond issuance and a new state-funded housing mortgage pro…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/californias-choices-2026-ballot-measuresIn his talk, Rey Ramsey will discuss his new book, The Tyranny of False Choices: A Guide to Authentic Decision-Making, which argues that many of the choices presented to us in public life, organizations, and everyday de…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/tyranny-false-choices-guide-authentic-decision-makingFor Caren Ensing ’27, the road to a summer internship with the World Wildlife Fund’s Blue Finance team began, surprisingly, while solo backpacking through Chile.
Join us as we welcome back Emily Anderson ’99, who has worked as both a historian in academia and a museum curator, as she makes a case for not just the possibility, but the importance of creating space for humanities s…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/unlikely-journey-creating-space-humanitiesThe Board of Trustees of Claremont McKenna College is pleased to invite you to celebrate theInauguration ofWilliam C. DudleySixth President, Claremont McKenna CollegeFriday & Saturday, November 6 & 7, 2026Guest Registra…
https://www.cmc.edu/presidential-inaugurationJoin us for this presentation featuring Kirin Narayan as she shares her experience on growing up as a half-American child in India, and being captivated by her father’s tales of an ancestral connection to the rock-cut c…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/excavating-family-stories-god-making-and-ellora-cavesLeïla Slimani is a critically acclaimed French-Moroccan novelist, journalist, and cultural figure whose work has made her one of the most influential voices in contemporary francophone literature. She grew up between c…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/conversation-leila-slimaniJoin The Gould Center for Humanistic Studies in featuring one of the most imaginative authors that is celebrated today. Why does one imagine an octopus? Van Pelt doesn’t have a definitive answer to that question, but…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/misanthropic-octopus-takes-hollywood-how-debut-novelist-transformed-spark-imaginationSixty years after joining the CMC faculty, John K. Roth returns to explore how the rule of law fares in the United States as the crucial 2026 and 2028 elections approach. With American democracy endangered by corruption…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/reverence-lawJoin The Roberts Environmental Center explore the significance of energizing Southern California. The electric grid is being asked to do something new: evolve faster, withstand more, and cost less — all at the same time…
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/energy-and-leadership-age-extremes