April 25, 2022
April 23, 2022
In his Cutting-Edge Leadership column for Psychology Today, Prof. Ronald E. Riggio discussed grit and its relationship to leadership. “For leaders, it’s not enough to just possess grit,” he said, “they need to also develop the ability to inspire and motivate others.”
April 22, 2022
Multiple media outlets published news stories about the George R. Roberts ’66 P’93 $140 million gift, detailing how the gift will fund new construction and double the campus footprint, while highlighting Roberts’ philanthropy.
April 21, 2022
Eleanor Clift quoted Prof. Jack Pitney in a The Daily Beast op-ed about how the Democrats are finally learning to fight the GOP’s fire with fire: “They’re clearly latching on to libertarian rhetoric trying to limit the power of the government. That may win them more support than some invocation of ‘woke’ values.”
April 21, 2022
Prof. Jack Pitney was quoted in a Washington Examiner story about the Democrats’ mask mandate dilemma. Even if the Justice Department wins its appeal of a federal court’s decision to strike down the CDC’s public transportation mask mandate, the fact that the TSA stopped enforcing it will make it difficult to reverse. “Reimposing a mandate after it has been lifted is likely to be unpopular,” he said. “People dislike uncertainty and inconsistency.”
April 20, 2022
Prof. Lily Geismer was interviewed by The Nation about her new book, Left Behind: The Democrats’ Failed Attempt to Solve Inequality. In regard to the Clinton administration’s small, market-based reforms as solutions to poverty and inequality, Geismer said: “In the end, these micro-solutions both reinforce the power of the market—because they’re based on the techniques of consulting and especially of the emerging high-tech sector—and at the same time they don’t require much expenditure of political or economic capital.
Robin Peterson ’22
Claremont McKenna’s once-a-year surf-ski day was a compelling bonus to Robin Peterson’s list of pros for the College.
“CMC offered everything I could have hoped for,” said Peterson’22. “On top of the beautiful weather, the small school made it possible for me to engage in everything from great academics, to running track, to having Army ROTC.”
Rachana Muvvala ’24
When Rachana Muvvala ’24 played the stock market game in a high school economics class, she was hooked. “It showed me how fun and interesting the stock market can be,” she says. “Since we were playing at the peak of COVID-19’s market disruption, every morning, I would wake up and be greeted by a loss—yet the thrill from possibly gaining that money back excited me.”
Courtney Hooks ’23
One characteristic that Courtney Hooks ’23 immediately noticed about Claremont McKenna College on her first visit was the welcoming atmosphere. “I didn't know much about the culture of the school until I arrived for the first time fir the accepted students day in April of 2019,” she said. “All of the current students were happy to meet me and went out of their way to answer my questions. It was then that I really saw myself attending CMC.”