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Humanist and renowned political scientist, Robert Putnam, selected as Claremont McKenna College’s 2023 Commencement speaker

March 23, 2023

CMC selects 2023 Commencement speaker, Robert Putnam, leading humanist and renowned political scientist

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A photo collage of key moments from CMC's 75th Anniversary (clockwise): students share a copy of Fall 2022 CMC Magazine on Parents Field, a tour group pauses along a pathway lined with trees and "75th" lamppost banners, a tennis Athena celebrates victory on the court, Atul Gawande shares in a discussion over an outdoor meal at the Ath head table, an architect rendering of the new Robert Day Sciences Center at night, and a black and white photo from one of CMC's 75th Anniversary archives.

June 30, 2022

CMC’s 75th anniversary year comes to a close

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Jack Stark ’57 GP’11 (1971-1999), Pamela Gann (1999-2013), and Hiram Chodosh, CMC’s current president (2013-) on stage during the Presidents' Panel at CMC's 2022 Alumni Weekend.

June 13, 2022

Three CMC presidents share reflections and aspirations at Alumni Weekend

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A CMC grad waves to the crowd inside the white tent after they walked the commencement stage during Classes of 2020 & 2021's Celebration Weekend.

June 8, 2022

Highlights from Celebration Weekend

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Smiling graduates of the classes of 2020 and 2021 file into the commencement tent on Parents Field as faculty welcome them.

June 6, 2022

Classes of 2020 and 2021 honored for achievements, resilience

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Down shot view from Kravis Center of Gann Quadrangle during Alumni Weekend 2022's wine tasting event shows alumni scattered around full glasses in hand.

June 2, 2022

CMCers celebrate largest-ever Alumni Weekend

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Anita Hill gives her Ath talk at the podium.

May 20, 2022

Anita Hill discusses America’s “wake up call”

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Martha S. Jones engages with CMCers before her Ath talk.

April 21, 2022

Exploring democracy as debate with historian Martha S. Jones

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Brown University economist and noted heterodox thinker Glenn Loury holds a discussion on stage at the Ath with CMC Professor Michael Fortner.

April 12, 2022

Race and commerce in the new world

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MIT Applied Economics Professor Daron Acemoglu sits at the head table inside the Ath main room.

March 29, 2022

Navigating a route to prosperity

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Students take notes on their laptops as Fiona Hills speaks at the head of the table.

March 11, 2022

Fiona Hill addresses invasion of Ukraine

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February 28, 2022

CMC announces new Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences

T.Y.S The Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences

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2021 Ath Fellows pose with hands on their hips, lined up prom-style, under the shade of a tree on campus

September 29, 2021

The Ath is back!

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September 29, 2021

Then, Today, Tomorrow

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Marycarmen Montarez ’22 holds open a book while sitting on a bench from Artist Chris Burden’s Meet in the Middle public art sculpture.

September 20, 2021

75 Books for CMC’s diamond year

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Dr. Atul Gawande delivers his opening night Ath talk 'On Breakthrough vs. Follow-Through Innovation'

September 15, 2021

A triumphant return to the in-person Athenaeum

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CMC Currents

CMC selects 2023 Commencement speaker, Robert Putnam, leading humanist and renowned political scientist

CMC’s 75th anniversary year comes to a close

Three CMC presidents share reflections and aspirations at Alumni Weekend

Highlights from Celebration Weekend

Classes of 2020 and 2021 honored for achievements, resilience

CMCers celebrate largest-ever Alumni Weekend

Anita Hill discusses America’s “wake up call”

Exploring democracy as debate with historian Martha S. Jones

Race and commerce in the new world

Navigating a route to prosperity

Fiona Hill addresses invasion of Ukraine

CMC announces new Kravis Department of Integrated Sciences

The Ath is back!

Then, Today, Tomorrow

75 Books for CMC’s diamond year

A triumphant return to the in-person Athenaeum

Shelby Van Pelt ’02: Ready for her Netflix debut and now an Emmy nom!

Anoush Baghdassarian ’17 honored with 2026 Projects for Peace Alumni Award

CMC Conversations podcast: Professor Esther Chung-Kim on building trust and deeper community