Raymond Remy ’59, a leader in LA public affairs and life trustee of CMC, died recently. Remy was president of RR Consulting, the political consulting firm he founded. As chief of staff and deputy mayor to Mayor Tom Bradley, Remy was a key figure in the rise of Los Angeles as a global metropolis.

A new study finds that a liberal arts education does indeed pay off, and Claremont McKenna College ranks among the top U.S. universities and colleges. When it comes to the net present value 10 years after enrollment, CMC ranked 3rd among liberal arts colleges.

William Cullen ’19 has been awarded the prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship, a fully funded one-year master’s degree program at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Cullen is the first CMC graduate to earn the scholarship, which is inspired by the Rhodes Scholarship, and starts in August.

CMC Prof. Heather Ferguson has won the Köprülü Book Prize by the Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association for The Proper Order of Things. The prize is given to “the most outstanding book” in Ottoman and Turkish studies.

Family, friends, and the College community gathered to celebrate Jil Stark ’58 GP’11 with the unveiling of a sculpture from the Class of 1957 and other supporters. Stark was honored for being a “first-class college president’s wife” of Jack Stark ’57 GP’11, who served from 1970-1999.

Harriet Nembhard '91, the Eric R. Smith Professor of Engineering and head of the School of Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering at Oregon State has been named dean of the U of Iowa College of Engineering.

Claremont McKenna College won the “Best Small Delegation Award” at the University of Pennsylvania’s Model United Nations team conference, topping Yale, Columbia, and Princeton university teams.

Research by CMC Prof. Jessamyn Schaller, published in Nature Climate Change, suggests that hot weather due to climate change is causing shorter pregnancies, which poses risks to infant health and child development.

A new report co-authored by CMC Prof. Mary Evans finds that the EPA’s support for proposed changes to the Federal Mercury and Air Toxics Standards relies on flawed benefit-cost analysis and outdated estimates.

Where will you be on April 23-26? In Claremont! Join us for a weekend you won’t forget. Reconnect with classmates, see the impact of your support on current students, attend faculty ContinuED sessions, and dance the night away at Monte Carlo. Register today!