Mills College Celebrates 80 Years of Musical Innovation with Giving Free Play to the Imagination Music Festival

December 15, 2008 - Mills College celebrates 80 years of musical innovation as it reopens the historic Mills Concert Hall after an extensive 18-month renovation with a music festival featuring some of the world's leading contemporary musicians. The six-concert series, Giving Free Play to the Imagination, runs from February 21 through April 5, 2009. Read the full story

Mills College Cross Country Team Wins National Award

December 12, 2008 - The Mills College cross country team has received the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Buffalo Funds Five Star Award for exemplary character and sportsmanship. Read the full story

Mills College Professor Translates Irish Poetry into Spanish

November 26, 2008 - Carlota Caulfield, Mills College professor of Spanish and Spanish American Studies, has released No Soy Tu Musa / I'm Not Your Muse, an anthology of Irish contemporary poems. Read the full story

Mills College Alumna Barbara Lee Leads Congressional Group

November 26, 2008 - Mills College alumna Barbara Lee (Class of 1973) was named chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus. Read the full story

Mills College Receives $750,000 Grant for Science and Math Education

November 15, 2008 - The National Science Foundation has awarded Mills College with a $750,000 grant to prepare science and math educators and help tackle the problem of teacher shortages. Read the full story

Mills Government Professor Warns about Infrastructure Weaknesses

November 12, 2008 - Mills College professor of government Paul Schulman's latest book High Reliability Management, Operating on the Edge (Stanford University Press) reveals the untold stories of people who work to keep our infrastructure system running and safe. Read the full story

Mills Biology Professor Searches for California's Ecological History

November 6, 2008 - Mills College professor of biology Bruce Pavlik's latest book, The California Deserts: An Ecological Rediscovery (University of California Press) may alter the way we address environmental challenges. Read the full story

Mills College Offers Emergency Loan Program to Students

November 4, 2008 - Mills College is proud to announce an emergency loan program to full-time undergraduate and graduate students to help ensure their continuous education at the College. Read the full story

Mills Professor Moira Roth's Poetry Featured in San Francisco

November 2, 2008 - Mills College professor of art history Moira Roth is one of 21 artists selected to represent the Bay Area in a multidisciplinary group exhibition. Read the full story

Mills College Swim Team Earns Academic All-American Honor

October 31, 2008 - The Mills College swim team has topped the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Academic All-American honor with the highest grade point average in their division.  Read the full story

Mills College Student Thesis Leads to State Transportation Grant

October 28, 2008 - What started out as a senior thesis for Mills alumna Alysha Nachtigall may ultimately change the quality of life for Mills and its surrounding neighbors. Read the full story

Mills College Provost Receives Teaching Award

October 6, 2008 - Sandra Greer, Mills College provost and dean of the faculty and professor of chemistry, has received a teaching award from the University of Maryland College Park. Greer joined the Mills faculty in July 2008. Read the full story

Mills to Host Middlebury College's Summer Language School

October 5, 2008 - Beginning in summer 2009, Mills College will host more than 300 language students enrolled in the Middlebury College Language Schools program. Read the full story

Mills Professor Lisa Urry Coauthors the World's Most Popular Biology Textbook

September 23, 2008 - Lisa Urry, Letts-Villard Chair of the Biology Department at Mills College, is a coauthor of the new eighth edition of Biology, the world's most popular introductory biology textbook. An estimated 65 percent of all doctors and biological scientists in the United States under the age of 40 began their biology studies with an edition of Biology. Read the full story

Mills College Highlighted in KIWI Magazine's Green College Report

September 22, 2008 - Mills College is among the 75 colleges and universities nationwide to be highlighted in KIWI Magazine's annual green college report. . Read the full story

Mills Study Reveals Civic Engagement Related to Teen Video Game Play

September 16, 2008 - Contrary to the stereotype that only anti-social 14-year-old boys play videogames, a national poll of teens finds that almost all American teenagers play either console, computer, or cell phone games. The groundbreaking survey also challenges the notion that video game playing causes teens to withdraw from their communities. Mills researchers found that video game playing that provides civic learning experiences, such as helping others or building and managing a city, may build teens' skills and commitments to civic engagement. Read the full story

World-Renowned Choreographer Trisha Brown to Speak at Mills College
Brown’s Achievements to Be Recognized with Honorary Dance Performance and Award

September 16, 2008 - Mills College celebrates the start of the academic year on Friday, September 19, 2008 with a Convocation address delivered by world-renowned choreographer and Mills alumna Trisha Brown. The College's 2008 Convocation begins at 10:15 am on the campus' Toyon Meadow. Read the full story

Mills College to Host Art Workshop for War Veterans

September 15, 2008 - Mills College's Book Art Program will host the first Combat PaperProject at a Bay Area university, bringing local war veterans to participate in a national peace art project from Oct.13–15. Read the full story

Mills Establishes Center for Socially Responsible Business

September 8, 2008 - Following its long tradition of experimentation, leadership, social responsibility, and creativity, Mills College is proud to announce the establishment of the Center for Socially Responsible Business at the Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business. Read the full story

Mills College Art Professor Exhibits Photographic Prints

September 1, 2008 - Mills College art professor Anna Valentina Murch's photographic prints, Dissolving, will be exhibited at Brian Gross Fine Art, 49 Geary Street, 5th Floor, San Francisco, from September 4 to November 1, 2008. The exhibition opens with a free public reception on Thursday, September 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Read the full story

Mills College Art Museum Exhibits Contemporary Korean Art

August 29, 2008 - The works of Korean female artists will be exhibited in The Offering Table: Women Activist Artists from Korea at the Mills College Art Museum from September 6 through December 7, 2008. Read the full story

U.S. News Ranks Mills 4th Among Colleges in the West

August 22, 2008 - U.S. News & World Report has ranked Mills College fourth among its peers of the best universities and colleges in the West, moving up from last year's ranking at sixth. The College was also ranked seventh on the "Great Schools, Great Prices" list for the West. Read the full story

Mills College Debuts First MFA Degree in Book Art & Creative Writing in the Country

August 20, 2008 - Mills College today announced the first master of fine arts degree in book art and creative writing in the country. Building on more than 80 years of leadership in the field of creative writing and 30 years in book art, Mills designed the program to address the growing interest in book art—one of the fastest-growing new academic fields of study. Read the full story

Mills College Ranked 75 Among Forbes' Best Colleges

August 15, 2008 - A new top colleges list by Forbes ranked Mills College 75th in the country, placing it among the top two percent in the United States. Read the full story

Mills College Named One of Princeton Review’s Best Colleges
Mills Recognized for Top-Notch Undergraduate Education and Green Campus

July 29, 2008 - Mills College has been named one of the Best 368 Colleges and one of the 117 “Best Western Colleges” in the nation by the Princeton Review. The College also stands out with a top-notch green rating. Read the full story

Mills Joins Innovative Consortium to Promote Women in Business

June 20, 2008 - The Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business at Mills College has joined the Forté Foundation, a consortium of major corporations, top business schools, and influential nonprofit organizations directing talented women towards leadership roles in business. Read the full story

Mills College Doctoral Student Wins National Education Award

June 9, 2008 - Mills College doctoral student in the School of Education Elizabeth Rood has received a national award for her work as principal of Leadership High School in San Francisco. Read the full story

Two Mills College Alumnae Receive Fulbright Scholarships

May 27, 2008 - Erika Martinez and Patricia Tumang, Mills College alumnae, have received prestigious Fulbright scholarships in 2008. Read the full story

Distinguished University of Maryland Chemist/Chemical Engineer Appointed as Mills College Provost

May 20, 2008 - Mills College is proud to announce the appointment of distinguished University of Maryland chemistry and chemical engineering professor Dr. Sandra C. Greer as Mills provost and dean of the faculty, effective July 1, 2008. Read the full story

Mills College’s Distinguished Visiting Writer Cristina Garcia Wins Northern California Book Award
A Handbook to Luck Honored for Best Fiction

May 12, 2008 - Cristina Garcia, distinguished visiting writer at Mills College, has won the 27th Northern California Book Award in fiction for her fourth novel, A Handbook to Luck (Alfred A. Knopf, 2007). She was honored at a ceremony and book reading on April 13, 2008 at the San Francisco Main Library. Read the full story

Mills College Wins National Recyclemania Award

May 2, 2008 - Mills College has won first place for recycling food waste in the national RecycleMania competition, recycling more than 34 pounds per person for the ten-week competition. Read the full story

Mills College Dance Professor and Alumna Molissa Fenley Receives Guggenheim Fellowship

April 29, 2008 - World-renowned dance choreographer and Mills College associate professor of dance, Molissa Fenley, has received a Guggenheim fellowship in choreography. She is one of 190 artists, scientists, and scholars to receive the prestigious award this year out of more than 2,600 applicants from the United States and Canada. Read the full story

Mills College President Janet L. Holmgren and Mills Board Chair Vivian Stephenson Named Among Bay Area’s Most Influential Women

April 11, 2008 - Janet L. Holmgren, Mills College President, and Vivian Stephenson, chair of the Mills College Board of Trustees, have been named among the Bay Area's "Most Influential Women in Business" by the San Francisco Business Times. They are featured in the April 11–17, 2008 issue. Read the full story

Award-winning Performer Rita Moreno to Speak at Mills College Commencement
Rita Moreno, Renel Brooks-Moon, Glenn Voyles to Receive Honorary Degrees on Saturday, May 17, 2008

April 10, 2008 - Mills College will present its 120th Commencement on Saturday, May 17, 2008 with an address given by award-winning actress Rita Moreno. During the ceremony, honorary doctorates will be conferred upon Moreno, Renel Brooks-Moon, a Mills alumna (Class of 1981) who is the public address announcer for the San Francisco Giants, and Glenn Voyles, a Mills Trustee and investment management expert.  Read the full story

Mills College Breaks Barriers with Groundbreaking and Announces Name for Graduate School of Business

April 10, 2008 - Mills College, one of the first women's colleges in the nation and the oldest women's college in the West, shattered a glass ceiling to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new building for its newly named Lorry I. Lokey Graduate School of Business. Read the full story

Mills College to Shatter Workforce Gender Barriers

March 27, 2008 - The "glass ceiling" will shatter on April 10. Mills College, one of the first women's colleges in the nation and the oldest women's college in the West will commemorate the groundbreaking and naming of a new home for its women-focused MBA program. The Mills College Graduate School of Business is the first for women in the West, and one of only two for women in the country. Read the full story

Mills College Hosts Conference on Science and Math for Girls
370 Girls to Attend Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Saturday, March 22, 2008

March 18, 2008 - Sparking girls' interests in science and mathematics, Mills College will host the Expanding Your Horizons conference on Saturday, March 22, 2008 from 8:30 am–3:15 pm. The day-long event will give 370 girls in 6th–8th grades from Alameda and Contra Costa counties the opportunities to meet women working in traditionally male occupations through innovative workshops, presentations, and interviews. Read the full story

Mills College Students Win Documentary Awards from American Women in Radio And Television

March 17, 2008 - Mills College students in Public Radio Reporting have won two Gracie awards for outstanding series and outstanding documentary for their radio series, "The Dropout Dilemma." Read the full story

New Book Celebrates Historic Mills College Campus Landscape and Architecture

March 16, 2008 - The oldest women's college in the West, Mills College has released Celebrating the Cultural Landscape Heritage of Mills College, a historic pictorial of its past and plans for its future.  Read the full story

Mills College Student Wins National Grant for Teenage Mom Mentoring Program

March 14, 2008 - Mills College MBA student Martha Braithwaite has won a national honor for her work to help teenage mothers create a path out of poverty through education. Read the full story

Mills College Researchers Find Educational Disparity in Youth Vote
Rich Schools Offer More Civic Learning Opportunities

March 3, 2008 - Mills College researchers have found an educational disparity among young voters that helps to explain the unequal voting rates of youth in the 2008 presidential primaries. Read the full story

Mills College Students Win National Reporting Award

February 29, 2008 - Competing against professional journalists, Mills College students have won national recognition for their radio series "The Dropout Dilemma" on Oakland public schools' dropout rates. Read the full story

Charlotte Cotton on Curating Contemporary Photography, Thursday, April 3, 2008


February 29, 2008 - Charlotte Cotton, department head and curator of photography at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, will present a lecture on Curating Contemporary Photography, on Thursday, April 3, 2008, at 6:45 pm at Mills College. The event is free and open to the public, and will be held in the Danforth Lecture Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA. Read the full story

Oakland Mayor Declares Mills College Week February 25–29, 2008

February 25, 2008 - In honor of the Mills College Betty Irene Moore Natural Sciences Building's highest certified rating in environment design and construction, Mayor Ron Dellums has proclaimed February 25 through 29 "Mills College Week." Read the full story

Gordon And Betty Moore Pledge $4 Million for the Natural Sciences Building

February 20, 2008 - Philanthropists Gordon and Betty Moore have announced a $4 million gift to Mills College to support the construction costs of the recently completed Natural Sciences Building. The new building will be named the Betty Irene Moore Natural Sciences Building in recognition of this gift. Read the full story

KALW Radio to Air “Music From Mills” Series Beginning Monday, March 3, 2008
Series to Mark 40th Anniversary of Mills' Legendary Center for Contemporary Music

February 19, 2008 - Public radio station KALW (91.7 FM) will broadcast a special series throughout March, "Music from Mills," highlighting the history and music of the internationally renowned Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in Oakland, CA. Read the full story

Mills College Receives Presidential Honor for Service

February 14, 2008 - Mills College has been awarded an honor from the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary public service to disadvantaged youth. Read the full story

Nalini Ghuman Returns to Campus

February 11, 2008 - Mills College is pleased to announce that Nalini Ghuman, PhD, has returned to the Department of Music. Because of her broad scope of duties as a classical musicologist, her absence has been a great loss to both her department and Mills College. Read the full story

Mills College to be a Depository for Oakland’s Negro Spirituals Oral History Project

February 8, 2008 - Just in time for Black History Month, Mills College has announced it will be the depository of a unique collection of African American musical history and tradition, In Our Own Words—The Negro Spirituals Heritage Keepers, recordings of Oakland's first oral history project on negro spirituals. Read the full story

Mills College to Host Community Conversation on Achievement Gap in Public Education

February 6, 2008 - Mills College will host a community conversation on "Public Education and the Achievement Gap" on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 at 6:30 pm at Lisser Hall, Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA. The event is free and open to the public. Read the full story

International Feminist Scholar Teams with U.S. Congresswoman Lee to Teach Real Politics at Mills College

February 5, 2008 - International feminist scholar and activist Amina Mama has joined U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) to teach a seven-week course called Real Policy, Real Politics at Mills College.  Read the full story

Chelsea Clinton Speaks at Mills College on February 2

February 4, 2008 - Days before Californians and voters in more than 20 other states go to the polls, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton visited Mills College on Saturday, February 2, and answered questions from young voters about her mother, U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton, and her run to become the country's next and first woman president.  Read the full story

Tillie Olsen: A Heart In Action, a New Documentary About the Writer and Feminist, to be Screened at Mills College

January 25, 2008 - A new documentary on Tillie Olsen, feminist and award-winning author, "Tillie Olsen: A Heart in Action," will be shown on Wednesday, February 6 at 6:30 pm in Lucie Stern 100 at Mills College, 5000 MacArthur Blvd., Oakland, CA. Admission is free and open to the public. Seating is limited. Previous screenings of the film at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland have sold out. Read the full story

The Mills College Graduate School of Business featured in East Bay Business Times

January 14, 2008 - The Mills College Graduate School of Business was prominently featured in the East Bay Business Times' January 4, 2008 issue. It was one of four schools featured among the 12 business schools in the East Bay.  Read the full story