She has been awarded several prestigious fellowships including a Mac Arthur fellowship and has been profiles in national publications such as The Atlantic Monthly, Vogue, Mirabella, and The New Yorker. In 1997, she was named one of the 25 Most Influential Working Mothers by Working Mother magazine. Pagels earned a B.A. and M.A. from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. with distinction from Harvard University. She has taught at Princeton since 1983. Her session on May 5 will be free and open to the public.
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The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest academic unit on the SCU campus, encompassing 65 percent of all students, and a comparable percentage of University faculty. Comprising 17 departments and offering 36 majors, the College also provides the liberal arts curriculum to all undergraduate students. Santa Clara University is a Jesuit university located in Silicon Valley, with 4,300 undergraduate and 3,050 graduate students. The university offers a rigorous undergraduate curriculum and nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. In 2001, the American Association of Colleges and Universities awarded SCU a commendation for Distinguished Achievement in Undergraduate Education.