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Fall 2017
December 20, 2017
First Days for First-Years
This August, Pitzer’s new students moved into their dorm rooms and set out on orientation adventures to kick off what President Melvin L. Oliver called “an exciting year of growth and discovery.”
December 11, 2017
Juan Downey: Radiant Nature
This joint exhibition by Pitzer College Art Galleries and LACE opened in September as part of the Getty-led Pacific Standard Time LA/LA initiative. The exhibition explored the works of Chilean-born artist Juan Downey.
December 1, 2017
The Participant Fall 2017
President’s Message: Melvin L. Oliver Pitzer Pathfinder: Philip K. Frykman ’90 Class of 2021 Pathfinding Trustees Align Endowment with Values Around The Mounds Pitzer’s Charter Class of 1968 Juan Downey: Radiant Nature Professor Jesse Lerner’s PST: LA/LA exhibition on Latin America and Disney Written in the Stars: Meet Keck Dean Ulysses Sofia Pitzer Field Notes
[Read More...] November 29, 2017
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Investigating Conspiracy Theories
Author and podcaster Matthew Dentith examines the case for treating conspiracy theories seriously and investigating them.
November 28, 2017
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If Everyone is a Conspiracy Theorist, is Anyone?
Rutgers University Professor Jack Bratich takes a critical approach to conspiracy theories at the crossroads of popular and political culture.
November 14, 2017
Video
What’s Love Got to Do With It?
University of Pennsylvania Professor John L. Jackson, Jr. examines racial and class-based differences in contemporary urban environments.
November 7, 2017
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Conspiracy Theories are for Losers
University of Miami Professor Joseph Uscinski highlights his analysis of more than a hundred years of data taken from newspapers, surveys and the internet.
October 10, 2017
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Governing by Crisis: How Toxic Truths Subvert Mainstream Investigation
University of Texas Professor Lee Basham studies the information hierarchy where a few control what most believe.
September 26, 2017
Video
Just Because You’re Paranoid Doesn’t Mean They’re Not Out to Get You
Author and UC Davis Professor Kathryn Olmsted researches the influence of anticommunism on American politics and policy.
September 12, 2017