2012-13

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Pitzer College Student-Athletes Earn Top Honors During Fall Awards Season

Claremont, Calif. (December 12, 2012) — Pitzer College student-athletes Jason Cox ’13, Alex Johnson ’13 and Erik Munzer ’13 have been recognized by regional and national organizations for being standouts following outstanding seasons in their respective sports. Cox was named to the Men’s Water Polo All-Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) First Team. He also [Read More...]
December 12, 2012
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Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Biology Lars Schmitz Wins NSF Grant to Host International Exploratory Research Conference

Claremont, Calif. (December 7, 2012) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor Lars Schmitz has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to organize a “catalysis meeting”—an international gathering of world-renowned, multidisciplinary scientists who come together to focus on a major question in evolutionary biology. Schmitz teaches biology at Pitzer’s W.M. Keck Science Department. The NSF [Read More...]
December 7, 2012
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Pitzer College Professor of Biology Lars Schmitz Discovers Existence of Prehistoric “Sea Monster”

Claremont, Calif. (December 7, 2012)—Assistant Professor of Biology Lars Schmitz of Pitzer College’s W.M. Keck Science Department and a team of researchers have discovered evidence of the first giant marine predator to stalk the seas in prehistoric times. The predator appeared after the massive extinction event that practically wiped out life on earth some 250 [Read More...]
December 7, 2012
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Pitzer College Student Nicholas Romo ’14 Receives Gilman International Scholarship and Freeman-ASIA Award to Study Abroad

Claremont, Calif. (December 5, 2012) — Pitzer College student Nicholas Romo ’14 has been awarded a Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship as well as a Freeman-ASIA award to study in Beijing through the Pitzer in China program in spring 2013. Both awards are competitive national programs designed to increase global understanding by supporting undergraduate students [Read More...]
December 5, 2012
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Pitzer College Alumna Susan Celniker ’75 Honored for Pioneering Genetic Research

Claremont, Calif. (December 5, 2012)— Pitzer College alumna Susan Celniker ’75 has been named a 2012 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). The peer-awarded honor recognizes distinguished efforts in the scientific and social applications of science. Celniker, who heads the Life Sciences Division’s Department of Genome Dynamics at the Lawrence [Read More...]
December 5, 2012
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Life in Lijiang: Pitzer College Anthropology Professor Emily Chao Publishes Book about Contemporary China

Claremont, Calif. (December 14, 2012) — Pitzer College Professor of Anthropology Emily Chao has authored Lijiang Stories: Shamans, Taxi Drivers, Runaway Brides, and Entrepreneurs in Reform Era China, published by the University of Washington Press. Lijiang Stories offers a vivid account of gender, ethnicity and the politics of historical representation among the Naxi, a Tibeto-Burman [Read More...]
December 4, 2012
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Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Chemistry Aaron Leconte Publishes in Nature Chemical Biology

Claremont, Calif. (December 7, 2012) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor Aaron Leconte recently published an article in Nature Chemical Biology about research techniques that could revolutionize scientific understanding of a fundamental building block in human cells. “Discovery and biological characterization of geranylated RNA in bacteria” describes research methods that combine mass spectrometry, chemical synthesis and [Read More...]
December 2, 2012
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Pitzer College Alumnus Todd Eachus Joins Opportunity Finance Network

Claremont, Calif. (November 30, 2012) — Pitzer College alumnus Todd Eachus ’84 has been named the chief external affairs officer of Opportunity Finance Network (OFN), a national network of community development financial institutions that provide financial resources to people in low-income communities to help them join the economic mainstream. As OFN’s chief external affairs officer, [Read More...]
November 30, 2012
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Pitzer College Wins Four 2012 MarCom Design Awards

Claremont, Calif. (November 28, 2012) — Pitzer College received four 2012 MarCom Awards from the Association of Marketing & Communication Professionals, including a Platinum Award given for outstanding work that demonstrates excellent quality, creativity and resourcefulness. The Spring 2012 Special Edition of The Participant, Pitzer’s alumni magazine, received a Platinum Award in the magazine/special edition [Read More...]
November 28, 2012
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Pitzer College Professor Judith Grabiner Named an American Mathematical Society Fellow

Claremont, Calif. (November 27, 2012) — Judith Grabiner, the Flora Sanborn Pitzer professor of mathematics at Pitzer College, has been selected as an inaugural member of the 2012 Fellows of the American Mathematical Society (AMS). The new Fellows program recognizes AMS members from around the globe who have made outstanding contributions to the creation, exposition, [Read More...]
November 27, 2012