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Conference Tackles Water Scarcity and Searches for Solutions

Claremont, Calif. (February 26, 2014)—The Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability at Pitzer College is co-sponsoring Water Scarcity and Solutions: Global and Local, a day-long conference featuring water professionals and environmental experts, including Pitzer professors Brinda Sarathy and Branwen Williams, and alumnus Char Miller ’75. The conference, organized by Claremont-based think-tank The American Institute [Read More...]
February 26, 2014
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Pitzer College Student Marcela Jones ’14 Wins Social Justice Award

Marcela "Marcy" Jones '14Claremont, Calif. (February 26, 2014) – Pitzer College student Marcela “Marcy” Jones ’14 won the 2014 Napier Award for Creative Leadership. Part of the Napier Initiative of Pilgrim Place and The Claremont Colleges, the Napier Award includes a $10,000 stipend to support innovative projects focused on social justice. Jones plans to develop a literacy initiative [Read More...]
February 26, 2014
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Pitzer College Students Recognized at National Model UN Conference

2014 Harvard National Model United NationsClaremont, Calif. (February 21, 2014) — Pitzer College students Benjamin Levine ’14 and Elizabeth (Biz) Pedersen ’14 received Best Delegate awards, and Braden Holstege ’14 won an honorable mention, at the 2014 Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Conference. This is the sixth consecutive year that one or more Pitzer students have been recognized at [Read More...]
February 21, 2014
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Pitzer College Student-Athlete Named to Water Polo First-Team All-America

Jarrod Gaut '14Claremont, Calif. (February 13, 2014) — Pitzer College student-athlete Jarrod Gaut ’14 was named to the first-team Division III All-America team by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Association. Gaut plays center for the Sagehen Men’s Water Polo team. In addition to Gaut’s honor, junior attacker Stephen Vint ’15 received honorable mention distinction. Gaut [Read More...]
February 13, 2014
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Pitzer College Student Karly Brint ’14 Wins Mathematical Association of America Award

Claremont, Calif. (February 10, 2014)—Pitzer College Student Karly Brint ’14 won an Outstanding Presentation Award for her poster Torified Rational Links at the 2014 Joint Mathematics Meetings of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and American Mathematical Society. Only the top 12-15 percent of the posters in the 2014 MAA Undergraduate Poster Session win the [Read More...]
February 10, 2014