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Pitzer College and SPURSE Launch Campus-wide Ecological Initiative
Claremont, Calif. (February 9, 2015)—Pitzer College’s Art + Environment program and SPURSE, an environmental design collective, launch Pitzer Multi-Species Commons—a new way to understand and interact with the Pitzer College campus. Across the College’s grounds, signs and sculptural works made from reclaimed materials prompt Pitzer’s community to see campus as a space shared by many
[Read More...]Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda ’96 Explores Honduran Resistance Movement in New Book
Claremont, Calif. (February 6, 2015)—Pitzer College Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda ’96 examines the Honduran organized resistance movement and its historical antecedents in a chapter in a new book, Rethinking Latin American Social Movements: Radical Action from Below. In “Honduras: Refounding the Nation, Building a New Kind of Social Movement,” Portillo looks at the sociopolitical map
[Read More...]Pitzer Student Stephen Vint ’15 Earns Second-Team All-America Honors
Claremont, Calif. (February 3, 2015)—Senior lefty Stephen Vint ’15 was named a second-team Division III All-American by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches, it was announced today. Vint was the leading scorer on the Sagehens with 41 goals during the 2014 campaign, and finished his four-year career with 152 goals in four seasons. He
[Read More...]Pitzer College Professor Examines How Experiences Influence Genes in New Book
Claremont, Calif. (February 3, 2015)—Pitzer College Professor David S. Moore’s new book, The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics, introduces readers to cutting-edge research in behavioral epigenetics, which explores how experiences influence genetic activity. The Developing Genome was published this week by Oxford University Press. Moore is a professor of psychology at Pitzer and
[Read More...]NSF Awards Professor Patrick Ferree $830,000 CAREER Grant for Genome Research
Claremont, Calif. (February 2, 2015)—Assistant Professor of Biology Patrick Ferree received an $830,000 five-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Career Development Program to research genome conflict. Ferree teaches in the W.M. Keck Science Department of Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College and Scripps College. The grant, “Paternal genome elimination by a selfish B chromosome
[Read More...]Sagehen Roundup for the Week of January 26, 2015
Claremont, Calif. (February 2, 2014) – This week in Sagehens Athletics saw Pitzer athletes come up big in a doubleheader sweep of Chapman on Saturday at Voelkel Gymnasium. The day was capped off with a thrilling 89-87 double-overtime win over No. 15 Chapman, which entered the week undefeated (16-0). Adrian Brandon ’15 was the man
[Read More...]Art Professor Tim Berg Selected for Artist-in-Residence Programs
Claremont, Calif. (January 30, 2015)—Pitzer College Associate Professor of Art Tim Berg and his artistic collaborator and wife, Rebekah Myers, have been selected for two national artist-in-residence programs—one at the Teton Artlabs in Wyoming, the other at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Montana. Berg and Myers specialize in ceramic sculptures and
[Read More...]Pitzer College Announces New Robert Redford Conservancy Director
Claremont, Calif. (January 29, 2015)—Pitzer College has named Professor Brinda Sarathy the new director of the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability. Sarathy is an associate professor of environmental analysis and teaches US environmental policy, California water politics and environmental justice. She is the author of Pineros: Latino Labour and the Changing Face of
[Read More...]Sagehen Roundup for the Week of January 19, 2015
Claremont, Calif. (January 19, 2015) – This week in Sagehens Athletics saw an exciting Saturday on campus, with a dramatic finish in the annual Sixth Street Showdown in Men’s Basketball, and the Swimming and Diving teams celebrating Senior Day with a sweep of Redlands. Men’s Basketball entered the week with a long losing streak, largely
[Read More...]Pitzer College Professor Brent Armendinger’s New Book of Visceral Verse
Claremont, Calif. (January 15, 2015)—Pitzer College Professor Brent Armendinger’s new book of poetry, The Ghost in Us Was Multiplying, explores the nature of language and the relationship between ethics and desire, between what is intimate and what is public. The Ghost in Us Was Multiplying was released today by Noemi Press. In his review in
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