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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 Professor Publishes New Research on Soil Dating Techniques

Colin RobinsClaremont, Calif. (February 4, 2014) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Colin Robins co-authored a paper about experimental soil dating techniques that could help scientists better understand climate change and how soils record temperature over time. “Testing the applicability of vacuum-encapsulated 40Ar/39Ar geochronology to pedogenic palygorskite and sepiolite” appears in the April 2014 [Read More...]
February 4, 2014
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Pitzer Professor Awarded Fulbright and German Exchange Fellowship to Study in Germany

Andrea ScottClaremont, Calif. (February 4, 2014) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor Andrea Scott has been awarded a joint German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and German-American Fulbright Commission fellowship, a selective program which accepts no more than 15 participants each year. Scott will attend the Summer Academy in Leipzig, Germany from June 14-28, 2014. Scott teaches academic [Read More...]
February 4, 2014
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Pitzer College Sociology Professor Alicia Bonaparte Selected for Summer Residency in Jamaica

Alicia BonaparteClaremont, Calif. (January 27, 2014) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Sociology Alicia Bonaparte has been awarded a 2014 summer residency by NLS, a new contemporary visual art initiative in Kingston, Jamaica. During the eight-week residency, Bonaparte along with co-awardee and artist Andrea Chung will develop a collaborative art installation, Catchin’ Babies, Colonizing Black Bodies [Read More...]
January 27, 2014
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Brazil and the Beautiful Game: Pitzer College Visiting Professor Discusses the National Impact of Soccer

David GoldblattClaremont, Calif. (January 24, 2014) — With the 2014 World Cup in Brazil five months away, Pitzer College Visiting Professor and international journalist David Goldblatt will speak about the South American country’s national identity and how it has been shaped by soccer. Goldblatt’s talk, “Futebol Nation: The Story of Brazil through Soccer,” takes place in [Read More...]
January 24, 2014
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Pitzer College Mathematics Professor Judith V. Grabiner Wins Distinguished MAA Book Award

Claremont, Calif. (January 7, 2014) — Pitzer College Professor of Mathematics Judith V. Grabiner’s most recent book, A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings, won the prestigious Mathematical Association of America’s Beckenbach Book Prize. The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) described A Historian Looks Back as “an inspiring resource for courses [Read More...]
January 7, 2014
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Biology Professor Jennifer Armstrong Receives $450,000 NSF Grant

Associate Professor of Biology Jennifer ArmstrongClaremont, Calif. (December 13, 2013)— Associate Professor of Biology Jennifer Armstrong received a $450,000 three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to research chromosome structure and gene expression. Armstrong teaches at the W.M. Keck Science Department of Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College and Scripps College. The grant, “RUI: Chromatin Dynamics and Transcription in Drosophila [Read More...]
December 13, 2013