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Pitzer College Alumnus Honored by Los Angeles Press Club

Claremont, Calif. (January 12, 2011) — Pitzer College alumnus and Los Angeles Times reporter Jeff Gottlieb ’75 will be honored by the Los Angeles Press Club with its first ever Public Service Award for breaking and staying with the City of Bell Scandal. Gottlieb will share the award with collaborator Ruben Vives at the 53rd [Read More...]
January 12, 2011
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A Message from President Trombley on the Tucson, Arizona Shooting

Dear Friends, Our nation experienced a terrible tragedy over the weekend with a shooting in Tucson, Arizona that resulted in the death of six people and thirteen injured, including US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords ’93, a Scripps College alumna, who was shot in the head and remains in critical condition. Congresswoman Giffords, who double majored in [Read More...]
January 5, 2011
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Pitzer College Awarded Full Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification

Claremont, Calif. (January 5, 2011) — Pitzer College was awarded Carnegie Foundation’s new Community Engagement Classification of Curricular Engagement and Outreach & Partnership. This Carnegie Classification describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and the larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of [Read More...]
January 5, 2011
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Pitzer College Director of Vaccine Development Named Keck Graduate Institute’s Jacobs Visiting Professor

Claremont, Calif. (December 14, 2010) — Dr Larry Grill, director of Pitzer College’s Marquet/Ferrer Vaccine Research Center was named Keck Graduate Institute’s 2010-11 Joe and Vi Jacobs Visiting Professor. Grill is the first Pitzer faculty member to receive a visiting endowed professorship at KGI. Joe Jacobs founded Jacobs Engineering Group, which provides construction and engineering [Read More...]
December 14, 2010