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Pitzer College Students Named 2011-12 McNair Scholars

Claremont, Calif. (April 18, 2012) — Pitzer College students Marlene Salazar ’13 and Kimberly Vargas ’13 have been named 2011-12 McNair Scholars by the McNair Scholars Program at the Claremont Graduate University (CGU). Salazar is an environmental analysis and history major who plans to pursue a graduate degree in environmental policy, focusing on race and [Read More...]
April 18, 2012
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Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley to Give Keynote Address at Mark Twain Symposium

Claremont, Calif. (April 16, 2012) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley will deliver the keynote address at “Complicating Twain: Biography, Autobiography and the Personal Scholar: Remembering Michael J. Kiskis,” a symposium hosted by the Elmira College Center for Mark Twain Studies and the Mark Twain Circle of America. The symposium will be held at [Read More...]
April 16, 2012
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Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley to Speak at Los Angeles Business Council’s Sustainability Summit

Claremont, Calif. (April 13, 2012) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley will be a featured speaker at the Los Angeles Business Council’s 6th Annual Sustainability Summit at the Getty Center on April 27. Trombley will speak about the role of sustainability at Pitzer and in higher education during the “Salon of Masters” panel at [Read More...]
April 13, 2012
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Pitzer College Professor of Sociology Erich Steinman Publishes in the American Journal of Sociology

Claremont, Calif. (April 2, 2012) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Sociology Erich Steinman authored “Settler Colonial Power and the American Sovereignty Movement: Forms of Domination, Strategies of Transformation,” published in the January 2012 issue of American Journal of Sociology. Steinman’s article analyzes the American Indian sovereignty movement by using a theoretical model that focuses [Read More...]
April 12, 2012
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Pitzer College Alumnus Daniel Berman ’84 Named Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient 2012

Claremont, Calif. (April 12, 2012) — Pitzer College has named alumnus Daniel Berman ’84 the 2012 Distinguished Alumni. President Laura Skandera Trombley and Alumni Board President Gilbert V. Gonzales ’03 will present Berman with the Ninth Annual Distinguished Alumni Award 2012 at a special dinner during the College’s Alumni Reunion Weekend on Saturday, April 28 [Read More...]
April 12, 2012
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Sagehen Update for the Week of April 2, 2012

Claremont, Calif. (April 9, 2012) — Pitzer athletes played key roles for the Sagehens during an excellent week on the fields and courts for Pitzer-Pomona teams. The Baseball team swept all three games from neighboring rival Claremont-Mudd-Scripps this week. Travis Rooke-Ley ’12 continued his outstanding senior season by throwing seven innings, allowing just one earned [Read More...]
April 9, 2012