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W.M. Keck Science Department Professor Bryan Thines Selected for US Department of Energy Research Program

Claremont, Calif. (March 2, 2012) — Assistant Professor of Biology Bryan Thines is one of 26 scientists selected to participate in the US Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute’s Undergraduate Research Program in Microbial Genome Annotation. The DOE’s Joint Genome Institute (JGI) is spearheading an effort to sequence thousands of microbial genomes. Students in [Read More...]
March 2, 2012
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Pitzer College Professor of Psychology KaMala Thomas Addresses the American Psychosomatic Society

Claremont, Calif. (March 2, 2012) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Psychology KaMala Thomas will address the American Psychosomatic Society during the organization’s annual meeting March 14-17 in Athens, Greece. Thomas will discuss her recent study that found that spouses of men with prostate cancer report symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder which puts their own [Read More...]
March 2, 2012
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Pitzer College Professor of Biology Branwen Williams Pens Article for Prestigious Journal

Claremont, Calif. (March 2, 2012) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Biology Branwen Williams has co-authored “The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification,” an article published in the March 2 edition of Science, a leading peer-reviewed journal of scientific research. “The Geological Record of Ocean Acidification” examines the effects of excess carbon dioxide on the ocean. [Read More...]
March 2, 2012
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Pitzer College Students Awarded Teach For America Fellowships

Claremont, Calif. (February 29, 2012) — Pitzer College congratulates students awarded Teach For America fellowships for fall 2012: Betsy Diaz ’12, Stephanie Migdail ’12, Christopher Peck ’12, Alyshia Silva’12, Laura Silverberg ’12, Sarah Surrey ’12, Amelia Troutman ’12 and Elisha Whitman ’12. Diaz is a double major in neuroscience and psychology and will teach in [Read More...]
February 29, 2012
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Pitzer College Student Gabriel Loewinger ’12 Coauthors Paper to be Published in Journal Neuropharmacology

Claremont, Calif. ( February 27, 2012) — Pitzer College student Gabriel Loewinger ’12 has coauthored a paper about methamphetamine that will be published in an upcoming issue of the journal Neuropharmacology. Loewinger’s paper, “Methamphetamine-induced dopamine terminal deficits in the nucleus accumbens are exacerbated by reward-associated cues and attenuated by CB1 receptor antagonism” examines the relationship [Read More...]
February 28, 2012
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Pitzer College Alumna Valerie Havill ’81 Elected President of Society for Cross-Cultural Research

Claremont, Calif. (February 27, 2012) — Pitzer College alumna Valerie Havill ’81 has been elected president of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. The Society for Cross-Cultural Research is an international, multidisciplinary organization with members who share a passion for cross-cultural research and hale from many disciplines, including psychology, anthropology and sociology. Havill, a Gainesville State [Read More...]
February 27, 2012
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Pitzer College Student Win 2012 Model UN Honors

Claremont, Calif. (February 23, 2012) — Pitzer College student Braden Holstege ’14 won an Outstanding Delegate award during the 2012 Harvard National Model United Nations conference held in Boston February 16-19. He participated in the World Intellectual Property Organization committee. “The primary thing I realized from my experience was the value of my other extracurricular activities at [Read More...]
February 23, 2012
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W.M. Keck Science Professor Anna Wenzel Wins National Science Foundation Grant

Claremont, Calif. (February 23, 2012) — Assistant Professor of Chemistry Anna Wenzel has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation for her independent research project, “RUI: The Development and Application of Gold(I) Catalysts for Asymmetric Organic Transformations.” Wenzel teaches chemistry at Pitzer College’s W.M. Keck Science Department. The research project responds to a [Read More...]
February 23, 2012