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Pitzer College Signs the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge

Claremont, Calif. (November 19, 2015) – Pitzer College joins 217 universities and colleges in signing the American Campuses Act on Climate Pledge, which states: “As institutions of higher education, we applaud the progress already made to promote clean energy and climate action as we seek a comprehensive, ambitious agreement at the upcoming United Nations Climate Negotiations [Read More...]
November 19, 2015
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All Students Currently Studying Abroad are Safe

November 18, 2016 Dear Pitzer College Community, After the recent tragic events in Paris, Lebanon and Kenya, I want to confirm that all our students studying abroad in the European Union are accounted for and safe (we have no students in Kenya or the Lebanon this semester). We were obliged to delay issuance of this [Read More...]
November 18, 2015
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Remembering Professor Harvey Botwin

From Interim President Thomas Poon November 16, 2015 Dear Pitzer College Community, It is with a very heavy heart that I share with you the news of Professor Emeritus of Economics Harvey Botwin’s passing. Harvey joined Pitzer in 1967 as the first economics faculty member—and the only one for his first four years at the [Read More...]
November 17, 2015
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Pitzer Student Lillian Horin ’17 Recognized for Outstanding Research at National Science Conference

Claremont, Calif. (November 16, 2015)—Pitzer College student Lillian Horin ’17 earned a presentation award for outstanding research in physiology at the 2015 Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science conference. Horin was one of nearly a thousand undergraduate and graduate student presenters at the conference, which was held on October 29-31 in [Read More...]
November 16, 2015
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Professor David S. Moore Wins American Psychological Association’s Maccoby Book Award

Claremont, Calif. (November 16, 2015)—Pitzer College Professor of Psychology David S. Moore won the American Psychological Association’s 2016 Eleanor Maccoby Book Award in Developmental Psychology for his new book, The Developing Genome: An Introduction to Behavioral Epigenetics. The award committee of the American Psychological Association’s Division 7, which covers developmental psychology, unanimously selected Moore’s book [Read More...]
November 16, 2015
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President’s Letter to the Pitzer Community Announcing Title IX Coordinator/Chief Diversity Officer Position

November 12, 2015 Dear Students, Faculty, and Staff: I write today not to respond to one particular event, but to address the collective frustrations and lessons not learned that have faced us both nationally and locally over my tenure in the president’s office. During this time, I have witnessed and learned of cultural insensitivity, blatant [Read More...]
November 12, 2015