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Facing, Not Facebooking, Each Other

“Facing the Empathy Deficit,” a talk about mindful technology by Pitzer College alumnus Ari Saperstein ’15, was recently posted on the TEDxTalks website.  In 2014, Saperstein was the first Pitzer student to win the TEDxClaremontColleges’ Student Speaker Competition, which guaranteed him a spot to speak at the 2015 TEDx conference in March. Saperstein’s 16-minute speech focuses on the impact social [Read More...]
October 2, 2015
Spotlights

Of Memory and Collecting

“Image, Archive and Event:  Tracking the Archive’s Odyssey” Kicks off the MCSI Fall Lecture Series The first MCSI lecture of the fall 2015 series, focused on the theme ARCHIVE, took place on Tuesday, September 15, 2015. Laura Wexler and Lauren Tilton, both of Yale University, came to Pitzer to talk about the changing relationship of the [Read More...]
September 16, 2015
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LA Review of Books calls Professor Susan C. Seymour’s New Book “a classic biography of a distinguished American”

Los Angeles Review of Books calls Pitzer Professor Susan C. Seymour‘s new book Cora Du Bois: Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent, “a classic biography of a distinguished American.” ___ “This book, ­Cora Du Bois: Anthropologist, Diplomat, Agent, deserves wide readership, and not only among anthropologists and historians (especially those interested in gay and lesbian histories and those interested in the [Read More...]
September 15, 2015
Press Releases

$25 Million Gift Establishes Center to Accelerate Student Creativity and Collaboration at The Claremont Colleges

Susan & Rick Sontag“The challenges we face today call for audacious thinkers and doers who can work collaboratively and creatively across disciplines.” —Rick Sontag (HMC ’64) In making a $25 million gift that will benefit the five undergraduate campuses of The Claremont Colleges, Rick and Susan Sontag hope to help some of the nation’s most talented students harness [Read More...]
September 10, 2015
Press Releases

Professor Ahmed Alwishah’s New Book Explores Aristotle’s Enduring Legacy in Arabic Philosophy

Claremont, Calif. (September 9, 2015)—Ahmed Alwishah, associate professor of philosophy at Pitzer College, has co-edited a collection of essays, Aristotle and the Arabic Tradition, that examines Aristotle’s enduring legacy through the lens of the Arabic tradition. The book, co-edited by Alvernia University Assistant Professor of Philosophy Josh Hayes, is scheduled for release this month by [Read More...]
September 9, 2015