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Art Professor Tim Berg Selected for Artist-in-Residence Programs

Claremont, Calif. (January 30, 2015)—Pitzer College Associate Professor of Art Tim Berg and his artistic collaborator and wife, Rebekah Myers, have been selected for two national artist-in-residence programs—one at the Teton Artlabs in Wyoming, the other at the Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts in Montana. Berg and Myers specialize in ceramic sculptures and [Read More...]
January 30, 2015
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Pitzer College Announces New Robert Redford Conservancy Director

Claremont, Calif. (January 29, 2015)—Pitzer College has named Professor Brinda Sarathy the new director of the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability. Sarathy is an associate professor of environmental analysis and teaches US environmental policy, California water politics and environmental justice. She is the author of Pineros: Latino Labour and the Changing Face of [Read More...]
January 29, 2015
Press Releases | Sagehen Athletics

Pitzer Student Cayla Nishizaki ’17 Named SCIAC Female Athlete of the Week

Cayla Nishizaki '17Claremont, Calif. (January 13, 2015)— SCIAC names Pitzer College student Cayla Nishizaki ’17 Female Athlete of the Week. Nishizaki swims freestyle and butterfly for the Sagehen Women’s Swimming and Diving team. Last weekend, Nishizaki won all eight events she competed in (five individual and three relay), including sweeping the sprint freestyle events (50 and 100) [Read More...]
January 13, 2015
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$1 Million Mellon Grant to Help Claremont Colleges Create a More Diverse Faculty for US Higher Education

Claremont, Calif. (January 8, 2015)—A new $1 million grant to The Claremont Colleges—Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona and Scripps—will push forward efforts by this group of small, academically-rigorous institutions to create a more diverse faculty for America’s colleges and universities. The grant was awarded as part of the five colleges’ acceptance as members of [Read More...]
January 8, 2015
Press Releases | Sagehen Athletics

Sagehen Roundup for the Week of December 29, 2014

Claremont, Calif. (December 29, 2014) – This week in Sagehens Athletics saw the Men’s and Women’s Basketball teams open SCIAC play at Occidental, with the women earning a come-from-behind win with some clutch plays from several Pitzer student-athletes. The Sagehens Women’s Basketball team was trailing 54-49 with 5:00 to play, but outscored Occidental 12-2 down [Read More...]
January 5, 2015
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Keck Biology Professor’s $500,000 NSF Grant Supports Student Involvement in Genome Research

Emily WileyClaremont, Calif. (December 19, 2014) — Associate Professor of Biology Emily Wiley won a $506,131 National Science Foundation award for a collaborative research project that engages undergraduate students in the study of genomes and gene function. Wiley teaches biology at the W.M. Keck Science Department, a program of Claremont McKenna College, Pitzer College and Scripps [Read More...]
December 19, 2014