Sagehen Round Up for the Week of February 17, 2014

Sarah Markowitz ’16 had four goals and an assist for the Women’s Lacrosse team in an 11-8 win over Chapman.

Claremont, Calif. (February 24, 2014) This week in Sagehens Athletics saw the Swimming and Diving teams earn some record-breaking performances at the SCIAC Championships, the Men’s Basketball team close out the regular season with two straight wins as it prepares to host a SCIAC semifinal game on Friday night, and the Men’s and Women’s Tennis [Read More...]

February 24, 2014

Press Releases

Pitzer College Student Recognized at the 2010 Harvard National Model United Nations Conference

Claremont, Calif. (February 24, 2010) – Pitzer College congratulates Sol Estin ’10, who was named a Best Delegate at the 2010 Harvard National Model United Nations for his representation of Costa Rica in the United Nations Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean Committee. Estin, a political studies major, has participated in Pitzer’s Model [Read More...]

February 24, 2014

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Pitzer College Students Recognized at National Model UN Conference

2014 Harvard National Model United Nations

Claremont, Calif. (February 21, 2014) — Pitzer College students Benjamin Levine ’14 and Elizabeth (Biz) Pedersen ’14 received Best Delegate awards, and Braden Holstege ’14 won an honorable mention, at the 2014 Harvard National Model United Nations (HNMUN) Conference. This is the sixth consecutive year that one or more Pitzer students have been recognized at [Read More...]

February 21, 2014

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Sagehen Round Up for the Week of February 10, 2014

Jordan Fox ’16 tied for fifth at the first Men’s Golf Tournament of the year with a 73, helping the Sagehens to a fourth place finish at the SCIAC Preview (photo by Bob Palermini).)

Claremont, Calif. (February 17, 2014) This week in Sagehens Athletics saw the Women’s Water Polo team improve to 6-2 on the young season with a pair of dramatic wins at the Cal Baptist Lancer Invite, while the Baseball team took two of three from CMS to win its first SCIAC series of the year. Women’s [Read More...]

February 17, 2014

Press Releases

Primordial Perception: Pitzer Professor Lars Schmitz Gives Talk on the Evolution of Eyes

Assistant Professor of Biology Lars Schmitz

Claremont, Calif. (February 14, 2014)— Assistant Professor Lars Schmitz will discuss his ongoing research into the evolution of eyes on February 18, 2014 at the Malott Commons at Scripps College. Schmitz teaches biology at the W.M. Keck Science Department, a joint program of Pitzer, Claremont McKenna and Scripps colleges. The event is open to all [Read More...]

February 14, 2014

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Pitzer College Student-Athlete Named to Water Polo First-Team All-America

Claremont, Calif. (February 13, 2014) — Pitzer College student-athlete Jarrod Gaut ’14 was named to the first-team Division III All-America team by the Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Association. Gaut plays center for the Sagehen Men’s Water Polo team. In addition to Gaut’s honor, junior attacker Stephen Vint ’15 received honorable mention distinction. Gaut [Read More...]

February 13, 2014

Press Releases

Penny Newman – Social Movements for Climate Justice

February 11, 2014

Press Releases

Pitzer College Student Karly Brint ’14 Wins Mathematical Association of America Award

Claremont, Calif. (February 10, 2014)—Pitzer College Student Karly Brint ’14 won an Outstanding Presentation Award for her poster Torified Rational Links at the 2014 Joint Mathematics Meetings of the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) and American Mathematical Society. Only the top 12-15 percent of the posters in the 2014 MAA Undergraduate Poster Session win the [Read More...]

February 10, 2014

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Sagehen Round Up for the Week of February 3, 2014

Claremont, Calif. (February 10, 2014) This week in Sagehens Athletics saw the Men’s Basketball team win its big rivalry game with CMS in front of the usual capacity crowd at Voelkel Gymnasium, while Kyle Dalrymple ’17 set a new program record for the Men’s Swimming and Diving team. Men’s Basketball went 2-0 on the week [Read More...]

February 10, 2014

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Pitzer Professor Publishes New Research on Soil Dating Techniques

Claremont, Calif. (February 4, 2014) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Colin Robins co-authored a paper about experimental soil dating techniques that could help scientists better understand climate change and how soils record temperature over time. “Testing the applicability of vacuum-encapsulated 40Ar/39Ar geochronology to pedogenic palygorskite and sepiolite” appears in the April 2014 [Read More...]

February 4, 2014