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Powering Down: Pitzer College Competes in the 2013 Campus Conservation Nationals to Conserve Energy Use

Claremont, Calif. (February 22, 2013) — Pitzer College is throwing its compact florescent bulbs into the ring for the Campus Conservation Nationals, a three-week competition among universities and colleges across the US to see which campus can conserve the most energy and water. The ultimate goal of the competition is to use a short-term challenge [Read More...]

February 22, 2013

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Pitzer College Wins 2013 Los Angeles Business Journal Real Estate Award

Claremont, Calif. (February 21, 2013) – Pitzer College’s Residential Life Project Phase II has been awarded a 2013 Commercial Real Estate Award from the Los Angeles Business Journal. The project received Silver in the Sustainable category and was recognized as one of the most sustainable new constructions in Los Angeles County. The announcement was made [Read More...]

February 21, 2013

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Pitzer College Wins Two CASE Awards of Excellence

Claremont, Calif. (February 20, 2013) — The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District VII has recognized Pitzer College with two 2013 Awards of Excellence for video production. This year’s awards will be presented at the CASE District VII Conference Awards Luncheon on Saturday, March 2 in San Francisco, California. The Robert Redford [Read More...]

February 20, 2013

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Sagehen Round Up for the Week of February 11, 2013

Claremont, Calif. (February 18, 2013)—This week was another big week in Sagehen Athletics: a great start for the Baseball team got even better, the Men’s Basketball team earned its postseason ticket, Women’s Lacrosse picked up an upset win and five Women’s Swimming program records fell. Baseball got off to a hot start last weekend with [Read More...]

February 18, 2013

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Pitzer College Students Sweep the 2013 Napier Awards for Creative Leadership

Claremont, Calif. (February 15, 2013) – Pitzer College students Rachel Conrad ’13 and Caitlin Watkins ’13 were named the 2013 Napier Initiative Fellows and won Napier Awards for Creative Leadership. The awards include $10,000 stipends to carry out innovative projects focused on social justice. Conrad plans to help complete a socio-environmental analysis of the Dulcepamba [Read More...]

February 15, 2013

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Pitzer College Assistant Dean of Faculty Barbara Junisbai Challenges Prevailing Theories about Capitalism and Democracy in Post-Soviet Countries

Claremont, Calif. (February 13, 2013) — Pitzer College Assistant Dean of Faculty Barbara Junisbai has published an article about the relationship between capitalism and democracy in post-Soviet countries in Perspectives on Politics. Her article, “Improbable but Potentially Pivotal Oppositions: Privatization, Capitalists, and Political Contestation in the Post-Soviet Autocracies,” is based on nearly 200 in-depth interviews [Read More...]

February 13, 2013

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Sagehen Round Up for the Week of February 4, 2013

Claremont, Calif. (February 11, 2013)—A brilliant start to the 2013 season for the Baseball team was the highlight of last week’s Sagehens athletic action, while the coming week will feature a little hoops game at Voelkel Gymnasium on Wednesday evening that folks ’round these parts seem to enjoy. Baseball began the year with a tough [Read More...]

February 12, 2013

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Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley Joins the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Claremont, Calif. (February 12, 2013) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley has been appointed by US President Barack Obama to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Trombley was sworn in on February 11, 2013 in Washington, DC, by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Educational and Cultural Affairs J. Adam Ereli at the Board’s [Read More...]

February 12, 2013

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President Barack Obama Appoints Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley to Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board

Claremont, Calif. (February 11, 2013) — Pitzer College President Laura Skandera Trombley has been appointed by US President Barack Obama to the J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board. Trombley will be sworn in during the Board’s first quarterly meeting on February 11, 2013 at 10:45 a.m. in Washington, DC by Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of [Read More...]

February 11, 2013

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Pitzer College Named One of Best Values in Higher Education by The Princeton Review

Claremont, Calif. (February 6, 2013) — The Princeton Review named Pitzer College as a “best value” among the nation’s top undergraduate schools in its The Best Value Colleges: 2013 Edition. Pitzer was ranked among the country’s top 75 private colleges. Pitzer is also listed as one of The Princeton Review’s Best Western Colleges. It places [Read More...]

February 6, 2013