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Sagehen Round Up for the Week for February 20, 2012

Claremont, Calif. (February 27, 2012) — The Sagehen Men’s Basketball team came up just short in the SCIAC championship game to neighboring rival Claremont-M-S on Saturday 60-54, but not without a huge contribution from Po Grant ’13. With the Sagehens on the ropes and trailing 43-27 with less than 10 minutes to play, Grant made [Read More...]

February 27, 2012

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Pitzer College Alumna Valerie Havill ’81 Elected President of Society for Cross-Cultural Research

Claremont, Calif. (February 27, 2012) — Pitzer College alumna Valerie Havill ’81 has been elected president of the Society for Cross-Cultural Research. The Society for Cross-Cultural Research is an international, multidisciplinary organization with members who share a passion for cross-cultural research and hale from many disciplines, including psychology, anthropology and sociology. Havill, a Gainesville State [Read More...]

February 27, 2012

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Pitzer College Student Win 2012 Model UN Honors

Claremont, Calif. (February 23, 2012) — Pitzer College student Braden Holstege ’14 won an Outstanding Delegate award during the 2012 Harvard National Model United Nations conference held in Boston February 16-19. He participated in the World Intellectual Property Organization committee. “The primary thing I realized from my experience was the value of my other extracurricular activities at [Read More...]

February 23, 2012

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W.M. Keck Science Professor Anna Wenzel Wins National Science Foundation Grant

Claremont, Calif. (February 23, 2012) — Assistant Professor of Chemistry Anna Wenzel has been awarded a grant by the National Science Foundation for her independent research project, “RUI: The Development and Application of Gold(I) Catalysts for Asymmetric Organic Transformations.” Wenzel teaches chemistry at Pitzer College’s W.M. Keck Science Department. The research project responds to a [Read More...]

February 23, 2012

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Sagehen Men and Women Earn Team Scholar All-America Distinction

Claremont, Calif. (February 23, 2012) — The Sagehen Men’s and Women’s Swimming and Diving teams earned Team Scholar All-America Awards from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America (CSCAA), it was announced this week. Both teams ranked extremely highly in the Division III rankings. The Men’s Swimming and Diving team ranked third in all of [Read More...]

February 23, 2012

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Pitzer College Alumna Sandra D. Mitchell ’73 Addresses the American Association for the Advancement of Science

Claremont, Calif. (February 22, 2012) — Alumna Sandra D. Mitchell ’73, a University of Pittsburgh professor, addressed the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on February 19 during the association’s annual meeting in Vancouver, Canada. The AAAS serves more than 270 affiliated societies and academies of science and publishes the journal Science. In [Read More...]

February 22, 2012

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Sagehen Round Up for the Week for February 13, 2012

Claremont, Calif. (February 20, 2012) — Travis Rooke-Ley ’12 continued his impressive play on the mound for the Pitzer-Pomona Baseball team this spring, as he improved to 3-0 with a 1.52 ERA by allowing only one run in a 19-1 win over Caltech in the first game of a three-game sweep for the Sagehens. Rooke-Ley [Read More...]

February 20, 2012

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Pitzer College Student Abraham Sprague ’13 Selected for Prestigious Honors Program

Claremont, Calif. (February 15, 2012) — Abraham Sprague ’13 has been selected as a 2012-2013 Robert Day Scholar at Claremont McKenna College’s Robert Day School of Economics and Finance. The undergraduate Robert Day Scholars Program is an honors program that prepares students for leadership roles in business, finance, government and nonprofit organizations. Selection for the [Read More...]

February 15, 2012

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W.M. Keck Science Department Professor Katie Purvis-Roberts Coauthors Chemistry Textbook

Claremont, Calif. (February 15, 2012) – Associate Professor of Chemistry Katie Purvis-Roberts has coauthored Chemistry of the Environment, 3rd Edition with Thomas G. Spiro and William M. Stigliani. The textbook was published by University Science Books. Purvis-Roberts teaches chemistry at Pitzer College’s W.M. Keck Science Department. Chemistry of the Environment explores today’s environmental issues and [Read More...]

February 15, 2012

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Pitzer College Alumna Bridget Baker ’82 Recognized for Promoting Diversity in the Entertainment Industry

Claremont, Calif. (February 14, 2012) — Pitzer College alumna and NBCUniversal executive Bridget Baker ’82 will receive the Champion Award from the T. Howard Foundation. The T. Howard Foundation, which promotes diversity in the multimedia and entertainment industry, gives the award to recognize “outstanding leadership in the area of diversity.” The foundation’s 19th Annual Diversity [Read More...]

February 14, 2012