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A Message from President Trombley on the Tucson, Arizona Shooting

Dear Friends, Our nation experienced a terrible tragedy over the weekend with a shooting in Tucson, Arizona that resulted in the death of six people and thirteen injured, including US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords ’93, a Scripps College alumna, who was shot in the head and remains in critical condition. Congresswoman Giffords, who double majored in [Read More...]
January 5, 2011
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Pitzer College Awarded Full Carnegie Foundation Community Engagement Classification

Claremont, Calif. (January 5, 2011) — Pitzer College was awarded Carnegie Foundation’s new Community Engagement Classification of Curricular Engagement and Outreach & Partnership. This Carnegie Classification describes the collaboration between institutions of higher education and the larger communities (local, regional/state, national, global) for the mutually beneficial exchange of knowledge and resources in a context of [Read More...]
January 5, 2011
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Pitzer College Director of Vaccine Development Named Keck Graduate Institute’s Jacobs Visiting Professor

Claremont, Calif. (December 14, 2010) — Dr Larry Grill, director of Pitzer College’s Marquet/Ferrer Vaccine Research Center was named Keck Graduate Institute’s 2010-11 Joe and Vi Jacobs Visiting Professor. Grill is the first Pitzer faculty member to receive a visiting endowed professorship at KGI. Joe Jacobs founded Jacobs Engineering Group, which provides construction and engineering [Read More...]
December 14, 2010
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Pitzer College Professor of Mathematics Authors A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings

Claremont, Calif. (December 13, 2010) — Pitzer College Professor of Mathematics Judith V. Grabiner, PhD has authored A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings published by the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Judith Grabiner has written extensively on the history of mathematics. This collection, highlights the benefits of studying the development [Read More...]
December 13, 2010
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Pitzer College Alumna and Board Member Ranks in Top 100 of The Hollywood Reporter’s Most Powerful Women in Entertainment

Claremont, Calif. (December 13, 2010) — Bridget Baker ’82, president of TV network distribution for NBC Universal, was included in The Hollywood Reporter‘s Most Powerful Women in Entertainment. As NBC’s first president of TV Network Distribution, Baker oversees the North American distribution of NBC Universal’s content across the cable, satellite and telecommunications industry. At Pitzer, [Read More...]
December 13, 2010

Pitzer College Receives $1 Million Donation from Ahmanson Foundation

Claremont, Calif. (December 8, 2010) – Pitzer College has received two grants totaling $1 million from the Ahmanson Foundation towards creating a new center for media studies. The Media Studies Program at Pitzer has been one of the fastest growing majors within the Claremont Colleges consortium. Since 2004, the number of students majoring in the [Read More...]
December 8, 2010
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Pitzer College Alumna Honored by American Sociological Association

Claremont, Calif. (December 7, 2010) — Judith Jennings Treas, PhD ’69 was recognized by the American Sociological Association with the 2010 Matilda White Riley Award for career achievement. Treas is a professor of sociology and director of the Center for Demographic and Social Analysis at the University California, Irvine. She majored in sociology while at [Read More...]
December 7, 2010