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Pitzer Professor Ming-Yuen S. Ma Wins Society for Cinema and Media Studies Book Award

Claremont, Calif. (January 31, 2014) —Pitzer College Professor of Media Studies Ming-Yuen S. Ma’s book, Resolutions 3: Global Networks of Video, won the 2014 Best Edited Collection Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS). Ming and co-editor Erika Suderburg will receive the award on March 21 during the SCMS Annual Conference in [Read More...]

January 31, 2014

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TIME Names Pitzer Professor Tarrah Krajnak’s South Sound a Best Photo Book of 2013

Claremont, Calif. (January 7, 2014)—TIME selected Pitzer College Assistant Professor of Art Tarrah Krajnak’s book South Sound as one of the best photo books of 2013. South Sound was published by Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books in September 2013. Krajnak began creating the photos in South Sound while she was living and working in a [Read More...]

January 7, 2014

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Pitzer College Mathematics Professor Judith V. Grabiner Wins Distinguished MAA Book Award

Claremont, Calif. (January 7, 2014) — Pitzer College Professor of Mathematics Judith V. Grabiner’s most recent book, A Historian Looks Back: The Calculus as Algebra and Selected Writings, won the prestigious Mathematical Association of America’s Beckenbach Book Prize. The Mathematical Association of America (MAA) described A Historian Looks Back as “an inspiring resource for courses [Read More...]

January 7, 2014

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Pitzer College Alumnus Char Miller ’75 Hosts Discussion about Documentary on John Muir

Claremont, Calif. (January 6, 2014) — Pitzer College alumnus Char Miller ’75 will lead a discussion at the screening of the PBS documentary John Muir in the New World at the Ontario Museum of History and Art on January 9. Miller also appears in the documentary and served as a consultant on the film. John [Read More...]

January 6, 2014

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Pitzer College Alumna Kimberly Richman ’96 Authors New Book About Same-Sex Marriages

Claremont, Calif. (December 19, 2013) – Pitzer College alumna Kimberly Richman ’96 pens License to Wed: What Legal Marriage Means to Same-Sex Couples to be released by New York University Press on December 30, 2013. A majority of Americans now support same-sex marriage. License to Wed examines what marriage means to the wedded couples in [Read More...]

December 19, 2013

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Pitzer College Alumnus Releases Debut Novel The Last Ancient

Claremont, Calif. (December 12, 2013) — Pitzer College alumnus Eliot Baker ’99 has released his debut book, The Last Ancient, a supernatural thriller set on Nantucket Island. The Last Ancient was published this month by Champagne Books. The Last Ancient tells the story of Simon Stephenson, a journalist on Nantucket Island who uncovers a conspiracy [Read More...]

December 12, 2013

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Lots in Translation: Professor Phil Zuckerman’s books hit international bookshelves

(Claremont, Calif.) August 20, 2013– Pitzer College Professor of Sociology Phil Zuckerman’s book, Society without God, an ethnographic portrait of secularity in Denmark and Sweden, has been translated into Danish, Korean and Italian while Invitation to the Sociology of Religion, an introduction to the sociology of religion, has appeared in Chinese, Farsi and Turkish. Zuckerman’s [Read More...]

August 20, 2013

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Movie Based on Best-Selling Book by Pitzer Alumnus Max Brooks ’94 Hits Box Office Highs

Claremont, Calif. (August 13, 2013)—Pitzer College alumnus and author of World War Z: An Oral History of Zombie War, Max Brooks ’94, saw the movie based on his best-selling novel hit the half billion dollar mark this weekend, earning $502.6 million worldwide. World War Z also became the highest-grossing film for its star, Brad Pitt, [Read More...]

August 13, 2013

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Pitzer College Professor Explores African Intellectual History in New Book

An Outline of the New African Movement in South Africa

Claremont, Calif. (August 8, 2013)—Pitzer College Professor Emeritus of Creative Studies Ntongela Masilela’s new book, An Outline of the New African Movement in South Africa, was recently released by the African World Press. In his new book, Masilela details the intellectual history of the New African Movement, a movement of writers, political and religious leaders, [Read More...]

August 8, 2013

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Pitzer College Professor Offers a New Perspective on America’s Favorite Pastime

Arriba Baseball! A Collection of Latino/a Baseball Fiction

Claremont, Calif. (July 23, 2013) — Pitzer College Assistant Professor of English and World Literature Melissa Hidalgo’s short story “So Much for the Cubs” appears in the new anthology, Arriba Baseball! A Collection of Latino/a Baseball Fiction. The anthology is the first collection of baseball stories by and about Latinos/as. “So Much for the Cubs” [Read More...]

July 23, 2013