Claremont Colleges Receive $3.6 Million to Spur Life Science Leaders

Claremont, Calif. (May 25, 2012) — The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded $3.6 million to The Claremont Colleges to support efforts that prepare undergraduates to become leaders in science research and medicine. The five undergraduate colleges (5C)—Claremont McKenna, Harvey Mudd, Pitzer, Pomona and Scripps—submitted a joint proposal to the 2012 HHMI Colleges Initiative [Read More...]

March 25, 2012

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Pitzer College Professor Awarded a Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant

Claremont, Calif. (December 1, 2009) — Pitzer College Associate Professor Bill Anthes received a 2009 Creative Capital | Warhol Foundation Art Writers Grant to complete his third book, Hock E Aye VI: Edgar Heap of Birds. Anthes teaches art history at Pitzer. The book will frame Edgar Heap of Birds’ work in relation to other [Read More...]

December 1, 2009

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Pitzer College Alumna Selected as a 2010 California Teacher of the Year

Claremont, Calif. (November 6, 2009) — Pitzer College congratulates alumna Amber Carrow ’03, recipient of a 2010 California Teacher of the Year from the California Department of Education. Carrow teaches seventh grade world history at Chemawa Middle School in Riverside where Principal Sean Curtin says she has “created a positive and exciting learning environment in [Read More...]

November 6, 2009

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Pitzer College Faculty and Staff Awarded BLAIS Grant

Claremont, Calif. (August 28, 2009) — Pitzer College’s faculty and staff, along with members of The Claremont Colleges, received a 2009 BLAIS Grant Award to complete the first phase of the Consortium for Area Revitalization Through Education (CARE) and launch its pilot program in North Long Beach. Professors Martha Barcenas-Mooradian, Tessa Hicks Peterson, Edith Vasquez [Read More...]

August 28, 2009

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Pitzer College Receives National Science Foundation Grant

Claremont, Calif. (July 16, 2009) — Pitzer College received a three-year $132,000 National Science Foundation grant to support mathematics Professor David Bachman’s latest research project, “Topologically Minimal Surfaces in 3-Manifolds.” Bachman’s project will investigate and understand the possible shapes of the universe by deforming an elastic surface, and observing where different parts of the surface [Read More...]

July 16, 2009

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Pitzer College Alumnus Wins Southern California Horticultural Society Grant

Claremont, Calif. (May 20, 2009) — Pitzer College congratulates John Lee ’09, recipient of an educational internship grant from the Southern California Horticultural Society. Lee, who double majored in environmental studies and economics, will use the grant this summer on the Pitzer campus to gain knowledge and experience in landscaping and gardening with an emphasis [Read More...]

May 20, 2009

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Pitzer College Awarded $750,000 Challenge Grant by The Kresge Foundation

Claremont, Calif. (October 5, 2006) – Pitzer College has been awarded a $750,000 grant by The Kresge Foundation toward the construction of three replacement residence halls on its campus. In order to secure the Kresge challenge grant, Pitzer must raise the balance of its $19 million capital campaign—$2,633,258—by July 1, 2007. Rip Rapson, President and CEO [Read More...]

October 5, 2006

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Grant Strengthens Pitzer’s International Study Programs

Funds will be used to facilitate faculty and student collaborations with host countries CLAREMONT, Calif. (Oct. 8, 2003) — Pitzer College is pleased to announce it has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to focus on intercultural faculty and student exchanges with partner institutions abroad. The three-year faculty led pilot [Read More...]

October 8, 2003