Spotlights Bird Pairs Practice Mind-Control to Create Dovetailing DuetsNew research from Professor of Neuroscience Melissa J. Coleman and a team of scientists explores how the brains of plain-tailed wrens keep the duet-singing birds from missing a beat. They may be talking about birds, but their research has evoked analogies to Simon and Garfunkel.June 7, 2021
Press Releases Research by Pitzer College’s W.M. Keck Science Professor on Genome Conflict Publishes in Leading Science JournalA study co-authored by Patrick Ferree, W.M. Keck Science Associate Professor of Biology, has been published in the academic journal Science Advances, a member of the prestigious Science family of academic journals.April 6, 2020
Press Releases Scripps and Pitzer Colleges Awarded $2 Million Keck Foundation Gift to Renovate and Upgrade Equipment for Joint Science CenterClaremont, Calif. (24 June 24, 2019) - Scripps and Pitzer Colleges have received a combined total gift of $2 million directed toward the purchase of equipment and the renovation of the Keck Science Center. The W.M. Keck Foundation has given $1 million each to Scripps College and Pitzer College. June 25, 2019
Press Releases Pitzer Family Foundation Donates $3 Million to Pitzer College for Expansion of Science ProgramThe Pitzer Family Foundation (PFF) has donated $3 million to Pitzer College to support the growth and expansion of science facilities at the W.M. Keck Science Department (KSD), which is transitioning to a joint Pitzer College and Scripps College program.April 1, 2019
Press Releases Professor Donald McFarlane to Explore Indonesian Volcanic Lakes with National Geographic GrantClaremont, Calif. (February 12, 2018)—The National Geographic Society has awarded Professor of Biology and Environmental Science Donald McFarlane and a team of researchers a grant to explore three acidic lakes in Indonesia. Using a small, remote-controlled, sonar-equipped boat, the scientists will map uncharted lake beds and measure the scalding, sulfuric waters on the summit of [Read More...]February 12, 2018
Press Releases Pitzer’s 2018 Distinguished Scientist Lecture to Explore the Nature of the Sun and Scientific InquiryClaremont, Calif. (January 31, 2018)—Ulysses J. Sofia, a noted astrophysicist and the Weinberg Family Dean of the W.M. Keck Science Department of Pitzer, Claremont McKenna and Scripps Colleges, will share solar secrets and explore the influence of money and politics on scientific inquiry at Pitzer’s 4th Annual Distinguished Scientist Lecture on Monday, February 19, at [Read More...]January 31, 2018
In the News Current Biology interviews Associate Professor of Biology Melissa Coleman about her work as a neuroscientist at the Keck Science Department of Pitzer, Claremont McKenna and Scripps CollegesCurrent Biology
Spotlights Moonshadow MoonshadowKeck Dean and Astrophysicist Ulysses J. Sofia Illuminates the Solar Eclipse In anticipation of the first total eclipse of the sun visible from North America in nearly 40 years, we asked our own resident astrophysicist, Keck Science Department Dean Ulysses J. Sofia, for a couple of reflections on the moment when the moon passes between [Read More...]August 17, 2017
Press Releases Testing the WatersProfessor Donald McFarlane’s New Research Surveys Volcanic Crater Lakes Claremont, Calif. (July 5, 2017)—Professor Donald McFarlane and a team of researchers are developing a new way to plumb the depths of volcanic crater lakes around the world. Adapting aerial drone technology, they designed and deployed a small sonar-equipped boat to survey Laguna Caliente, a lake [Read More...]July 5, 2017
Press Releases Pitzer Family Foundation Donates $1 Million to Pitzer College for Expansion of Science ProgramClaremont, Calif. (May 11, 2017)—The Pitzer Family Foundation donated $1 million to Pitzer College to support the growth and expansion of science facilities at the W.M. Keck Science Department (KSD), a joint program of Pitzer College, Claremont McKenna College and Scripps College. Since 2002, the number of Pitzer students majoring in sciences at KSD has [Read More...]May 11, 2017
