Pitzer News

Student Achievements

Pitzer Senior Benjamin Sievers ’22 Publishes Original Research on Omicron Variant

Sievers '22 is part of a team at the J. Craig Venter Institute that has partnered with Stanford University School of Medicine’s Department of Infectious Disease

News Topics

• Students
• Health
• Science

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

Faculty Achievements

Professor Emeritus Peter Nardi quoted in Silicon Valley weekly Metroactive article "Weird Science: Why we can’t stop craving crystals, dreading chemtrails and searching for Sasquatch"

Professor Emeritus Peter Nardi quoted in Silicon Valley weekly Metroactive article

News Topics

• Climate & Environment
• Education

Faculty Achievements

Community Psychology Journal Publishes Article by Pitzer Visiting Professor Jenny Escobar

Pitzer College Visiting Professor of Psychology Jenny Escobar explores how memory—and a shared spiritual connection with lost loved ones—can help survivors of state violence heal and seek justice

News Topics

• Faculty
• Health

Organization

• Institute for Global/Local Action and Study (IGLAS)

College News

Transformative Gift to the Robert Redford Conservancy Invests in a Sustainable Tomorrow

Brown and his wife, Eileen, donated half a million dollars to the Conservancy last year.

News Topics

• Climate & Environment
• Community Engagement

Organization

• Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability

Alumni Achievements

Pitzer Alumna Hunter Lovins ’72 Helps Create First Certified Carbon Neutral Fund in U.S.

Pitzer College alumna Hunter Lovins ’72, chief of impact at Change Finance, is part of a majority women-run management team that has created the first Certified Carbon Neutral Exchange Traded Fund in the US.

News Topics

• Climate & Environment

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

In the Media

Professor and Associate Dean Adrian Pantoja's article "Why secular Americans are pivotal allies in the fight for racial justice" is published in OnlySky

Professor and Associate Dean Adrian Pantoja's article published in OnlySky

News Topics

• Faculty
• Climate & Environment
• Arts & Culture
• Politics

Organization

• Office of Black Student Affairs

Faculty Achievements

Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda quoted in Los Angeles Times article about Xiomara Castro, the first woman president of Honduras

"Xiomara Castro, la primera mujer presidenta de Honduras, es un espejo para EE.UU. y América Latina"

News Topics

• Faculty
• Race & Ethnicity

Organization

• Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs

In the Media

Pitzer's current test-blind policy cited in Forbes article "SAT is Making Significant Changes, Here's What you Need to Know"

Pitzer's current test-blind policy cited in Forbes article

News Topics

• General News
• Education

Organization

• Mental Health & Well-Being

Faculty Achievements

Pitzer Visiting Professor Rudy Mondragon Featured in Sundance Film Festival Documentary

Pitzer College Visiting Assistant Professor in Sport and Society Rudy Mondragón appears in a new documentary La Guerra Civil

News Topics

• Arts & Culture

Organization

• Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs

Faculty Achievements

Professor Barbara Junisbai Speaks about Events in Kazakhstan

Barbara Junisbai, Pitzer College associate professor of organizational studies, spoke about unrest in Kazakhstan during an online event hosted by the Central Asia Program at George Washington University

News Topics

• Arts & Culture

Organization

• Institute for Global/Local Action and Study (IGLAS)