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Faculty AchievementsFighting the Superbugs: DNS’ Sierra Williams Awarded $457,000 NIH Grant
Williams and her students will explore alternative ways to combat drug-resistant bacteria
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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College NewsTwenty Years in Costa Rica
This year marks a milestone for the Firestone Center, which puts students at the forefront of restoring the Costa Rican forests and the habitats of the animals who call them home
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- Study Abroad and International Programs
- Department of Natural Sciences
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ResearchFaculty Awarded $446,000 NSF Grant for Student Research
The grant will support teams of Pitzer-Scripps student researchers in summer research about Bangkok's canal system
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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Faculty AchievementsInnovating in Chemistry: Wenzel Lab Awarded $250,000 NSF Grant
The award will support several student researchers in a project aimed at unlocking inexpensive ways to develop critically important chemical compounds
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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The Participant MagazineNew Participant Issue Experiments in Scientific Curiosity
From cracking the codes of life to the biology of making a difference, the spring 2025 magazine showcases the Pitzer science experience and the opening of an exciting new facility, Nucleus West.
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Faculty AchievementsProfessor Ethan Van Arnam Awarded NIH Grant to Seek Disease-Fighting Molecules
Ethan Van Arnam and his lab have been awarded a three-year, $400,000+ R15 grant from the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) Institute of General Medical Sciences.
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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Faculty AchievementsProfessor Tessa Solomon-Lane Awarded CAREER Grant by National Science Foundation
Solomon-Lane’s CAREER grant, titled Early-Life Social Environments Drive Behavioral and Neural Mechanisms of Development, will fund a five-year research project beginning in May 2024.
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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Student AchievementsAfter Two NSF Fellowships, Teo Cooper ’24 Seeks to Balance People and Nature
After studying plants at Harvard this summer, a student recalls the racial justice series that brought them to Pitzer and looks ahead to studying abroad in Southern Africa.
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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College NewsNucleus Rising: Pitzer and Scripps’ New Science Building
Pitzer and Scripps colleges expand opportunities and resources for students in the Department of Natural Sciences with The Nucleus building’s construction
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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Alumni AchievementsEarthwatch Award Supports Pitzer Alumna’s Caterpillar Research in Her Hometown in Thailand
Chanchanok Sudta ’18 will work with young students and continue her international ecological research that was first inspired at Pitzer’s Firestone Center for Restoration Ecology
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- Department of Natural Sciences