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  1. Pitzer molecular biology alumnus Juan Santos
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    Pitzer Student Juan Santos ’23 Becomes Stanford Summer Research Program-Amgen Scholar

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    Pitzer student Juan Santos ’23 has been chosen as a Stanford Summer Research Program (SSRP)-Amgen scholar for an eight-week, research-intensive residential program at Stanford University

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    • Office of Fellowships
    • Department of Natural Sciences
  2. Science Building
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    Building the Science of Tomorrow

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    Pitzer College Trustee Jonathan Graham ’82 makes major gift to science expansion project

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    • Board of Trustees
    • Department of Natural Sciences
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    Keck Science and USGS Find Native Plants Recovering in the “Galapagos of California”

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    The Keck Science Department and the U.S. Geological Survey is reporting signs of a comeback among native plants on one of the Channel Islands off the California coast

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    • Department of Natural Sciences
  4. Close-up of Benjamin Sievers, who has straight short dark hair and wears glasses and a navy blazer over a white shirt.
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    Pitzer Senior Benjamin Sievers ’22 Publishes Original Research on Omicron Variant

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    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

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    • Department of Natural Sciences
  5. Hunter Lovins
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    Pitzer Alumna Hunter Lovins ’72 Helps Create First Certified Carbon Neutral Fund in U.S.

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    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.

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    • Department of Natural Sciences
  6. Neurons in the primary olfactory cortex create an odor-spatial map. Credit: Diogo Matias, Champalimaud Foundation
    Academics, Ideas, Learning

    The Neuroscience of Following Your Nose

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    Keck Professor Gautam Agarwal’s Nature article reveals how part of the brain draws on sense of smell to create spatial maps.

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    • Department of Natural Sciences
  7. An outdoor Pitzer College orange sign surrounded by cherry blossoms
    Faculty Excellence

    Bird Pairs Practice Mind-Control to Create Dovetailing Duets

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    Professor Melissa Coleman explores the neuroscience behind coordinated birdsong

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    • Department of Natural Sciences