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Student AchievementsPitzer’s Newman Civic Fellow Advocates for Community Health
Rising civic leader and Pitzer student Oswaldo Romero Vasquez ’27 strives to make a difference in public health, social justice, and education.
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- Office of the President
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Alumni AchievementsAlumni With Passions for Health and Educational Equity Named 2024 Alumni Award Recipients
Pitzer College announces the selection of Susan Warren ’78 P’01 as the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and Cesar Vargas Nuñez ’14 as the 2024 Young Alumni Achievement Award recipient.
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Faculty AchievementsPitzer Professor Expands Mental Healthcare Globally With Friendship Bench Zimbabwe
Rodriguez and his students have led virtual trainings for Friendship Bench Zimbabwe’s lay health workers to integrate dialectical behavior therapy and crisis response strategies into their practices
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College NewsPitzer’s Costa Rica Summer Health Program Celebrates 25 Years
A strong combination makes this program special: the home stay, intensive Spanish, hands-on internships, and raising questions of social justice and environmental health. It’s all part of Pitzer’s mission and ICADS’ mission.
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- Study Abroad and International Programs
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In the Media
On NBC News, Professor Kathy Yep discusses ballroom dancing as a therapeutic, creative outlet for Asian immigrants
Professor Kathy Yep on countless Asian immigrants who’ve regarded ballroom dance as a sort of creative sanctuary and are now shaken by the two shootings that shook California dance halls.
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In the MediaProfessor Hanzhang Liu on Chinese masses taking Covid fight into own hands
Chinese citizens turn to grassroots groups and companies for medical help.
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Alumni AchievementsPitzer Alumni’s Research Culminates in an Herbal Recipes Book
Research by alumni has culminated in an herbal remedies book with The Hive, Animals Asia, and the Traditional Medical Association of Vietnam. This book presents an alternative to bear bile farming that is harming bears.
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In the MediaStudents Engage in International, Justice-Oriented Psychology Research
Discover a lab at Pitzer with an active, globally-minded approach to make mental health care more accessible.
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- Gold Student Health and Wellness Center
- Fletcher Jones Language and Cultures Resource Center