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Professor José Zapata Calderón Recognized as a Community Leader and Scholar

Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda L. Solis honored Pitzer College Professor Emeritus José Zapata Calderón during Hispanic Heritage Month for his decades of scholarship, activism, and community leadership.

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Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda ’96 Wins National Women’s Studies Association Book Prize

Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda's new book just won the National Women's Studies Association's Sarah A. Whaley Book Prize for 2021.

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A 100-Year Battle for Environmental Justice in Texas

In his new book, Char Miller ’75 tells the story of a historic flood that sparked a Latino environmental movement.

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Pitzer Lecturer Teresa Sabol Spezio quoted in The Washington Post article “In California oil spill, pipeline critics find a way to push Biden.”

"In California oil spill, pipeline critics find a way to push Biden" [paywall] —The Washington Post

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Teresa Spezio, visiting professor of environmental analysis, has op-ed about Huntington Beach oil spill published in the Los Angeles Times

"Op-Ed: The Huntington Beach oil spill is a once and future catastrophe" —Los Angeles Times, 10.05.21

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Professor of Sociology and Secular Studies Phil Zuckerman pens article for The Conversation about John Lennon’s ‘Imagine’ at 50

"‘Imagine’ at 50: Why John Lennon’s ode to humanism still resonates" —The Conversation, 09.13.21

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Professor Suyapa Portillo Villeda ’96 talks with Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! about the West Point grad convicted in murder of Honduran activist Berta Cáceres

"Glimmer of Hope in Honduras: Ex-Dam CEO & West Point Grad Convicted in Murder of Berta Cáceres" —Democracy Now!

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Associate Professor Suyapa Portillo ’96 featured on KPFA’s “Rising Up with Sonali” radio show about the Biden Administration’s recent stance on immigration at the southern border.

"Is The Biden Administration Trying To Have It Both Ways On Immigration?" —KPFA - Rising Up with Sonali

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Associate Professor of Chicano/a-Latino/a Transnational Studies Suyapa Portillo Villeda pens op-ed about root cause of Central American migration

"The Root Cause of Central American Migration Is US Imperialism" —Jacobin

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• Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs

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Bird Pairs Practice Mind-Control to Create Dovetailing Duets

Professor Melissa Coleman explores the neuroscience behind coordinated birdsong

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• Neuroscience

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• Department of Natural Sciences