Pitzer News

Alumni Achievements

Beihua Guo ’21 Unearths L.A. Aqueduct’s Dark History Through Photography

Photographer and Pitzer alum Beihua Guo ’21 has received $5,000 as a finalist for The Aftermath Project’s 1492/1619 American Aftermaths grant.

News Topics

• Arts & Culture
• Alumni

Pitzer Achievements

Pitzer College Named Top Fulbright Producer in 2023–24

Pitzer College has been chosen as one of the top producers of students for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program in 2023–24

News Topics

• Awards

College Statement

College statement: Student Senate resolution on University of Haifa Study Abroad Program

In the Media

Professor Susan Phillips talks to the Washington Post about the significance of the graffitied skyscraper in Los Angeles

News Topics

• Arts & Culture

Events

How Do We Talk About Israel and Palestine?

President Strom C. Thacker moderated a conversation between Salam Al-Marayati and Daniel Sokatch, who have collaborated at other events on dialogues about Palestine and Israel.

Organization

• Presidential Initiative for Constructive Dialogue

Events

Anna Malaika Tubbs Discusses ‘Three Mothers’ of Civil Rights at Pitzer

News Topics

• Books

Organization

• Melvin L. Oliver Initiative
• Presidential Initiative for Constructive Dialogue

Student Achievements

A Mathematics Village Transforms Pitzer Students’ Approach to STEM

Pitzer students Caro Harwell ’24 and Charlotte Richards ’25 found an oasis of mathematics in Selçuk, Turkey.

News Topics

• Mathematics
• STEM
• Academics
• Students

Organization

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

Pitzer Achievements

Pitzer Breaks Fundraising Record During the Season of Giving

—Pitzer closed 2023 with a record-setting Season of Giving campaign that far exceeded previous years.

News Topics

• Fundraising & Giving

Organization

• Advancement

Faculty Achievements

Professor 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.

News Topics

• Awards
• Neuroscience
• Faculty Distinctions

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

Pitzer Achievements

Pitzer Marks 25 Years of Social Responsibility in Action

Pitzer College's Community Engagement Center celebrates 25 years of putting social responsibility in action — and its director talks about how the CEC plans to carry on its work over the next 25 years and beyond.

News Topics

• Community Engagement

Organization

• Community Engagement Center (CEC)