Pitzer News

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
• Science

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)

Alumni Achievements

2024 Pomona-Pitzer Hall of Fame Honors Pitzer Athletes

News Topics

• Athletics

Organization

• Sagehen Athletics

Pitzer Achievements

Pitzer Honored With Carnegie Classification for Its Commitment to Community Engagement 

Pitzer College has been chosen as a recipient of a 2024 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement.

News Topics

• Awards
• Community Engagement

Organization

• Critical Action + Social Advocacy (CASA)
• Community Engagement Center (CEC)
• Justice Education Center at the Claremont Colleges
• Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability

In the Media

Michael Griggs ’21, a formerly incarcerated New Resources Program graduate, talks to the Los Angeles Times about a new housing law to help Californians with criminal records

News Topics

• Alumni
• General News