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Research

Professor José Z. Calderón Co-authors Paper on Intersectional Solidarity

Pitzer Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Chicano/a-Latino/a Studies José Z. Calderón recently co-authored an article that explores how movements predominately focused on one issue can coalesce across causes. The article, “Intersectional Organizing and Educational Justice Movements: Strategies for Cross-Movement Solidarities,” appeared in a special spring 2021 issue of The Assembly: A Journal for Public Scholarship on Education, published by the University of Colorado at Boulder’s School of Education.

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In the Media

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.

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• Faculty
• Politics

In the Media

Pitzer named one of the 10 most welcoming colleges by College Magazine

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• Education

In the Media

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

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Organization

• Chicanx/Latinx Student Affairs

Pitzer Achievements

Pitzer College Adopts Test-Blind Admission Policy

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• Education

Faculty Achievements

Bird Pairs Practice Mind-Control to Create Dovetailing Duets

Professor Melissa Coleman explores the neuroscience behind coordinated birdsong

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• Neuroscience
• Science

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• Department of Natural Sciences

Alumni Achievements

Short Stories from a Long Life

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Alumni Achievements

Devon Hartman ’77 Plans to (Solar) Power the Economy

Pitzer College alumnus Devon Hartman ’77 has launched CHERP Solar Works, the world’s first nonprofit solar panel assembly factory, based in Pomona, CA. The project aims to create hundreds of living-wage jobs, provide free solar power to low-income families, and rebuild U.S. solar manufacturing through a national network of community-based micro-factories. Founded by Hartman’s nonprofit CHERP Inc., this initiative unites climate action and economic opportunity, reflecting the lifelong values of activism and sustainability that began at Pitzer College.

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• Environmental Sustainability
• Technology

In the Media

NPR profiles Yusef Pierce ’21, first Inside-Out Pathway-to-BA Graduate on Morning Edition

Inside-Out-Pathway-to-BA graduate featured on NPR's Morning Edition.

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• Education
• Inside-Out-Pathway-to-BA

Organization

• Justice Education Center at the Claremont Colleges

Student Achievements

Pitzer College Students and Alumni Awarded 2021-22 Fulbright Fellowships

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• Education