Pitzer News

Academics, Ideas, Learning

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

Author Anna Malaika Tubbs visited Pitzer College on January 30 to discuss her book The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation.

Academics, Ideas, Learning

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
• Students

Organization

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

Academics, Ideas, Learning

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.

Organization

• Community Engagement Center (CEC)

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Professor Hanzhang Liu talks to Bloomberg News about China’s difficulty reopening after the pandemic

"China’s Covid Zero Scars Leave Citizens Fearful of Curbs” —Bloomberg News

News Topics

• Faculty

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Porras-Kim Explores the Practices and Ethics of Museum Collections in Upcoming Pepper Lecture

Bogotá-born conceptual artist Gala Porras-Kim visits Pitzer this month to discuss her work in relation to this important site, museum ethics, and collecting practices as this year’s Murray Pepper and Vicki Reynolds Pepper Distinguished Visiting Artist and Scholar.

Organization

• Pitzer College Art Galleries

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Pitzer’s First-Year Seminars Explore AI, Musical Theater, and Political Geometry

Sampling of classes for first-year seminars

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Professor Hanzhang Liu talks to The New York Times about China’s male leaders pushing women back to traditional gender roles

"China’s Male Leaders Signal to Women That Their Place Is in the Home" —The New York Times

News Topics

• Faculty

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Julia Haft-Candell’s “The Yet To Be” Explores the Infinite at Pitzer College Art Galleries

At Pitzer, visitors will encounter an installation of large-scale ceramic sculpture and other mixed media

Organization

• Pitzer College Art Galleries

Academics, Ideas, Learning

A Pitzer-CMC Delegation Visits the West Bank

A group of faculty and students from Pitzer College and Claremont McKenna College recently visited Birzeit University in the West Bank to learn more about Palestinian higher education institutions.

Academics, Ideas, Learning

Pitzer’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.

Organization

• Study Abroad and International Programs