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Academics, Ideas, Learning
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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Faculty ExcellenceAssociate 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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College NewsPitzer named one of the 10 most welcoming colleges by College Magazine
"Top 10 Most Welcoming Remote and In-Person Universities" —College Magazine
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Faculty ExcellenceAssociate 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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College NewsPitzer College Adopts Test-Blind Admission Policy
SAT and ACT scores will be entirely eliminated from the admission review process for Pitzer’s fall 2022 admission cycle.
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Faculty ExcellenceBird Pairs Practice Mind-Control to Create Dovetailing Duets
Professor Melissa Coleman explores the neuroscience behind coordinated birdsong
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- Department of Natural Sciences
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Access, Affordability, and OutcomesDevon 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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Access, Affordability, and OutcomesNPR 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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- Justice Education Center at the Claremont Colleges
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Access, Affordability, and OutcomesPitzer College Students and Alumni Awarded 2021-22 Fulbright Fellowships
Seven Pitzer College seniors and alumni have been offered 2021-22 Fulbright Fellowships this year.
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- Office of Fellowships