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Faculty AchievementsNew Faculty in the Humanities and STEM Keep Their Eyes on Timely Issues
Pitzer College welcomes six tenure-track faculty for the 2025-26 academic year; the College also celebrates the promotion of several current faculty.
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Student AchievementsPitzer Announces Selection of 18 Recipients of 2025 Fulbright Awards
Pitzer students and alumni have delivered another impressive result in this year’s awards, which will enable them to teach English, continue their studies, and pursue research projects around the world.
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Student AchievementsTwo Pitzer Students Promote Environmental Education With Projects for Peace Award
2025 Projects for Peace awardees Sammy Basa ’25 and Zhané Moledina ’25 are creating a community-led education project to preserve Sibuyan Island, a beacon of biodiversity in the Philippines.
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- Climate & Environment
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The Participant MagazineNew Participant Issue Experiments in Scientific Curiosity
From cracking the codes of life to the biology of making a difference, the spring 2025 magazine showcases the Pitzer science experience and the opening of an exciting new facility, Nucleus West.
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Student Achievements2025 Napier Award & Critical Language Scholarship Winner Natasha Yen ’25 Has South Africa and Indonesia in Her Sights
Pitzer student Natasha Yen ’25 is helping youth leaders in South Africa and learning the Bahasa Indonesian language with support from the 2025 Napier Award and Critical Language Scholarship.
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Student AchievementsGaither Fellow Sia Were ’25 Takes Her Environmental Advocacy International
Pitzer student Sia Were ’25 plans to apply her environmental analysis major and community engagement experience to the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Gaither Fellowship.
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In the MediaProfessor Michael McCarthy Talks Warehouses With LA Times
In the Los Angeles Times, Pitzer’s Visiting Environmental Analysis Professor Michael McCarthy shares doubts about the warehouse industry in the Inland Empire economy.
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Faculty AchievementsIntroducing New Faculty in Humanities and STEM at Pitzer
New professors start teaching and current faculty receive promotions in 2024–25
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Alumni AchievementsKai Bidell ’20: Saving the Planet Through Impact Investing
Combining environmentalism, economics, and social justice to fight greenwashing and climate change
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Alumni AchievementsPitzer Alumna Saves the Planet One Grocery Store at a Time
Pitzer College alumna Lily Simon ’15 made food and climate change the heart of her work
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