Pitzer News

Faculty Achievements

New 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.

News Topics

• Faculty
• Gender & Feminist Studies
• Environmental Analysis
• Modern Languages, Literatures & Cultures
• Chicanx-Latinx Studies
• Biology
• Physics

Participant Magazine

New 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.

News Topics

• General News
• Science
• Biology
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mathematics
• Climate & Environment
• Environmental Analysis

Organization

• Department of Natural Sciences

Alumni Achievements

How to Become a Giant Panda Specialist

Pitzer alum Jana Biedenweg ’20 oversees the welfare of the first giant pandas to come to the U.S. in two decades, putting her passion for biology and wildlife conservation into practice.

News Topics

• Alumni
• Biology
• Sustainability

Faculty Achievements

Introducing New Faculty in Humanities and STEM at Pitzer

New professors start teaching and current faculty receive promotions in 2024–25

News Topics

• Faculty
• Economics
• Media Studies
• Biology
• Africana Studies
• Philosophy
• Mathematics
• Chemistry
• Environmental Analysis