Professor Tessa Solomon-Lane Awarded CAREER Grant by National Science Foundation

Tessa Solomon-Lane sits in front of a microscope in a laboratory while smiling at the camera. She has long dark blond hair pulled back and wears a blue lab coat.

Claremont, Calif. — Jan. 22, 2024 —Assistant Professor of Neuroscience Tessa Solomon-Lane has been awarded a $929,414 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) grant by the National Science Foundation, an independent governmental agency that supports research and education in science and engineering. The prestigious CAREER Program supports early-career faculty in leading advances in their fields and [Read More...]

January 22, 2024

Press Releases

Responding to the Media

Claremont, Calif. — Jan. 18, 2024 —Earlier this month, a Los Angeles Times article about Early Decision (ED) admissions in higher education reported inaccurately on Pitzer’s ED admissions, erroneously claiming that seventy-nine percent of Pitzer’s admitted students came through ED in 2020. I write to explain this error and provide the correct information, as well as some additional [Read More...]

January 19, 2024

Press Releases | Spotlights

Pitzer Marks 25 Years of Social Responsibility in Action

Jessica J. Chairez '13, Jack Contreras '22, Tricia Morgan '08, and Crystal Rodriguez '23 wear all black and stand side by side on a balcony overlooking Pitzer's campus.

For Pitzer students, social responsibility isn’t just an idea found inside a book—it lives in community gardens, warehouses, classrooms, on street corners, and beyond. Pitzer’s Community Engagement Center (CEC) has helped make this work possible since its establishment in 1999. “We’re supporting the innovation, ideas, passions, and justice issues arising in our community partners by [Read More...]

January 19, 2024

Press Releases | Sagehen Athletics

2024 Pomona-Pitzer Hall of Fame Honors Pitzer Athletes

Claremont, Calif. — Jan. 16, 2024 — The Pomona-Pitzer Athletic Hall of Fame will induct nine individuals on April 25, 2024. Pitzer College honorees include: Jake Caron ’11 for football, James R. Kang ’10 for baseball, David Colvin ’11 for baseball, and Tamara Perea ’11 for women’s water polo. The ceremony will be held April 25 [Read More...]

January 16, 2024

Press Releases

Pitzer Honored With Carnegie Classification for Its Commitment to Community Engagement

Claremont, Calif. — Jan. 11, 2024 — Pitzer College has been chosen as a recipient of a 2024 Carnegie Elective Classification for Community Engagement. Pitzer is among 368 institutions across the country holding this designation, which acknowledges a deep commitment to community engagement and to effectively collaborating with community partners in substantial and impactful ways. [Read More...]

January 11, 2024

In the News

Michael Griggs sits on a grass hill with part of large CSUSB letter signs in the background. Griggs has a short black beard and wears a baseball cap, gray and white sweatshirt, and blue jeans.

Michael Griggs ’21, a formerly incarcerated New Resources Program graduate, talks to the Los Angeles Times about a new housing law to help Californians with criminal records

"New law has Californians with criminal records ‘quite hopeful’ they’ll finally find housing"
Los Angeles Times, 12.27.23

In the News

In a Los Angeles Times op-ed, Professor Susan Phillips exposes Amazon’s corporate manipulation tactics in the Inland Empire warehouse takeover

"Opinion: Amazon’s takeover of the Inland Empire is a textbook case of corporate manipulation"
Los Angeles Times, 12.18.23

Press Releases | Spotlights

Arts Council Fellow Micah Huang ’13 to Continue His Sonic Exploration of Injustice at Los Angeles Festival

Micah Huang has long black hair in a braid and wraps red tulle fabric around his shoulders while looking intensely at the camera. Huang is wearing a black shirt and jeans and stands against a dark gray background.

Micah Huang’s ’13 work as a composer, musician, and sound artist exposes social injustices as well as explores music’s ability to heal and transform. As a Fulbright fellow, Huang visited Hungary to work alongside the marginalized Roma people to amplify and help preserve their musical traditions. Two of his recent pieces, Blood on Gold Mountain, [Read More...]

December 13, 2023

In the News

Hanzhang Liu has short straight black hair and wears a collared brownish red shirt with white dots.

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, 12.06.23

Press Releases | Spotlights

Filmmaker and MOR Fellow Daisy Okazaki ’25 Explores Asian American Identity

Daisy Okazaki has wavy black hair pulled back and wears hoop earrings and a gray T-shirt. Okazaki stands in front of a stone wall with a tree behind it.

Since childhood, Daisy Okazaki ’25 has told stories informed by their experience as an Asian American. After learning watercolor painting from their father, Okazaki depicted the two of them as Kiki and Jiji from Kiki’s Delivery Service as a Father’s Day card. In high school Okazaki wrote and illustrated a memoir about grappling with their [Read More...]

December 5, 2023