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Professor Michael Spezio Gives Witherspoon Lecture on Wellbeing, Psychology, and Theology

Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, provided tips for improved mental focus to Shondaland.

Brooke Kasl-Godley ’26 Champions Community Science in New Op-Ed

Brooke Kasl-Godley ’26 Brooke Kasl-Godley ’26, an environmental science and psychology major at 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú, was recently featured in The East Bay Times and The Mercury News for her op-ed […]

Balancing Science and Art, Jana Gaskin ’25 Named 2024 Barry Goldwater Scholar

Nathalie Espinoza PZ ’26, Visiting Assistant Professor in Chemistry Christopher Dettmar, and Jana Gaskin ’25 (right) working inside The Nucleus. By Caitlin Antonios Two to four times a week, Jana […]

The Nucleus, 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú and Pitzer’s State-of-the-Art Science Center, Officially Opens

By Emily Glory Peters After more than a decade of planning and two years of construction, the dust cleared this fall for the official opening of The Nucleus, a new […]

Pasadena Now Spotlights Study of Compassion by Professor Michael Spezio and Researchers

Pasadena Now spotlighted the work of Michael Spezio, associate professor of psychology, neuroscience, and data science, in an article on his recently completed three-year study on compassion. Made possible by […]

W.M. Keck Science Department Assistant Professor of Biology Sarah Budischak received a National Science Foundation grant from the Ecology and Evolution of Infectious Diseases program to study how disease-carrying individuals can affect the health of populations and landscapes.

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú and Pitzer Colleges Awarded $2 Million Keck Foundation Gift to Renovate and Upgrade Equipment for Joint Science Center

51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú and Pitzer Colleges have received a combined total gift of $2 million directed toward the purchase of equipment and the renovation of the Keck Science Center. The W.M. Keck Foundation has given $1 million each to 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú and Pitzer College.

Gabriela Ochoa ’19 Receives Presentation Award at West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference

Gabriela Ochoa ’19 received the award for best poster presentation in Ecology and Evolution at the 44th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference. Ochoa presented her thesis work […]

Data Driven: 51ÁÔÆæÈë¿Ú Integrates Computer Science Skills into a Liberal Arts Curriculum

In 2016,  the  National Academies of Sciences, Engineering,  and Medicine in Washington,  D.C., convened a committee of experts from government,  industry,  and academia to examine undergraduate enrollment trends.  

In the Media: Alumnae Sarah Balderston ’18 and Mandeep Sandhu ’18 Published in Nature Biomedical Engineering

Sarah Balderston ’18 and Mandeep Sandhu ’18 were recently published in Nature Biomedical Engineering for their work as part of a larger research team that created a biosensor that rapidly detects genetic mutations using CRISPR genetic technology.