Participant – Fall 2023
Volume 56 | Issue 1

Read the StoryPresident Strom C. Thacker is ready to meet the challenges and opportunities that he sees ahead for Pitzer College
Features
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A Childhood Waiting for the Apocalypse
Michelle Dowd ’90 presents an unexpected coming-of-age story in her acclaimed new memoir Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult
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Redefining Athletics and Science Excellence
The Center for Athletics, Recreation, and Wellness and The Nucleus science building will transform the Pitzer experience for many students
Read the StoryNews Briefs & Updates

Going Strong 25 Years Later
This summer marked a milestone for one of Pitzer’s leading study abroad offerings

Cecil in Demand
Lucy Conover ’23 turned her Pitzer crochet into a social media sensation


Online Exclusives
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Crisis, Conflicts, and Transformations
New and recent books from Pitzer alumni and faculty offer timely considerations of secularism, racism, climate change, dystopian worlds, and more
Commentary

Building Multi-Racial Unity Through Economic Models Targeting Historical Inequities
Excerpted from La Nueva Voz
by José Z. Calderón, Emeritus Professor
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Speaking Kazakh: How Putin’s Attack Woke Me to My Own Identity
Excerpted from OnlySky
By Azamat Junisbai, Professor
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