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Pomona College Faculty Recognized for Excellence in Teaching, Service

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Will U.S. Foreign Policy Play a Decisive Role in the Fall Presidential Election?

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Physics Students, Alumni and Faculty Journey to Path of Totality

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Mackenzie Grieman ’09 Traveled to Edge of the World Along Winding Career Path
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
In 2018, Pomona College alumna Mackenzie Grieman '09 spent weeks living in a tent in Antarctica for postdoctoral research. Six years later, she's an associate editor at Springer Nature Group, the global publisher of scientific research.
Julia Foote '18, Samantha Little '20, Sal Daddario '18 and Aseal Birir '18 at Harvard Medical School outdoors with flowers in background
Sagehens Continue Journey into Medicine at Harvard Medical School Together
Thursday, January 25, 2024
A group of Sagehens are continuing their shared journey in Boston as Harvard Medical School students. Another has already graduated and is doing a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard teaching hospital.
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At 90, Civil Rights Pioneer Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 Donates Archival Collection to Inspire New Generations
Thursday, February 9, 2023

Civil rights pioneer Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 has donated her archival collection to her alma mater Pomona College to inspire future generations of leaders and activists.

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Alex Zylstra ’09 Is Part of Team that Achieves Breakthrough in Fusion Energy
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

In a major breakthrough 60 years in the making that could someday lead to unlimited clean energy, scientists at the National Ignition Facility achieved fusion ignition on Dec. 5. Alex Zylstra ’09 was the principal experimentalist.

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Jason Torres-Rangel ’03 Named Nominee for 2023 National Teacher of the Year
Monday, December 12, 2022

Jason Torres-Rangel ’03 was named the California Teacher of the Year in October and is the nominee for the 2023 National Teacher of the Year competition.

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Florence and Paul Eckstein '62 Pledge $1.2 Million to Support Refugee Students
Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Pomona College Trustee and alumnus Paul Eckstein and his wife, Florence, have pledged $1.2 million to establish a permanently endowed scholarship fund to support refugee students. It will honor Paul’s parents, Liese and Albert Eckstein.

New members of the Pomona College Board of Trustees John Gingrich, Wei Hopeman and Jim Valone
Three New Members Join the Pomona College Board of Trustees
Tuesday, July 5, 2022

Pomona College announces the election of three alumni to be members of its Board of Trustees. They are John Gingrich '91, Wei Hopeman '92 and Jim Valone '85.

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Rose Portillo ’75 and Jasmine Reed ’12 Make Movie Magic for Disney’s Encanto
Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Lecturer Rose Portillo ’75 voiced a character in the award-winning film Encanto and Jasmine Reed ’12 worked on the production side to make the animated film about a Colombian family with magical powers come alive on screen. 

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Q&A: Novelist Tom Lin '18 and His New Take on the Old West
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Tom Lin ’18 is too old to be called a child prodigy. But he’s young enough that the attention and praise he has received for his first novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, is extraordinary.
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Gator Halpern ’12 Awarded Royal Foundation’s Inaugural Earthshot Prize
Tuesday, October 19, 2021

Pomona College alumnus and Coral Vita president and co-founder Gator Halpern ’12, is one of the inaugural recipients of the Earthshot Prize, a global prize for the environment awarded by the Royal Foundation. 

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