http://www.pomona.edu/ Pomona College news headlines and campus events en-us http://www.pomona.edu/ http://www.pomona.edu/rss/pcrsslogo.gif 239 27 Pomona College news headlines and campus events. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/110909sarahhaskins.asp Comedian and commentator Sarah Haskins will examine the question and topic, “All Women Love Yogurt, Right? Gender Portrayals in Advertising,” in a talk on Wednesday, November 11 at 7 p.m., at Pomona College. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/110509daniellow.asp Daniel Low ’11 spent summer 2009 researching tuberculosis in Kenya, which has one of the world’s highest TB rates, with more than 130,000 new cases and 24,000 TB-related deaths reported annually. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/1010409kiplinger.shtml Pomona College has been named the “Best Value” among liberal arts colleges for the second year in a row by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/103009scottolivet.asp Businessman D. Scott Olivet, Executive Chairman of RED Digital Cinema and Chairman of Oakley, Inc., was elected to the Pomona College Board of Trustees earlier this month. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/103009cordeavide.asp The harpsichord and violin duo Corde à vide will perform music by J.S. Bach, Telemann, Couperin, Rameau and Pandolfi on Saturday, November 21, at Pomona College. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/home.shtml#michellemoran In her newest novel Cleopatra’s Daughter, Michelle Moran ’00 reconstructs a portrait of the orphaned children of Marc Anthony and the infamous Egyptian monarch. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/102309october2009events.asp Pomona College, one of the nation’s premier liberal arts colleges, is sponsoring the following on-campus events. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/Features/102209professorsonsabbatical.shtml Each year, several of our professors take sabbaticals for research projects, to write books, perform as visiting scholars or professors at other universities, and more. Here is a sample of what our professors are currently doing on their sabbatical leave. http://www.pomona.edu/Magazine/PCMFL09/home.shtml New Pomona College Magazine is live. The theme is "Play" wtih articles on video games as literature, Professor Mark Allen's Machine Project gallery, Sagehens' favorite toys and more. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/101909fulbrights.asp For the third year in a row, Pomona College topped all liberal arts colleges in the total number of Fulbrights awarded to its graduating class, with the Class of 2009 receiving 15 of the prestigious awards. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/Features/101509tennisupgradechallenge.shtml Planned upgrades for the Pauley Tennis Complex will allow students more practice and match time, lessening the need for excused absences from classes. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/Features/101409fringetheatreaward.shtml Under the direction of Camille Cettina ‘01, a group of young women from the Mulberry School took home top honors at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival this August. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/101309sontagresidencehall.asp Pomona College has received a gift of $7.5 million from Rick and Susan Sontag for a new residence hall being built to one of the highest levels of green building standards, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) gold. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/NewsItems/100709greenreportcard.asp Pomona College has been named one of the nation’s leaders in college campus sustainability policies and practices by the Sustainable Endowments Institute in its 2010 College Sustainability Report Card, released today. http://www.pomona.edu/events/news/Features/100109posterconference.shtml Each summer, several dozen students are afforded the opportunity to work on extensive research projects through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.