Chemistry News

Seven members of the Class of 2025 were awarded the Rena Gurley Archibald High Scholarship Prize at Commencement on May 18. The prize is given to seniors drawn from the list of students with perfect GPAs.

Michell Mamombe ’27 has first-hand knowledge of hurdles girls in her hometown of Gweru, Zimbabwe, face to realize their potential and seeks to remove some of those obstacles starting this summer.

A fellowship from the Thomas J. Watson Foundation will make it possible for Nadiya Muhammad '25 to spend a year studying how midwifery and herbal-based medicine are practiced in the African diaspora in several countries.

The athletic calendar ramps up as the school year winds down, with new seasons for baseball and softball, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, and women’s water polo.

Pomona College has received a $1 million scholarship gift from alumnus David Sklar ’83 and his wife Susan Acevedo. 

Tymmaa Asaed ’25 works closely with both Elizabeth Glater, professor of neuroscience, and Chuck Taylor, professor of chemistry, who have been teaming up for about a decade.

Daniel Gao ’25 and Ava Spiegler ’26 are the Beckman Scholars at Pomona College for 2024-2025.

This year, 195 Pomona College students have received a total of just over $1 million in grant funding through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

The Los Angeles Times was the latest outlet to feature Yannai Kashtan ’20, whose research at Stanford University and comments have been published by such organizations as CNN, Newsweek and The Guardian.

Daniel Gao ’25, a molecular biology major, has been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, given to sophomores and juniors who show exceptional promise of becoming research leaders in science, engineering and mathematics.