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Students and faculty in Mexico as part of Global Gateways — Pomona Students and Faculty Immerse Themselves in Mexico’s Economic History This Summer
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Joseph Osborn and students — Cartography 101: Students Spend Summer Mapping Video Game Worlds
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Students walk down College Avenue — ‘The Energy is Unmatched’: Pomona College Welcomes Class of 2029 on Move-In Day
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Pomona Students and Faculty Immerse Themselves in Mexico’s Economic History This Summer

Monday, August 25, 2025

Fernando Lozano, Morris B. And Gladys S. Pendleton Professor of Economics, and Karla Cordova, visiting assistant professor of economics, and 12 Pomona students traveled to Oaxaca and Mexico City for as part of Pomona’s third Global Gateways program.

Cartography 101: Students Spend Summer Mapping Video Game Worlds

Thursday, August 21, 2025

For their Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) project, three rising Pomona College seniors are determining whether it’s possible to not just map video games on the Nintendo Entertainment System, but any two-dimensional action game.

‘The Energy is Unmatched’: Pomona College Welcomes Class of 2029 on Move-In Day

Tuesday, August 19, 2025

Hundreds of new students moved into their respective dorm rooms Saturday with the help of dozens of residential advisors and Pomona staff members. In total, 423 first-year students, as well as 30 transfer students, are joining Pomona this fall.

Prof. Stephan Ramon Garcia on New Frontiers in Operators, Functions and Matrices

Thursday, August 14, 2025

Stephan Ramon Garcia, W.M. Keck Distinguished Service Professor and professor of mathematics, received a $285,236 grant from the National Science Foundation last month for a project that will fund many student researchers over the next several years.

Thomas Amory, Ross Pringle and Max Distaso kayaking near Redondo Beach, California

A Summer of Pelicans, Bullfrogs and Woodrats: Students Study Local Wildlife Diversity

Tuesday, August 5, 2025

Biology majors Thomas Amory ’27 and Max Distaso ’28 are spending their summer in search of radio-banded pelicans and studying American bullfrogs and two species of woodrat. They are among 241 students in the Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

Head and shoulders photos of Evelyn Nussenbaum and Paul Ghaffari

Pomona College Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members

Thursday, July 24, 2025

The Pomona College Board of Trustees has elected investment company founder Paul Ghaffari ’80 and journalist and healthcare advocate Evelyn Nussenbaum ’84 as new members of the 31-member board. Their four-year term began July 1.

Chloe Marple ’26 and Sage Santomenna ’26 Awarded Goldwater Scholarship

Tuesday, July 22, 2025

The two rising Pomona College seniors were among the 441 college students recognized by the Goldwater Foundation for their exceptional promise of becoming research leaders in the fields of natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.

Summer Research on Campus Probes Local Indigenous Population Demise

Friday, July 18, 2025

What led to the demise of indigenous people that once inhabited the land around Pomona College? Gabriel Dalton ’25 wants to challenge the conventional theory that smallpox epidemics in the late 1800s wiped them out.

Prof. Jessica Stern holding her book Beyond Difficult

Prof. Jessica Stern’s New Book Helps Readers Deal with Difficult People

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Last month, Jessica Stern ’12 published Beyond difficult: An attachment-based guide to dealing with challenging people. Stern discusses why she wrote the book and how she hopes the content will help readers.

International Communications Strategist Eric Abelev to Join Pomona as Chief Communications Officer

Monday, July 14, 2025

Pomona College has named Eric Abelev, a seasoned leader with extensive experience in higher education and global communications, as the College’s new Chief Communications Officer (CCO). He will assume the role effective July 23, 2025.

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