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Beliz Aluc ’23, Serenat Arpat ’25 and Ulas Ayyilmaz ’24 created a fundraiser on GoFundMe to aid victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6.

Sara Sadhwani, assistant professor of politics, will be part of a team of researchers that will develop proposals for better governance for the City of Los Angeles. Sadhwani specializes in American politics and race and ethnic politics. 

Through the Women in Security program, now in its second year, students at Pomona College can learn firsthand about the experiences of women who are in the midst of advancing their careers in security-related fields.

Joseph C. Osborn was awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant for $146,605 by the NEH. The award will fund the development of software tools supporting scholarship and citation of interactive software.

Pomona College has been named one of the top producers of U.S. Fulbright students for 2022-23 among baccalaureate institutions, as reported by The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Sara Garza Gonzalez ’25 and Valentina Liberman ’25 were selected by Pomona College and Projects for Peace to receive $10,000 to develop entrepreneurship skills for mothers from the Kuna community in Panama last summer.

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.

A math conference at Pomona will strengthen the mathematical research community and honor the contributions of Professor Edray Goins.

Civil rights lawyer Sherrilyn Ifill and Hall of Fame swimmer Penny Lee Dean ’77 will address the Class of 2023 graduates at Pomona College’s commencement on May 14.

Dylan McCuskey ’23, a physics major and an English minor, is preparing to publish an English paper in a literary journal employing a theoretical physics analogy.