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Three students — Meet Three Sagehens Playing Winter Sports at Pomona in 2025-26
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A selection of photos — Sagehens Shine in 2025: The Year that Was at Pomona
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Four members of the class of 2029 — Four New Students Reflect on Their First Semester at Pomona
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Chloe Kellison ’23 Gets Front-Row Seat to Government as President Biden’s Press Assistant

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Shortly after graduating, Chloe Kellison ’23 made her way into the West Wing, serving as a press assistant for President Joe Biden for 15 months.

Prof. Preston McBride Awarded NEH Fellowship to Finish Book on Native American Boarding Schools

Thursday, March 27, 2025

What started as Prof. Preston McBride’s dissertation on Native American boarding schools became a forthcoming monograph on an understudied part of the colonization of the continent.

Cherene Sherrard-Johnson and J Finley at the Benton Museum

Professors Curate New Show with Help From Their Students at the Benton Museum

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

“Black Ecologies in Contemporary American Art,” which opened last month and shows through June at the Benton Museum of Art, is the unique product of interdisciplinary collaboration at Pomona.

Exterior photo of Smith Campus Center on a sunny day

Graves Awards Support Transformative Teaching in the Humanities

Thursday, March 20, 2025

Pomona College and the American Council of Learned Societies are jointly facilitating the Graves Awards to enhance teaching in humanities-related disciplines by early-career professors.

Meet Three Sagehens Playing Spring Sports at Pomona

Thursday, March 20, 2025

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.

Isabel Ramos standing in a mountain environment

Isabel Ramos ’25 Is Named a Luce Scholar, Will Spend a Year in Asia

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Biology major Isabel Ramos ’25 will spend the year after her Pomona College graduation in Asia as a Luce Scholar, expanding her knowledge of ecology, conservation and sustainable agriculture while immersed in a new culture.

Pomona College Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Students

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

With 16 Fulbright U.S. students this academic year, Pomona tied at No. 2 with Amherst and Barnard Colleges among baccalaureate institutions nationwide.

Grant Will Support Politics Professor Erica Dobbs’ Research into Union Organizing in the American South

Monday, February 24, 2025

Erica Dobbs, assistant professor of politics at Pomona College, has received a grant of $48,036 from the Russell Sage Foundation to study the effectiveness of efforts to unionize workers in the South using the Justice for Janitors model.

Professor Gary Smith standing in front of a white wall with arms folded across chest.

Economics Professor Gary Smith Warns About AI Bubble

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Gary Smith, Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona College, hears the hype about AI and sees in the overheated stock prices a bubble in the making. He shares thoughts on how to recognize a bubble and not succumb to the Fear of Missing Out.

Mac Barnett on stage holding one of his picture books

Mac Barnett ’04 Named National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

During his two-year term, Mac Barnett ’04 will travel the country championing children’s picture books as a quintessential American art form. The New York Times best-selling author has sold more than five million copies and won myriad awards.

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