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.
The new season of Sagecast, the podcast of Pomona College, recently launched with the theme “What’s Next?” Each episode features a conversation between a Pomona professor and an alumnus or alumna who shares their field of interest and expertise.
The Pomona College Department of Physics and Astronomy is administering a $50,000 conference grant from the National Science Foundation. It will support the 23nd annual symposium of NSF’s Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship program.
Francisco Mercado, a post-doctoral research fellow at Pomona College, and Jorge Moreno, associate professor of physics and astronomy, published a paper on April 16 in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Three Pomona College students did research this summer in the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York City, thanks to the efforts of Jorge Moreno, assistant professor of physics and astronomy.
The NSF fellowship will provide Pomona students and alumni with an annual $37,000 stipend and $12,000 cost of education allowance for three years over a five-year fellowship period.
