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Summer Research on Campus Probes Local Indigenous Population Demise

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

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Pomona College Named a Top School for Financial Aid by The Princeton Review

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Haakon Pihlaja ’25 and Gabriel Schuhl ’25
Two Members of the Class of 2025 Head to Cambridge University as Downing Scholars
Monday, July 7, 2025
Every fall, two recent Pomona College graduates travel across the pond to the University of Cambridge as Downing Scholars. Starting in October, Haakon Pihlaja ’25 and Gabriel Schuhl ’25 will represent Pomona College in Cambridge for nine months. 
Big Bridges
Eighteen Pomona College Alumni Receive Fulbright Award
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Their disciplines range from biology to mathematics to linguistics to religious studies, and their participation in the Fulbright U.S. Student Program will take them abroad to study, conduct research or teach English.
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Seven Faculty Members Receive Wig Distinguished Professor Award
Monday, May 19, 2025
This year, five Pomona professors received their first Wig Award—an honor presented annually to faculty since 1955. The other two faculty members won previously. Students in their junior and senior years cast anonymous ballots for the prize. 
Daniel Ziblatt, Corey Brettschneider and Amanda Hollis-Brusky seated on stage in Rose Hills Theater at Pomona College
Alumni Experts on Democracy Share Views During Alumni Weekend
Friday, May 16, 2025
Corey Brettschneider '95 and Daniel Ziblatt '95 shared their views on “Understanding the Crisis of Democracy” on May 2 on the Pomona College campus during the College’s Alumni Weekend. They drew on research presented in their books on democracy.
Shark Mutulili ’25
Shark Mutulili ’25 Named a Rhodes Scholar
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Shark Mutulili, a public policy analysis major with a politics focus, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship. The Rhodes Scholarship is awarded to about 100 students each year, 32 from the United States and the rest from countries across the world.  
Students take a picture in front of Draper Center
Pomona Students Serve Communities in Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco During Spring Break
Thursday, April 17, 2025
This year, Draper Center staffers and student coordinators planned trips to Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco to serve and explore. Between the three groups, about two dozen students volunteered with organizations addressing pressing issues.
Chloe Kellison '23 and Joe Biden
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.
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. 
Professor Erica Dobbs outside on campus
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. 
Gabby Herzig smiles on the golf course.
The Athletic’s Gabby Herzig ’21 is a Rising Star in Golf Journalism
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Four years after graduating from Pomona College with a degree in politics, Gabby Herzig ’21 now covers golf as a staff writer at The Athletic—the sports vertical of The New York Times. “It was a dream come true to land this role,” she says.
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