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A $1.6 million award from the National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will allow Wallace Meyer and his collaborators to identify solutions to keep species of Hawaiian land snails alive.

Is there a connection between the way data is used and the erosion of trust in science? What can be done to combat disinformation? In his new book, Distrust, Prof. Gary Smith shares insights and strategies on an important topic in today’s world.

Jerome J. Rinkus, a professor of Russian language and literature at Pomona College for three decades, has died. 

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.

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

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.

Students enrolled in a class titled Introduction to Human-Centered Design had an opportunity not only to share their group projects with their classmates, but also with staff from KPCC, Southern California’s largest public radio station.