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Pomona College Board of Trustees Elects Two New Members

Thursday, July 24, 2025

The Pomona College Board of Trustees has elected investment company founder Paul Ghaffari ’80 and journalist and healthcare advocate Evelyn Nussenbaum ’84 as new members of the 31-member board. Their four-year term began July 1.

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

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Last month, Jessica Stern ’12 published Beyond difficult: An attachment-based guide to dealing with challenging people. Stern discusses why she wrote the book and how she hopes the content will help readers.

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.

JC Ng ’25 Eyes Pro Career as Major League Baseball Draft Approaches

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

The 2025 MLB Draft is scheduled for July 13-14, and as front office executives across baseball decide which players to draft, JC Ng '25 will be waiting to see if his body of work at Pomona earns him a chance to continue his playing career.

In class with Professor of History Sam Yamashita

Seven Pomona College Students Recognized by Asian Studies Program

Friday, June 27, 2025

The Asian Studies program has recognized seven Pomona College students for academic excellence this spring. Thanks to an anonymous gift, the program introduced six student prize awards to complement the Chanya (Butt) Charles ’90 Senior Thesis Prize.

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.

Tori Agostini ’20 Receives Schwarzman Scholarship

Monday, June 16, 2025

Tori Agostini '20, an international relations major, has lived in Denmark the past three years while working for the freight forwarder Flexport. She was one of 150 Schwarzman Scholars chosen from nearly 5,000 applicants.

New Season of Sagecast Delves into “What’s Next?”

Thursday, June 5, 2025

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.

Prof. Jo Hardin in a classroom setting with a student.

Jo Hardin Named to Endowed Professorship

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

Johanna S. Hardin has been named the Hardison Chair of Analytical Thinking at Pomona College by vote of the College’s Board of Trustees on May 16. She joined the College in 2002 as an assistant professor of mathematics and statistics.

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.

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