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Pomona Internship Leads Elena Shih ’04 to Career Focus on Human Trafficking

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James Solomon ’06 Wins Mayoral Election in New Jersey’s Second-Largest City

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Kristine Cho

Decoding Decisions: Kristine Cho ’21 Brings Behavioral Insights Back to Pomona

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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. 
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Pomona Students Broaden Their Worldviews in Exchange Program with Japanese Students
Monday, May 12, 2025
Students enrolled in the Trans-Pacific Japan: Love & Money course this semester didn’t just learn in the classroom. Rather, they traveled to Japan and in turn welcomed Japanese students to Claremont as part of the Tomodachi Inouye Scholars Program.
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Summer Research: Math, Music, the Adolescent Brain and More
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
This year, 195 Pomona College students have received a total of just over $1 million in grant funding through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. It provides an opportunity to get hands-on, practical experience while still in college. 
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Htet Wai Yan ’24 Co-Founds School in His Native Myanmar and Will Join Morgan Stanley
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Htet Wai Yan '24 was stationed in his native Myanmar during Pomona College's remote 2020-21 school year. There, as a first-year student, he navigated a 13-hour time difference and a military coup to keep up with his studies.
2023 Fulbright awardees
Meet Pomona’s 2023 Fulbright Awardees
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Fifteen recent Pomona College graduates have received Fulbright grants for the 2023-2024 award cycle. 
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Eleven Pomona College Students and Alumni Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
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.
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Pomona College Welcomes New Faculty Members
Thursday, September 29, 2022
Pomona College welcomes eight new faculty to tenure-track and tenured positions this fall.
Kirby Lam SURP
Kirby Lam ’23 and Saomai Nguyen ’23: Summer Suitemates and Researchers in Asian American Studies
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
This summer Kirby Lam ’23 and Saomai Nguyen ’23 are living on campus while conducting research as part of SURP.
2022 Fulbright winners
Recent Pomona Graduates Awarded Fulbrights
Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Eight recent Pomona College graduates were awarded Fulbright Fellowships this spring.
Ho Chi Minh City
Q&A: Prof. Hung Cam Thai on COVID-19 and Remittances in Vietnam
Monday, November 8, 2021
Prof. Hung Cam Thai looks at Vietnam and tells us more about what’s been happening in that country during the pandemic with remittances—money sent by immigrants to their country of origin to assist friends and family members.
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