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Pomona College campus — 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
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JC Ng ’25 Eyes Pro Career as Major League Baseball Draft Approaches
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Six Personas Emerge from New Research on Twitter Users in Environmental Messaging

Thursday, June 9, 2022

Environmental advocacy organizations now have new tools to help them motivate their constituencies, thanks to groundbreaking research on Twitter use in 14 countries that identified six distinct personas.

Seven Faculty Members Receive Wig Distinguished Professor Award

Monday, May 16, 2022

The 2022 Wig Distinguished Professor awards were announced May 15 at the first in-person Pomona College Commencement in three years.

Leo Estrada '16 in Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area

New Research Looks at How Wildfires Impact Soil Bacteria

Monday, April 25, 2022

Research found that wildfire did not have a significant impact on soil bacteria communities in sites sampled in the Santa Monica Mountain National Recreation Area before and after the 2018 Woolsey Fire.

Alexandra Turvey '24 Has Her Sights on NCAA Swimming Championships and a Medical Career

Tuesday, March 15, 2022

Among the 21 Sagehens who qualified for the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships March 16-19 is Alexandra Turvey '24, who aspires to become a physician-scientist.

With Field Guide to Whales, Andreah Pierre ’22 Combines Biology and Art

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Andreah Pierre '22, a biology major and Doris Duke Conservation Scholar, created illustrated field guides to whales and other marine mammals as an intern at the Whale Museum in the San Juan Islands.

Pomona Students Making a Difference in Local and Global Communities

Pomona Students Making a Difference on Campus and Beyond

Wednesday, March 9, 2022

Here are three students who exemplify what it means to find self-realization through programs and projects designed to improve the lives of others within and beyond the College gates.

Professor Daniel Martínez talks in class with a student holding a laptop computer.

Research Sheds New Light on Stability of Gene Order in Chromosomes Across Animal Kingdom

Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Animal chromosomes have been shuffling for at least 700 million years, but when you look at them today, the same genes appear on the same groups of genes in chromosomes in all animals.

Sofia Dartnell ’22 Receives Prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Sofia Dartnell '22 has won a prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship and will pursue a Ph.D. in zoology this fall at the University of Cambridge. Her field of interest is land modification to promote bee diversity.

laura hoopes portrair, former dean of the College

In Memoriam: Former Dean of the College and Emerita Professor of Biology Laura Mays Hoopes

Friday, October 29, 2021

Laura Mays Hoopes, Halstead-Bent Emerita Professor of Biology, has passed away. She served as Pomona College’s vice president for academic affairs and dean of the College from 1993 to 1998.

Pomona Faculty and Staff Earn Numerous Grants and Awards in 2020-21 Academic Year

Thursday, September 2, 2021

During the 2020–21 academic year, Pomona faculty and staff members secured numerous grants and awards which support faculty research and institutional priorities in support of Pomona College’s educational mission.

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