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Portrait of Tori Agostini — Tori Agostini ’20 Receives Schwarzman Scholarship
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7 winners of Rena Archibald prize — Seven Graduating Seniors Awarded Rena Gurley High Scholarship Prize
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Michell Mamombe ’27 Launches Program to Empower Zimbabwean Girls
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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. Preston McBride Awarded NEH Fellowship to Finish Book on Native American Boarding Schools

Thursday, March 27, 2025

What started as Prof. Preston McBride’s dissertation on Native American boarding schools became a forthcoming monograph on an understudied part of the colonization of the continent.

Meet Three Sagehens Playing Spring Sports at Pomona

Thursday, March 20, 2025

The athletic calendar ramps up as the school year winds down, with new seasons for baseball and softball, men’s and women’s golf, women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s tennis, men’s and women’s track and field, and women’s water polo.

Stanley Quad showing Mason and Crookshank Buildings

In Memoriam: Emerita Professor Helena Wall

Thursday, August 22, 2024

The Pomona College community lost Helena Wall, emerita professor of history, on Aug. 3.

Aiste Abeciunaite seated on fMRI machine in imaging center

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.

Downing Scholarship Funds Leo Alaghband ’24 and Zongqi “Tim” Zhai ’24 to Study at Cambridge

Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Each year, the Downing Scholarship funds two graduating seniors from Pomona to pursue a one-year master’s degree at Cambridge. Leo Alaghband ’24 and Zongqi Zhai ’24 have been selected to represent Pomona at Downing College this fall.

Daniel Gao ’25 Named 2024 Goldwater Scholar

Thursday, June 6, 2024

Daniel Gao ’25, a molecular biology major, has been awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship, given to sophomores and juniors who show exceptional promise of becoming research leaders in science, engineering and mathematics.

Head and shoulder photos of professors Rachel Levin, April Mayes and Thomas Moore

Faculty in Biology, History and Physics Named to Endowed Professorships

Friday, May 24, 2024

Three members of the Pomona College faculty, Biology Professor Rachel Levin, History Professor April Mayes and Physics Professor Thomas Moore were named in May to endowed professorships by vote of the College’s Board of Trustees.

A class is held outdoors on beautiful Marston Quad.

Sixteen Pomona College Alumni Receive Fulbright Award

Friday, May 24, 2024

Sixteen recent Pomona alumni have been awarded Fulbright grants for the 2024-2025 cycle, matching last year’s number of awardees which made Pomona a top producer of Fulbright students.

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Will Climate Change Move Voters to Act in the 2024 Election?

Tuesday, May 21, 2024

Prof. Char Miller's areas of expertise include history and environmental analysis. In this third in a series with Pomona faculty about election issues, he shares the role the environment and climate change might play in the fall elections.

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