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Strategic Communications Leader Katharine Laidlaw Will Be Pomona’s Next Chief Communications Officer
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Shark Mutulili ’25 Named a Rhodes Scholar
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Nadiya Muhammad '25 standing in front of Carnegie building on Pomona College campus. — Watson Fellowship Will Give Nadiya Muhammad ’25 a Year to Study Around the World
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Category: Physics Clear Category

Thirteen Faculty Members Promoted

Monday, June 26, 2023

Thirteen faculty members have been recognized for their intellectual leadership, professional achievement, and service.

Professor Jorge Moreno and three students seated in front of chalkboard at the Flatiron Institute

Astronomy Professor and Students Get High-Level Science Opportunities in NYC Residency

Thursday, June 1, 2023

Three Pomona College students did research this summer in the Center for Computational Astrophysics at the Flatiron Institute in New York City, thanks to the efforts of Jorge Moreno, assistant professor of physics and astronomy.

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.

Dylan McCuskey ’23 Brings Together Physics and English in Academic Journal Paper

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

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.

Photo of Cambridge from the air, with inset head picture of Vera Berger

Vera Berger ’23 Is Awarded Prestigious Churchill Scholarship

Tuesday, January 10, 2023

Vera Berger '23 has been awarded a prestigious Churchill Scholarship that will cover her expenses for a year of master's study at Churchill College, part of the University of Cambridge. She plans to study scientific computing.

Alex Zylstra '09 and five colleagues are seated at a table; a presenter is standing at a podium during a press conference panel.

Alex Zylstra ’09 Is Part of Team that Achieves Breakthrough in Fusion Energy

Wednesday, December 21, 2022

In a major breakthrough 60 years in the making that could someday lead to unlimited clean energy, scientists at the National Ignition Facility achieved fusion ignition on Dec. 5. Alex Zylstra ’09 was the principal experimentalist.

Genevieve DiBari ’23 and Liliana Valle ’23

Two Physics Majors Publish Paper with Prof. Janice Hudgings in American Journal of Physics

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Genevieve DiBari ’23 and Liliana Valle ’23 are the lead authors of an article published in American Journal of Physics about the online Modern Physics lab course they helped to design.