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Fall Concerts Pay Tribute to Musical Innovators, Including Pomona’s Own

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Orientation Adventure Builds Friendships and Confidence

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Pomona College Convocation Brings Community Together to Begin New Year

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Pomona College Closes Out a Historic Year of Fundraising
Monday, December 9, 2024
Pomona College alumni, families and friends gave a record $57 million in gifts and pledges this past fiscal year, marking a historic year of fundraising for the College. 
Katie Stuart seated in front of chateau in Nantes, France and Willa Albrecht sitting atop a hill in Ireland
Students Use Oldenborg Travel Grants to Delve into Irish Music, French Regional Language
Thursday, December 5, 2024
An Oldenborg International Research and Travel Grant allowed two Pomona students to explore Irish traditional music and a French regional language during the summer of 2024. 
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The Unclaimed: A Story of Abandonment and Hope
Friday, November 8, 2024
Pamela Prickett, associate professor of sociology, shares insights from a recent book she coauthored telling the stories of people who were abandoned after death in Los Angeles County and the heartwarming ways strangers stepped in to provide dignity.
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Prof. Yanshuo Zhang Wins National Grant to Promote Ethnic Diversity in China Studies
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Yanshuo Zhang, assistant professor of Asian languages and literatures, won a $150,000 grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for her project to bolster the field of China studies at North American colleges and universities.
Prof. Chuck Taylor and Tymmaa Asaed ’25
Student Researchers Participate in a Chemistry and Neuroscience Faculty Collaboration
Friday, October 18, 2024
Tymmaa Asaed ’25 works closely with both Elizabeth Glater, professor of neuroscience, and Chuck Taylor, professor of chemistry, who have been teaming up for about a decade.
Beckman Scholars 2024-2045 Daniel Gao and Ava Spiegler
Daniel Gao ’25 and Ava Spiegler ’26 Selected as Beckman Scholars
Friday, September 6, 2024
Daniel Gao ’25 and Ava Spiegler ’26 are the Beckman Scholars at Pomona College for 2024-2025.
Nikki Moore sits on a pile of large rocks in the Sierra Nevada
Prof. Nikki Moore Uses NSF Grant to Explore Independence Dikes in the Sierra Nevada
Friday, August 16, 2024
This summer, Prof. Nikki Moore took three trips to the Sierra Nevada, each accompanied by different Claremont Colleges students. The two hiked to dikes Moore targeted and mapped, collecting dike rock samples for lab analysis.
Map of Ireland as ballot box with ballot being inserted; photo of Erica Dobbs adjacent to it.
What Can Recent Irish Local Elections Tell Us About Immigration as a Political Issue?
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Erica Dobbs, assistant professor of politics, studies political representation and social protection. Recently she collaborated with a team of Pomona College students to study this summer’s local elections in Ireland and their ramifications. 
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. 
A crowd of people gather in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Omer Shah Receives National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Stipend for Book Project
Monday, July 29, 2024
Prof. Omer Shah is spending his summer writing two chapters of his monograph on Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The Pomona cultural anthropologist has long been fascinated with exploring religious migration and movements such as the Hajj pilgrimage.
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