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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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Prof. Jonathan Lethem Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship in Fiction

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

The Guggenheim Fellowship, one of the world’s preeminent honors for scholars in the arts and humanities, will give Lethem the opportunity to revisit the backdrop of two of his finest works, Fortress of Solitude (2003) and Brooklyn Crime Novel (2023).

Strategic Communications Leader Katharine Laidlaw Will Be Pomona’s Next Chief Communications Officer

Monday, April 28, 2025

Katharine Laidlaw, a strategic communications leader with extensive experience in the arts and higher education, will join Pomona College as chief communications officer starting May 12.

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Pomona Students Serve Communities in Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco During Spring Break

Thursday, April 17, 2025

This year, Draper Center staffers and student coordinators planned trips to Oakland, San Diego and San Francisco to serve and explore. Between the three groups, about two dozen students volunteered with organizations addressing pressing issues.

Pomona Students Carry Out Innovative Conservation Work in Hawaii over Spring Break

Monday, April 14, 2025

While many college students flock to Hawaii over spring break for rest and relaxation, 10 Pomona students spent their week on the island of Oahu dissecting albatross, searching for invasive snails and restoring a traditional Hawaiian fishpond.

Chloe Kellison ’23 Gets Front-Row Seat to Government as President Biden’s Press Assistant

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Shortly after graduating, Chloe Kellison ’23 made her way into the West Wing, serving as a press assistant for President Joe Biden for 15 months.

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.

Cherene Sherrard-Johnson and J Finley at the Benton Museum

Professors Curate New Show with Help From Their Students at the Benton Museum

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

“Black Ecologies in Contemporary American Art,” which opened last month and shows through June at the Benton Museum of Art, is the unique product of interdisciplinary collaboration at Pomona.

Professor Gary Smith standing in front of a white wall with arms folded across chest.

Economics Professor Gary Smith Warns About AI Bubble

Thursday, February 20, 2025

Gary Smith, Fletcher Jones Professor of Economics at Pomona College, hears the hype about AI and sees in the overheated stock prices a bubble in the making. He shares thoughts on how to recognize a bubble and not succumb to the Fear of Missing Out.

Salim Moore and Jonathan Lethem at the Benton Museum of Art

Prof. Jonathan Lethem Reflects on His New Show at the Benton Museum of Art

Friday, February 14, 2025

Last July, Jonathan Lethem published his first volume of art writings titled Cellophane Bricks. Now, his book has spawned a new exhibition at the Benton Museum of Art titled Jonathan Lethem’s Parallel Play: Contemporary Art and Art Writing.

Alexandra Turvey holds the NCAA Woman of the Year award

NCAA Woman of the Year Alexandra Turvey ’24 Epitomizes Pomona College’s Promise

Tuesday, February 11, 2025

While the NCAA Woman of the Year award recognizes individual excellence in academics, leadership and community service, Alexandra Turvey '24 sees herself as a product of her college environment. She is the first Sagehen to receive the honor.

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