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Jorge Moreno and Francisco Mercado in the campus planetarium — Astronomy Post-Doc and Professor Publish Paper on Dark Matter and Galaxies
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Two students sit on bench smiling — Pomona College Seniors Help Connect Community Members to Healthcare Resources
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Seaver Alumni House — Alumni Association Announces Alumni and Faculty Awards
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Chemistry Professor Nicholas Ball Receives Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award and $75,000 Grant

Thursday, October 29, 2020

Pomona College Chemistry Professor Nicholas Ball has been named a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar.

Artist's composite illustration of sheet music, coronavirus, syringe, city skyline and Lady Gaga

Crossing into College: Pomona’s 2020 First-Year Seminars

Tuesday, September 8, 2020

The Critical Inquiry seminars known as ID1s on campus have changed and adapted for this historic online semester.

Northern California Is Burning at an Unprecedented Rate: Prof. Char Miller Explains Why.

Friday, August 21, 2020

Professor Char Miller gives insight into the magnitude, causes and locations of the fires in Northern California.

$Summer Math 1-2-1$

Almost a Third of First-Year Students Engage in Collaborative 1-2-1 Summer Math

Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Here are some numbers for you: 130 incoming first-year Pomona students—or 29% of the Class of 2024—opted to participate in 1-2-1 Math, an online summer program.

Roberto Garza Lopez, Chemistry, Professor, COVID-19 research

Inhibiting Novel Coronavirus Proteins May Be Key to Stopping COVID-19

Thursday, July 30, 2020

According to new research from Professor Roberto Garza-Lopez, one key to unlocking the COVID-19 puzzle may be in understanding the effect of metal ions on a pair of the novel coronavirus’ proteins.

Phoebe Thompson ’20 Excavates the Earth to Understand the Ancient

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Combining a classics major and geology minor took Phoebe Thompson ’20 down some ancient paths.

Clockwise from top left, professors Genevieve Lee, Nicholas Ball, Janice Hudgings and Kevin Dettmar in instructional settings prior to the coronavirus pandemic.

Pomona Faculty Rethink Courses, Refine Skills for Online Semester

Friday, July 10, 2020

After a spring semester in which live courses had to be reinvented on the fly for remote teaching, Pomona faculty have been hard at work redesigning their fall courses to bring the College’s intensely personal style of education online.