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Rosalia Romero, assistant professor of art history, is an organizer for a pair of exhibitions showing through May 28 at The Cheech in Riverside, Calif., and Samuel White ’23 and Daniel Velazquez ’25 have served as her research assistants.

This year’s Wig Award recipients are Konrad Aguilar, 

Oona Eisenstadt, 

Jo Hardin, Sara Masland, David Menefee-Libey, Prageeta Sharma and Arely Zimmerman.

In her second book, Angelina Y. Chin, chair and associate professor of history at Pomona College, explores the history of people who lived in limbo outside the borders of mainland China in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan during the Cold War.

Professors Joanne Nucho and Julie Tannenbaum will each receive a $6,000 stipend to support their respective humanities projects.

A $1.6 million award from the National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will allow Wallace Meyer and his collaborators to identify solutions to keep species of Hawaiian land snails alive.

Is there a connection between the way data is used and the erosion of trust in science? What can be done to combat disinformation? In his new book, Distrust, Prof. Gary Smith shares insights and strategies on an important topic in today’s world.

Beliz Aluc ’23, Serenat Arpat ’25 and Ulas Ayyilmaz ’24 created a fundraiser on GoFundMe to aid victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria on February 6.

Sara Sadhwani, assistant professor of politics, will be part of a team of researchers that will develop proposals for better governance for the City of Los Angeles. Sadhwani specializes in American politics and race and ethnic politics. 

Through the Women in Security program, now in its second year, students at Pomona College can learn firsthand about the experiences of women who are in the midst of advancing their careers in security-related fields.

Joseph C. Osborn was awarded a Digital Humanities Advancement Grant for $146,605 by the NEH. The award will fund the development of software tools supporting scholarship and citation of interactive software.