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Nine Pomona College Faculty Members Promoted

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Jared Mejia '22

From Classroom to Lab to Soccer Field: Jared Mejia ’22 Excels

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Summer 2022 books to read

10 Books to Read This Summer

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Rose Portillo ’75 and Jasmine Reed ’12 Make Movie Magic for Disney’s Encanto
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
Lecturer Rose Portillo ’75 voiced a character in the award-winning film Encanto and Jasmine Reed ’12 worked on the production side to make the animated film about a Colombian family with magical powers come alive on screen. 
Tom Lin
Q&A: Novelist Tom Lin '18 and His New Take on the Old West
Tuesday, November 16, 2021
Tom Lin ’18 is too old to be called a child prodigy. But he’s young enough that the attention and praise he has received for his first novel, The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu, is extraordinary.
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Gator Halpern ’12 Awarded Royal Foundation’s Inaugural Earthshot Prize
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Pomona College alumnus and Coral Vita president and co-founder Gator Halpern ’12, is one of the inaugural recipients of the Earthshot Prize, a global prize for the environment awarded by the Royal Foundation. 
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Coach Mike Budenholzer '92 and Milwaukee Bucks Win NBA Title
Wednesday, July 21, 2021
Coach Mike Budenholzer '92 guides the Milwaukee Bucks to the NBA title.
Michael Waters
Michael Waters '20 Takes His Thesis to The New Yorker
Monday, March 22, 2021
Michael Waters '20 pitched his senior thesis about queer foster families to The New Yorker which they published in February 2021. 
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4 Young Alumni Selected to Forbes 30 Under 30
Thursday, December 3, 2020

Maya Horgan Famodu ’13, Xiaoyin Qu ’15, Sana Javeri Kadri ’16  and Stephen Smith ’17 are the latest Pomona College alumni to be named to the prestigious Forbes 30 Under 30 lists.

San Bernardino County map, Dr. Michael Sequeira
Michael Sequeira ’73 Takes on COVID-19 Challenge in One of California's Hardest-Hit Counties
Wednesday, December 2, 2020

Dr. Michael Sequeira ’73 is taking on the challenge of becoming public health officer in the largest county in the U.S.

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Kellen Browning '20 Thriving at New York Times
Thursday, October 8, 2020

After graduating in the middle of a pandemic, Kellen Browning '20, former editor of The Student Life, is already churning out high-profile stories at The New York Times.

Jennifer Doudna '8 in lab
Jennifer Doudna ’85 Awarded Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Wednesday, October 7, 2020

Pomona College alumna Jennifer Doudna ’85 becomes the first graduate of Pomona College to receive a Nobel Prize.

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2020 Alumni Distinguished Service Award Winners
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

This year, the Alumni Distinguished Service Award winners are Frank Albinder ’80, Jim McCallum ’70 and Harry E. Pukay-Martin ’70.

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