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Professors’ Haynes Foundation Grants Add Potential for Student Research on L.A. Social Justice Issues

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2021 Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award Winners

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Emeritus Professor of Politics Lorn S. Foster is an expert on the Black church in L.A. Second Baptist Church (pictured) is among the first.

Emeritus Professor Lorn Foster Takes Us—and PBS—to Church

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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.

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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.

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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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Alumni Answer the Call in a Crisis
Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Across the country, Pomona College graduates in healthcare fields are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Walking Through Time on L.A.’s Central Avenue with Alison Rose Jefferson ’80
Tuesday, July 17, 2018

Historian Alison Rose Jefferson ’80 seeks to illuminate both the past and present of a South L.A. neighborhood with a walking tour she created with Angels Walk L.A.

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Alaina Woo '17: A Voice for Change in the NCAA
Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Alaina Woo ’17 stepped to the free-throw line hundreds of times during her basketball career with Pomona-Pitzer. But she had never stepped onto an athletic stage quite like the one at the NCAA Convention.

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Gator Halpern ’12 Named One of Forbes 30 Under 30 Social Entrepreneurs
Monday, December 4, 2017

Passionate about developing projects that can help create a better harmony between society and nature, Halpern is working on restoring the world’s dying coral reefs. 

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David Gerics ’17 Signed by the Minnesota Twins
Thursday, July 20, 2017

David Gerics ’17 has been signed by the Minnesota Twins. He is the second Pomona baseball player to be signed by an MLB team in 2017, after Tanner Nishioka '17 was drafted by the Boston Red Sox.

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