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New Veteran Students Bring Perspective, Lived Experiences to Pomona College

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Exit 47 Program Introduces Local High School Students to College Admissions

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Hannah Gough ’25 Eyes Spot on Australian Lacrosse Team Bound for 2026 World Cup, 2028 LA Olympics

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New Federal Grants Serve Pomona College’s Mission of Service, Discovery and Connection
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Many of these awards come from programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF), with others from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), other public agencies, and private philanthropic foundations.
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Ancient Fossil Found by Team Including Prof. Robert Gaines Named for James Turrell ’65
Friday, December 20, 2024
As Prof. Robert Gaines pieces together periods of time by exploring new ground, he finds the more he learns and investigates, the more questions about the history of life he encounters.
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Pomona College Students Attend UN Climate Conference in Azerbaijan
Monday, December 16, 2024
Four Pomona College students attended and participated in the 29th United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of Parties (COP29), held Nov. 11-22 in Baku, Azerbaijan. 
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Prof. Nikki Moore Uses NSF Grant to Explore Independence Dikes in the Sierra Nevada
Friday, August 16, 2024
This summer, Prof. Nikki Moore took three trips to the Sierra Nevada, each accompanied by different Claremont Colleges students. The two hiked to dikes Moore targeted and mapped, collecting dike rock samples for lab analysis.
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Alumni Association Announces Alumni and Faculty Awards
Monday, April 15, 2024
Each year, the Alumni Association bestows awards on alumni and faculty for their unique and remarkable achievements. 
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NSF Grant Will Help Unpack Mysteries of Oceanic “Deserts”
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Masha Prokopenko, visiting assistant professor of geology, is part of a team that has received an NSF grant to explore how apparent “deserts” in the North Pacific Ocean defy the odds and obtain the nutrients they need to sustain the ecosystem.
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Geology Professor Jade Star Lackey’s Research Offers New History of Rocky Mountains
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
When and how the Rocky Mountains were created are questions that Professor of Geology Jade Star Lackey offers paradigm-shifting answers to in a new paper.
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Thirteen Faculty Members Promoted
Monday, June 26, 2023
Thirteen faculty members have been recognized for their intellectual leadership, professional achievement, and service.
2023 Fulbright awardees
Meet Pomona’s 2023 Fulbright Awardees
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Fifteen recent Pomona College graduates have received Fulbright grants for the 2023-2024 award cycle. 
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Prof. Jade Star Lackey Receives NSF Grant to Study Halogen Behavior in Sierra Nevada Granite
Monday, September 19, 2022
The National Science Foundation awarded a $114,000 grant to geology department chair Jade Star Lackey. He and fellow researchers will measure halogen concentrations in igneous rocks that formed California’s Sierra Nevadas.  
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