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Leaders in Medicine, Media, Law and Higher Education to Address Pomona College Graduates at May Commencement

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Isabel Ramos ’25 Is Named a Luce Scholar, Will Spend a Year in Asia

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Pomona College Named a Top Producer of Fulbright Students

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Grant Will Support Politics Professor Erica Dobbs’ Research into Union Organizing in the American South
Monday, February 24, 2025
Erica Dobbs, assistant professor of politics at Pomona College, has received a grant of $48,036 from the Russell Sage Foundation to study the effectiveness of efforts to unionize workers in the South using the Justice for Janitors model. 
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Prof. Edray Goins Lends Expertise to “Journeys of Black Mathematicians” Documentary
Thursday, February 6, 2025
Filmmaker George Csicsery's two-part documentary takes a comprehensive look at the past, present and future of the field its myriad subjects have devoted their lives to. Prof. Edray Goins and Prof. Omayra Ortega '01 are among the interviewees.
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Prof. Jessica Stern ’12 Studies Empathy in Children and Teens
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Jessica Stern’s research paper published in Child Development was named by UC Berkeley’s Greater Good Magazine as one of the most provocative and influential findings on the science of a meaningful life published in 2024.
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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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The Unclaimed: A Story of Abandonment and Hope
Friday, November 8, 2024
Pamela Prickett, associate professor of sociology, shares insights from a recent book she coauthored telling the stories of people who were abandoned after death in Los Angeles County and the heartwarming ways strangers stepped in to provide dignity.
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Prof. Yanshuo Zhang Wins National Grant to Promote Ethnic Diversity in China Studies
Thursday, October 24, 2024
Yanshuo Zhang, assistant professor of Asian languages and literatures, won a $150,000 grant from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for her project to bolster the field of China studies at North American colleges and universities.
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Student Researchers Participate in a Chemistry and Neuroscience Faculty Collaboration
Friday, October 18, 2024
Tymmaa Asaed ’25 works closely with both Elizabeth Glater, professor of neuroscience, and Chuck Taylor, professor of chemistry, who have been teaming up for about a decade.
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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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What Can Recent Irish Local Elections Tell Us About Immigration as a Political Issue?
Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Erica Dobbs, assistant professor of politics, studies political representation and social protection. Recently she collaborated with a team of Pomona College students to study this summer’s local elections in Ireland and their ramifications. 
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Summer Research: Math, Music, the Adolescent Brain and More
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
This year, 195 Pomona College students have received a total of just over $1 million in grant funding through the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. It provides an opportunity to get hands-on, practical experience while still in college. 
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