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Pomona College Extends Test-Optional Admissions Policy Until 2024

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11 Pomona College Students and Alumni Awarded 2021 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships

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In Memoriam: Emeritus Professor of Sociology Bob Herman ’51

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Diana Castellanos Grow Getters
Outside the Computer, Grow Getters Cultivate Plants and Community
Monday, March 8, 2021
Starting college on Zoom due to a pandemic is hardly the dream Diana Castellanos ’24 had envisioned, but she did not let that dissuade her. Instead, she established Grow Getters. 
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Northern California Is Burning at an Unprecedented Rate: Prof. Char Miller Explains Why.
Friday, August 21, 2020

Professor Char Miller gives insight into the magnitude, causes and locations of the fires in Northern California.

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Prof. Aimee Bahng Awarded New Directions Fellowship Grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Friday, March 13, 2020

Gender and Women's Studies Professor Aimee Bahng has been awarded a $285,000 grant as part of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s highly competitive New Directions Fellowship program. 

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Katy Swiere ’21 Takes Her Climate Change Activism From the Grassroots to D.C.
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Katy Swiere ’21 is a member of the local Citizens Climate Lobby chapter in Claremont and spent part of her summer in Washington, D.C. for their international conference where she got to work on public policy and lobbying. 

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Technology and Social Justice
Monday, August 6, 2018

Professor Guillermo Douglass-Jaimes spent the summer in Brazil to test the accuracy and applicability of smartphones and apps to train community health workers to conduct surveys and take GPS locations.

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Prof. Tahir Andrabi Surveys and Reimagines Education in Pakistan
Tuesday, July 24, 2018

Stedman-Sumner Professor of Economics Tahir Andrabi has conducted a series of economic surveys on education in Pakistan’s Punjab province for more than a decade.

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Budding Ecologist Ellie Harris '18 Gets Rare Glimpses of Local Wildlife
Monday, April 16, 2018

With some cameras, Ellie Harris ’18 regularly catches coyotes, mourning doves, woodrats, owls, squirrels, even a bobcat or two, all at the Robert J. Bernard Biological Field Station (BFS) about a mile north of campus.

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Trash Talk: Abby Lewis ’19 Leads Pomona’s Efforts for Zero-Waste Commencement
Tuesday, April 3, 2018

Abby Lewis ’19 is working to send off Pomona’s soon-to-be graduates in the most environmentally-responsible way possible -- with a zero-waste commencement ceremony.

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Pomona College Partners with ofo for Bikesharing Pilot Program
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Starting February 21, Pomona College students, faculty and staff will enjoy a new bikesharing program with ofo. The program will also be open to the 7C community.

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From Class to Coast, Students Get Real-Life Look at Restoration Efforts
Monday, January 8, 2018

What do planting, board games, rap songs and instagram have in common? They're all part of restoration efforts in Anacapa Island done by Professor Nina Karnovsky’s ecology class.

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