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Khalab Blagburn ’27, a cognitive science and mathematics double major, won a $35,000 Beinecke Scholarship last month to support his graduate education—the first Pomona student since 2013 to receive the prize.

Ahead of the spring semester, Pomona College and Claremont Colleges students participated in an Energy Field Study designed to consider the challenges California faces in reaching its goal of carbon neutrality by 2045.

The Pomona College Glee Club brought its exceptional tapestry of unaccompanied choral music to audiences in Colorado and New Mexico late last month on its 2026 concert tour—the first time in at least 30 years the group had performed in either state.

Ka Kiu (Kyle) Lau ’25 was one of 150 Scholars chosen from a record 5,800 applicants. He’ll step away from professional soccer this fall to pursue a master’s degree in global affairs from Beijing’s Tsinghua University.

Between her time at Claremont Graduate University (CGU) and Pomona, Stadler has worked in various registrar’s office capacities for more than a decade. What a registrar does “depends on the day, the hour, sometimes the minute,” she says.

Organized annually by the Draper Center, this year’s AlternaBreak sent groups of students to Las Vegas, Oakland, San Diego, San Francisco and various Inland Empire cities to serve and explore.

Four members of the Class of 2026 received the Rena Gurley Archibald High Scholarship Prize this year for ranking highest in scholarship. 

Former Pomona College students joined colleagues and friends of Professor Samuel Yamashita at a day-long conference held on campus April 11 to reflect on Asian history, literature and policy as well as the impact of Yamashita’s mentorship.

Ananya Vinay ’27 won the Scripps National Spelling Bee at 12—a fun fact she says she often used for icebreakers her first year at Pomona. For all she did in the months following her win, she’s accomplished even more since.

Two employees received the 2026 Distinguished Staff Award on May 22: Academic Coordinator and Gallery Manager of Art Tricia Avant and Admissions Receptionist Juanita Davalos.