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Four students from the Class of 2029 reflect on their path to Pomona, their first semester of classes and their hopes for the future.

Sixteen students in Pomona College Professor Mico Loretan’s economics class Monetary Policy and Central Banking got a behind-the-scenes look at the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco during a one-day field trip in November. 

Pomona College and Pitzer College have announced the appointment of Danielle Lynch, Ed.D., as Director of Athletics for the Pomona-Pitzer athletic program.

Figure skater Jared Sedlis ’29 balances campus life and rigorous academics at Pomona with on-ice training for what he hopes someday will be a trip to compete at the U.S. national championships. 

The UN Climate Conference of the Parties brought 56,000 participants from around the world to Belém, Brazil, last month to negotiate action on the global climate crisis. Five Pomona students and two Pomona faculty members were among the attendees.

Transfer students Kobe Leonor ’27 and Téa Samia ’27 share their experiences of navigating their first semester at Pomona.  

An internship after her second year at Pomona College led Elena Shih ’04 to a career research focus on human trafficking. This fall, she shared insights from her research for Pomona’s Asian Studies Distinguished Alumni Lectureship. 

James Solomon ’06 will be the next mayor of Jersey City, New Jersey, after receiving 68% of the vote in Tuesday’s runoff election against the state’s former governor. The Pomona alumnus will lead New Jersey’s second-largest city.

Kristine Cho ’21 is interested in judgment and decision making, and her research at Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley focuses on questions such as when and why people infer more than the literal meaning of a statement.

Chloe Marple ’26 recently won the 2026 Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman for demonstrating independent work, a real interest in the field and quality performance in advanced courses and special programs.