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Diana Castellanos '24 created the Plant Babysitters Club last year for Pomona students who needed someone to care for their plants during winter break. In its second year, nearly 40 faculty and staff have signed up to help.

Pomona College students studying in Paris and Edinburgh are among 96 Sagehens studying away from their home campus fall semester through the College's International and Domestic Programs Office. There is a resurgence of interest in off-campus study.

Two months after receiving her diploma, Julia Frankel ’23 started reporting on issues in the Middle East from Jerusalem for the Associated Press. Now covering the Israel-Hamas war, her stories shed light on the trauma felt throughout the region.

Zoë Batterman ’24 has been awarded the 2024 Alice T. Schafer Prize for Excellence in Mathematics by an Undergraduate Woman by the Association for Women in Mathematics.

Betsy Ding’s creativity can’t be contained. Earlier this semester, Ding applied for a Student Creativity Grant through The Hive to design and prepare a nine-course tasting menu dinner. 

SAT or ACT scores will no longer be required for applicants for first-year or transfer admission to Pomona College, though students may still choose to submit them. 

A recent $750,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will help Eleanor Birrell explore privacy regulation that would require companies to handle personal information in the best interests of the people involved. 

Dozens of new and revised courses were added to Pomona College's curriculum this fall semester. Four professors explain how their respective classes will prepare students for life after Pomona.

Two Army veterans transferred to Pomona College ahead of the 2023-24 school year. They immediately found a welcoming community and peers who helped them acclimate to life on campus.

A new exhibit organized by Pomona College Associate Professor of History Tomás Summers Sandoval at the dA Center for the Arts in the city of Pomona will spotlight the local music scene in 1955-75 through recordings, videos, photos and memorabilia.