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Joana Antonio ’25 and Trisha Gongalore ’25 share a passion for  health outreach. Their $15,000 award from the Donald A. Strauss Scholarship Foundation will fund new projects through Pomona College's Draper Center for Community Partnerships.

The Los Angeles Times was the latest outlet to feature Yannai Kashtan ’20, whose research at Stanford University and comments have been published by such organizations as CNN, Newsweek and The Guardian.

Now that the summer season is upon us, it’s a great time to catch up on books by Sagehen authors. Expand your knowledge and be transported through this selection of the books published by Pomona alumni or faculty since last fall. 

Two Pomona College alumni have been elected as new members of the College’s 28-member Board of Trustees, with terms beginning July 1. Erika James ’91 is dean of the Wharton School of Business. Jason Sheasby ’97 is a law partner at Irell & Manella.

In August, Haile will embark on a transformative journey as a Schwarzman Scholar, pursuing a master’s degree in global affairs from Tsinghua University in Beijing.

Godwin brings more than 20 years of experience as an accomplished strategist and collaborative scholar focused on global engagement with a focus on institutional transformation

Williams joins Pomona from New York University where he most recently served as associate vice president of undergraduate admissions.

The path to a career of service has been paved for Genevieve Krieger ’24. Earlier this year she was awarded the Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship. 

Four recent Pomona College alumni have spent the past year at the University of Cambridge pursuing graduate degrees, supported by scholarships that Pomona helped them obtain. They have been engaged in research as well as extracurricular life.

Each year, the Downing Scholarship funds two graduating seniors from Pomona to pursue a one-year master’s degree at Cambridge. Leo Alaghband ’24 and Zongqi Zhai ’24 have been selected to represent Pomona at Downing College this fall.