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January 30, 2020

Elise Koskelo

Churchill Foundation Awards Elise Koskelo ’20 and Recognizes Prof. Malkiat Johal

 

It’s awards season — but first up are the Churchills, not the Oscars. And the winner is Koskelo, who is among only 16 American students awarded the Winston Churchill Foundation scholarship this year. Chemistry Professor Johal was also recognized by the foundation for his mentorship of Pomona’s Churchill winners over the years.
 
An iPad screen showing pitch data

USA Today Features Pomona College Baseball Analytics Course

 

USA Today featured Professor of Physical Education and Head Baseball Coach Frank Pericolosi and his PE 086: Baseball Analytics class at Pomona — with shout outs to Harry Kingman '13, Jack Hanley '20, Guy Stevens '13 and Math Professor Gabe Chandler.
 
Brain Blueprint

Neuroscientist John Ngai ’80 Named Director of National Institutes of Health BRAIN Initiative

 

Ngai was selected to be director of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative. He is expected to join NIH in March.
 

Sports Illustrated Writer Chris Ballard ’95 Reflects on the Themes in Kobe Bryant’s Life

 

Jennifer Doudna ’85 Talks to NPR’s “On Point” About the Potential and Costs of CRISPR

 

In Quillette, Tim DeRoche ’92 Examines How Most American Kids Are Kept Out of the Best Public Schools

 

Conor Friedersdorf ’02 Writes in The Atlantic on Why Mourning Kobe Bryant Is So Intense

 

Monica Chellam ’04 Co-Writes in Project Syndicate About the Challenges Facing Human Resources

 

Bloomberg News Reporter Noah Buhayar ’05 Says Bay Area Office Space May Get Harder to Find

 

Accomplishments

Aimee Bahng, assistant professor of gender & women’s studies, was invited to speak in November at the Speculative Futures of Ecologies and Climate Change Symposium at UC San Diego, where she presented her research on artificial reefs and islands.

 
 

Paul Cahill, associate professor of Spanish, presented a paper, “More-Than-Human Beings in Pilar Fraile Amador’s La pecera subterránea” at the fall meeting of the Southern California Chapter of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), held at the University of Southern California in November.

 
 

Erin Runions, professor of religious studies, published "Immobile Theologies, Carceral Affects: Interest and Debt in Faith-Based Prison Programs" in Religion, Emotion, Sensation: Affect Theories and Theologies, published by Fordham University Press.

 
 

Faculty & Staff Accomplishments »

 

Events

1/30 The Humanities Studio Presents: Novelist Nalo Hopkinson on "Fiction or Lies?"

 

1/31-2/1 Ussachevsky Memorial Festival of Electro Acoustic Music

 

2/1 International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) West Quarterfinal

 

2/2 William Peterson Recital

 

2/3 Hen Talks VIII: Ideas Worth Chirping

 

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Athletics

Pomona-Pitzer Swimming & Diving Teams Earn CSCAA Scholar All-American Honors

 

Women's Basketball: Sagehens Win 72-69 At La Verne

 

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