Category: Faculty

2012

• December
  • Senior Claire Mueller's Psychology Class Paper Published as Opinion Piece in Lincoln Journal Star
  • Professor Allan Barr Translates Book for Top Chinese Blogger and Race Car Driver
  • Kyle Lancaster '05 and Alexander Garfield '08 Named to "30 Under 30" Rising Stars Lists
  • Jonathan Lethem, Disney Professor of Creative Writing, Reads From His Short Story "The Empty Room" on NPR's "Selected Shorts"
  • Baseball Research by Professor Gabe Chandler and Guy Stevens '13 Featured on Wired.com
  • Collective Creation Theatre Class Presents "Broken Borders / earth's imagined corners" Dec. 7-8, 10-11
• November
  • Professor Daniel Martinez Quoted in the Nov. 28 New York Times on Jellyfish and Immortality
  • Professor Erica Flapan Inducted Into the Inaugural Group of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society
  • Pomona College Adds Nine New Faculty
  • In Memoriam: Professor of Biology and Environmental Analysis Gene Fowler
• October
  • Pres. Oxtoby Inducted in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • Cameron Munter, Former Ambassador to Pakistan and Serbia, Joins Pomona Faculty
  • Karl Benjamin Memorial Celebration Schedule for Saturday, October 13
  • Hung Thai Receives Outstanding Teaching Award
• September
  • Pomona College Recognized as a "Fair Trade College"
• August
  • Native American Ceremony to Honor and Celebrate the Original Inhabitants of Claremont
  • Gerald Ackerman, Professor Emeritus, Named French Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters
• July
  • Three Science Professors Awarded $100,000 to Fund Collaborative Study of Enzymes With Students
  • Malkiat Johal Authors New Book on Understanding Nanomaterials
  • Karl Benjamin, Professor Emeritus and Renowned Abstract Painter, Has Died
  • Pomona College Professor Dara Regaignon Authors Book on Writing Programs at Liberal Arts Colleges
  • Pomona College Buys Trails End Ranch For New Field Station with Plans to Preserve the 50 Wilderness Acres
  • Jan Hypes, Long-Time Pomona Dance Professor, Has Died
  • Jill Grigsby and Nicole Weekes Become Associate Deans
  • Professor Pardis Mahdavi Working With Google on Crime-Fighting Technology Project
  • Pomona's Radio Station KSPC 88.7 FM Debuts New Antenna
  • Pomona College Elects New Trustees
  • Pomona College Faculty Promotions for 2012
  • Professor Jill Grigsby Honored With Claremont Award for Volunteer Work With Senior Citizens, Including the 5C Auditing Program
  • Dean and VP Cecilia Conrad Writes Op-Ed in New York Times as Part of Debate on Skill Gaps and Unemployment
• June
  • Water Polo Honors: Annie Oxborough-Yankus '12 Named Co-Player of the Year, Coach Alex Rodriguez Named Coach of the Year
  • Professor Susana Chavez-Silverman Mentioned in Psychology Today Article on Bilingual Authors
  • Cecilia Conrad to Direct MacArthur Fellows Program
  • President Oxtoby Writes Article on the Role of Arts in Liberal Education
  • Pomona College Students Win at "DataFest" Competition
  • Pomona College Awarded $250,000 Grant to Establish Quantitative Studies Center
• May
  • The Claremont Colleges Receive $3.6 Million Grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to Prepare Leaders in Science and Medicine
  • Seven Professors Receive 2012 Wig Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Professor Jonathan Lethem Interviewed by NPR and Other Media About New "Talking Heads" Book
  • Professors Catalin Mitescu and Sheila Pinkel to Retire
  • New Book by Professor Char Miller Examines Controversies Surrounding Public Lands
• April
  • Prof. Gizem Karaali Publishes Essay About Her ID1 Class "Can Zombies Do Math?"
  • Professor Jonathan Lethem Authors New 33-1/3 Series Book on the Talking Heads' Album, "Fear of Music"
  • President David Oxtoby Elected to the American Academy of Arts & Sciences
  • Gaines & Peters Discover Evidence of Geologic Trigger for the Cambrian Explosion
  • Relay for Life Event to be Held at Pomona College
  • "Immigration Reform: Past, Present and Future" Theme of Film and Panel at Pomona College, April 18-19
  • Prof. Bryan Penprase Selected as American Council on Education Fellow
  • Three Pomona College Professors Featured in New Princeton Review Book: "The Best 300 Professors"
• March
  • Memorial for John Payton '73, Trustee and Civil Rights Attorney, Set for April 12
  • Ringing the Bell: Pomona College Sends Admit Letters For the Class of 2016
  • Professor Lisa Anne Auerbach Changes Perceptions of Museum Guards During UCLA Hammer Residency
  • Geology Team Led by Prof. Robert Gaines Solves 100-Year Mystery of the Burgess Shale
• February
  • Video: PSU Panel Discusses David Foster Wallace's Life and Work
  • Professor Kathleen Fitzpatrick Named "Tech Innovator" by The Chronicle of Higher Education
  • Pomona College Mathematics Professors Recipients of Fletcher Jones Foundation Grants
  • Alex Rodriguez Named Division III Coach Of The Year, Four Sagehens Named All-American
• January
  • Professor Jonathan Lethem Nominated for National Book Critics Circle Award
  • Professor and Associate Dean Jonathan Wright to Receive Inaugural Faculty Alumni Service Award
  • Professor Ami Radunskaya's Involvement With EDGE Featured in the Claremont Courier

2011

• December
  • EDGE Program for Female Mathematicians Receives $290,000 NSF Grant; Professor Ami Radunskaya Named Co-Director
  • In Memoriam: Richard Sheirich
  • In Memoriam: Gary Troyer
• November
  • Professor Jonathan Lethem Publishes Two New Books, Including Career-Spanning Essay Collection
• October
  • Ancient Philosophy Week at Pomona College
  • Professor Robert Gaines Continues NSF Research on Shale Deposits, Exploring Rapid Appearance of Animal Life on Earth
  • Pomona College & Harvey Mudd College Receive $546,273 Grant for Field-Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
  • Martha Andresen Receives Crystal Quill Award for her Continued Shakespeare Scholarship
  • Recent Pomona College Faculty Promotions and Reappointments
• September
  • Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Herbert Smith
  • New Study by Professor Suzanne Thompson Explores How People React to Health and Safety Warnings
  • Memoriam: Emeritus Professor Edward Malan '48
• August
  • Celliola and Friends Premiere Work Written in Memory of 9/11/01
  • Professor Heather Williams Writes L.A. Times Op-Ed on Gold Mining in Peru
  • Dean Cecilia Conrad Weighs In on Manufacturing's Role in the U.S. Economic Recovery
  • Donna Di Grazia and Eric Grosfils Appointed to Named Professorships
• July
  • Professor Miguel Tinker-Salas Quoted by Media on Venezuelan President's Cancer Treatment in Cuba
  • Daily Bulletin Posts a Historic Look at the Life of Frank Seaver '05
  • Study by Professor Tahir Andrabi Cited by Associated Press Article
  • New Book by Professor John Seery Calls for an Age Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
  • Professor Dru Gladney Quoted in a New York Times Article on Ethnic Minority Musicians in China
  • Dean and Professor of Economics Cecilia Conrad Appears on PBS "NewsHour"
  • Prof. Pardis Mahdavi Published Op-Ed in the Huffington Post
  • Professor Pardis Mahdavi Authors New Book on Human Trafficking
• June
  • Prof. Fernando Lozano Quoted in ESPN The Magazine on Mexican-American Fans of "El Tri"
  • Prof. Robert Gaines Receives $184,036 NSF Grant for Project Investigating Origins of Complex Life
  • From the Magazine: Night Sky
  • Former Pomona Professor Explains How Pomona Led Him to the Museum of Modern Art
• May
  • "Poet of Democracy" Walt Whitman's Political Influence Explained in New Book Edited by Professor John Seery
  • Professor Jonathan Lethem Interviewed at the L.A. Times Festival of Books
  • Pomona College Named to President's Community Service Honor Roll
  • Research by Professor Deborah Burke Disproves Conventional Wisdom, Finding Older Adults Are Less Easily Distracted
  • Five Pomona College Staff and Faculty Members Retiring
  • Six Pomona College Faculty Receive Wig Excellence in Teaching Award
  • Emeritus Professor of Chemistry Corwin Hansch Died on May 8
• April
  • Daily Bulletin Profiles Professor Jonathan Lethem
  • William Banks, Pomona's Edwin F. and Margaret Hahn Professor of Psychology, Has Died
  • Professor Laura Mays Hoopes Documents Her Life as a Woman in Science in a New Memoir
  • Professor Kathleen Fitzpatrick and MediaCommons Awarded Mellon Grant to Assess Peer-to-Peer Review
  • Prof. Char Miller Interviewed on PBS's "American Masters: John Muir in the New World"
• March
  • Professor Char MIller Writes Commentary About the History of Los Angeles Air Quality
  • Dean of the College Cecilia Conrad Honored as an "Accomplished African-American Economist"
  • Professor Arash Khazeni Wins 2010 Middle East Studies Association Book Award
  • Photography Exhibition Curated by Museum Director Kathleen Howe Subject of L.A. Times Article
  • Museum Director Kathleen Howe Curates New Photography Exhibition at the Getty Villa
• February
  • Professor Char Miller Quoted in Article About the Weeks Act Centennial
  • Video: Professor Jonathan Lethem Discusses "They Live"
  • Magazine: Assistant Prof. Michael Teter '99 Researches the Future of the Filibuster
  • Magazine: The Life & Times of Jonathan Lethem
  • Professor Jonathan Lethem to Discuss "They Live" at February Screening
• January
  • Video: The Milton Marathon, a One-Day Reading of "Paradise Lost"
  • Professor Char Miller Pens Op-Ed: "What Do Wilderness and Immigrants Have in Common?"
  • Professor Miguel Tinker Salas Quoted by Associated Press on Recent U.S. Diplomatic Problems With Venezuela

2010

• December
  • Upcoming Exhibition Curated by Museum Director Kathleen Howe Featured in ArtDaily
  • Professor Tahir Andrabi Quoted in Article on Failing Economy in Pakistan
  • Study Co-Authored by Professor Andrabi Is Basis of Newspaper Article on the Effects of Aid in Pakistan
  • Expert Available on California Water Politics and Judicial Decision Overturning Delta Smelt Protection Rules
  • Assistant Professor Pardis Mahdavi Quoted in Maclean's Magazine
  • Professor Char Miller Quoted in Article on 100th Anniversary of Important Environmental Bill
• November
  • Media Release: Pomona Anthropology Professor Receives National Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Professor of Anthropology Dru Gladney Quoted in the L.A. Times
  • Professor of Anthropology Ralph Bolton Awarded Most Prestigious Honor in His Field
  • New Book by Prof. Bryan Penprase, "The Power of Stars," Traces Cultural Roots of Modern Astronomy
• October
  • Professor Miguel Tinker-Salas Quoted on Venezuelan Foreign Relations in "Al Jazeera"
  • From the Magazine: It's Right on the Tip of My Tongue...
  • Professor Susana Chavez-Silverman to Appear at Panel Discussion on Latino Literature Thursday at the L.A. Central Library
  • Professor Bryan Penprase Participates in Largest Study Ever of Near-Earth Asteroids
  • Professor Sara Owsley Sood's Research Is the Subject of a "Scientific American" Online Article
• September
  • Prof. Andrabi Study Finds Foreign Aid Had Big Impact on Pakistani Trust of Foreigners
  • Professor Dru Gladney Quoted in Newsweek
  • Professor Daniel Martinez Awarded $1.26 Million Grant to Study Mechanisms Related to Aging in Hydra
  • New Fossil Bed Discovery by Royal Ontario Museum/Pomona College Team Challenges Assumptions About Famous Fossil Site
• August
  • Video: Professor Dwight Whitaker's Research Featured on "ScienceFriday"
  • Professor Kathleen Fitzpatrick Featured in "New York Times" Article on Alternatives to Peer Review
  • How Pomona Professors Spent Their Summer "Vacations"
  • Professor Michael Steinberger's Research Cited in Landmark Proposition 8 Ruling
• July
  • New Study by Sadie Barr '09 and Prof. Wright Finds Eating Whole Foods vs. Processed Foods Burns More Calories
  • Using High-Speed Video, Prof. Dwight Whitaker and Co-Author Discover a Plant That Produces Mushroom Clouds for Spore Dispersal
  • Professor Dru Gladney Quoted on Xinjiang Riots One Year Later in "The Guardian"
  • "Volcanoes: Global Perspectives" Published Just Weeks After Eruption in Iceland Reminds World of Their Power and Widespread Impacts
  • Mexico "Zoot Suit" Production, Which Was Coordinated and Inspired by Prof. Alma Martinez, Covered in L.A. Times
• June
  • Professor Char Miller Quoted in Article on Microparks
  • Professor Char Miller Pens Editorial for the Rio Grande Guardian
  • Professor Stephan Garcia Awarded $164,890 Grant for Complex Symmetric Operator Research
  • Prof. Pierre Englebert Pens Op-Ed on African Politics in "The New York Times"
  • From the Magazine: Prof. Jennifer Perry Explores Offshore Treasures in the Channel Islands
  • Professor Jonathan Matsui Awarded $440,149 Grant for Genetic Research on Sensory Systems
• May
  • Six Win Pomona's Wig Distinguished Professor Award for Excellence in Teaching
  • Professor Philip Choi Wins $637,138 Grant for Advanced Telescope Optics System
  • Writer-in-Residence Verlyn Klinkenborg '74 Writes Essay on Graduation for New York Times
  • Los Angeles Church Celebrates 125th Anniversary Aided by Professor Lorn Foster
  • Q&A with New Creative Writing Professor Jonathan Lethem
• April
  • Jonathan Lethem Appointed Disney Professor of Creative Writing at Pomona College
  • Research by Professor Deborah Burke Mentioned on NPR's "Fresh Air"
  • Professor Alma Martinez Brings "Zoot Suit" to National Theatre Company of Mexico
  • Professor Miguel Tinker-Salas Publishes Commentary on the Drug War in Mexico
  • Professor Bryan Penprase to Appear on National Geographic Channel on April 29
  • Professor Char MIller Publishes Op-Ed in "Capitol Weekly"
  • Pomona College's Smith Campus Center Wins Facility Design Award for Renovation
  • Pomona College Chemistry Professor Awarded $213,000 Grant
• March
  • Organist William Peterson Celebrates 30 Years at Pomona With a Performance
  • Three Appointed to Named Professorships at Pomona College
  • Professor Char Miller Writes Editorial on California Emissions Reduction Bill
  • Professor Daniel Martinez Coauthors Paper in "Nature" on Sequencing of the Hydra Genome
• February
  • Professor Tomas F. Summers Sandoval Chosen as New Faculty Coordinator for the Draper Center
  • Art Professor Lisa Anne Auerbach Receives Tiffany Foundation Award
  • From the Magazine: Faculty at Home
• January
  • An Op-Ed on Disaster Preparedness by Professor Tahir Andrabi Appears in "The Boston Globe"
  • Pomona College Professor Receives Outstanding Academic Title Award for Book on Los Angeles Unified School District

2009

• December
  • Pomona College Group Heads to UN Climate Change Conference as Official Observers
  • Professor Miguel Tinker Salas Receives International Media Prize
• November
  • Expert Advisory: Expert Available on Climate Change, World Opinion and Foreign Policy, Heading into COP15
  • Pomona College Expert to Lecture on Oil, Culture and Society in Venezuela
• October
  • Where in the World are Pomona Professors on Sabbatical?
• September
  • Meet Pomona College's New Faculty Members for 2009-10
  • Pomona College Professor John Seery Wins National Phi Beta Kappa Award
  • Pomona College Professors Awarded More Than $1 Million in Research and Lab Development Grants
  • Latin American and Chicano Studies Professor Miguel Tinker-Salas Appears on NewsHour With Jim Lehrer
  • Environmental Analysis Professor Char Miller and Geology Professor Rick Hazlett Interviewed in the L.A. Times
• August
  • Professor of Politics Pierre Englebert Pens Op-Ed in The Christian Science Monitor
  • Latin American and Chicano Studies professor Miguel Tinker-Salas Quoted in The Chicago Tribune
• July
  • Professor Miguel Tinker-Salas Comments on the Recent Honduran Coup
  • PBI President and Professor of Anthropology Dru Gladney Called Upon by Media to Discuss Recent Unrest in Xinjiang, China
  • As Secretary Clinton heads to Africa August 5: Expert Available on African Politics and US-Africa Foreign Relations
  • Professor David Menefee-Libbey in Time Magazine
• June
  • Seven Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
  • Pomona College Grants Tenure to Seven Faculty, Promotes Nine from Associate to Full Professor
  • Economics Professor Tahir Andrabi Co-Authors Article in Foreign Policy Magazine
  • Economics Professor Michael Steinberger Quoted in Newsweek
  • Politics Professor David Menefee-Libbey Quoted by the Houston Chronicle
  • Environmental Analysis Professor Char Miller Quoted in Houston Chronicle Article
  • PBI President Dru Gladney Quoted in AP Article on Resettling of Guantanamo Detainees
  • In Memorium: Professor Fred Sontag, 1924-2009
• May
  • Professor of History Char Miller Pens Op-Ed on the Taxpayer Protection Act
  • Art History Professor Frances Pohl Quoted in the L.A. Times
  • Professor Allan Barr Translates Article in New York Times
• April
  • Latin American Studies professor Miguel-Tinker Salas Quoted in Media
• March
  • L.A. Times Blog Reviews Book on Bob Dylan, Edited by Professor of English Kevin Dettmar
  • PBI President Dru Gladney Mentioned in New York Times Article
  • Pomona College Researchers Prove Bacteria Can Extract Iron from Clay in Natural Settings; Finding Could Alter Models of Earth's Carbon Cycle
  • Poet and Translator Jen Hofer, 2009 Moseley Fellow in Creative Writing, Will Give a Reading, at Pomona College, on April 21
• February
  • Professor Char Miller Writes Op-Ed for the San Diego Tribune
• January
  • Pomona College Professor Receives $216,556 Grant for Innovative Research in Developmental Neuroscience

2008

• December
  • Professor Deborah Burke Quoted on the "Tip-of-the-Tongue" Phenomenon
  • Professor Emeritus Thomas Pinney Discusses the Poem "IF" on NPR.org
  • Professor Bowman Cutter Featured in Press-Enterprise Article
• November
  • Professor Ooana Eisenstadt Explores Harry Potter as a Christian Allegory, Reports Boston.com
  • Anthropology Professor Pardis Mahdavi is Quoted in the L.A. Times
  • L.A. Times Features Story on Professor Mark Allen's Museum Take-Over Project
  • Computer Science professor Tzu-Yi Chen receives $150,000 NSF grant for collaborative project
  • Professor Richard Hazlett's Book Selected a "Best Book of 2008" by Amazon.com
  • Pomona College Artist Mark Allen's "Machine Project" at LACMA on Saturday
• October
  • Professor Char Miller Pens Commentary on Reading and the Presidential Nominees in The Texas Observer
  • Professor Miguel Tinker Salas Quoted by Bloomberg
  • Economics Professor Gary Smith and His Book "Houseonomics" Featured in Seattle Post-Intelligencer
  • Rock Meets Postmodernism
  • Charles Taylor Receives $90,000 NIST Research Grant
  • Pomona College Professor Receives Grant for Electronic Nose Research
• September
  • In Memoriam: David Foster Wallace, 1962-2008
  • Emeritus Professor Edward Copeland Awarded a Mellon Fellowship
  • World-Renowned Choral Conductor Directing a Performance Featuring Professors Donna Di Grazia and Thomas Flaherty
• August
  • PBI President Dru Gladney Quoted About Unrest in China
  • PBI President Dru Gladney Quoted in the New York Times
  • PBI President Dru Gladney Interviewed by NPR
  • PBI President Dru Gladney Quoted About Presentatin of Minorities in China
  • L.A. Times Reviews Professor Gary Smith's New Book "Houseonomics"
  • Professor Char Miller Interviewed About Cuts to the Cleveland National Forest Budget
• July
  • Professor and "Houseonomics" Author Gary Smith Interviewed by Minnesota Public Radio
  • Professor Char Miller Reviews Book in The Texas Observer
  • Obituary: Former Geology Professor and Aerial Photographer John Shelton '35
  • PBI President Dru Gladney Quoted by Reuters About Uighurg in China
  • Philip Armour '07 to Present "Sideways Effect" Paper at Wine Economics Conference
  • Art Exhibition by Professor Emeritus Karl Benjamin Opens in Oceanside
  • Former Geology Professor John Shelton '35's Photographs Exhibited in San Diego
• June
  • Professor Gary Smith Interviewed by The Chicago Tribune
  • Professor Char Miller Interviewed About Issues Facing the Cleveland National Forest
  • Professor Gary Smith Quoted by "The Wall Street Journal"
  • Co-authors of "Houseonomics" Available to Explain Why Owning a Home Is Still a Great Investment
• May
  • Professor Erica Flapan's Research Work Featured in Science News
  • Seven Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
  • Three Appointed to Named Professorships at Pomona College
• April
  • Newsweek Quoted PBI President Dru Gladney
  • La Prensa Features "Zoot Suit" Recording and Interview With Professor Alma Martinez
  • Pomona College Professor Named Fulbright Scholar to New Zealand
• February
  • Campus Life: What It's Like for Faculty and Staff Who Reside on Campus
  • Conventional Wisdom Proven Wrong: Dow Jones Stock Deletions Outperform Additions Over Time, According to New Pomona College Research
  • Pomona Math Professor Named to Scientific American's Top 50 Innovators
• January
  • Pomona Math Professor Earns Spot on Scientific American’s Annual SciAm 50
  • World-renowned Choral Conductor Martin Neary Performs at Pomona College's Bridges Hall of Music

2007

• December
  • New Study Reveals Neural Basis for Tip-of-the-Tongue Experiences
• October
  • Fear Factor: Professor Suzanne Thompson Studies How We Respond to Risk
  • Pomona College Professor Named to Chemistry Hall of Fame
• September
  • College and Community Remember Renowned Mathematics Professor Kenneth Cooke
  • Top 10 Ways to Keep Women in Science: Pomona College Professor's List Published in Top Science Journal
• May
  • 2007 Wig Award Winners
  • Pomona College Professor of Politics Awarded $195,000 Mellon Foundation Grant
  • Ajoy Vase Awarded Rockefeller Fellowship for Aspiring Teachers of Color
  • Five Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
• April
  • Claremont Museum of Art Debuts with Exhibition of Former Professor Karl Benjamin's Paintings
  • Visiting Writer-In-Residence Verlyn Klinkenborg Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship
• January
  • Pomona College Professor and Student Achieve Nanomechanical Breakthrough

2006

• December
  • New Faculty Members Arrive at Pomona College
• November
  • Pomona College Professors in Group Receiving $480,000 Grant to Develop Educational Materials
• October
  • Jean Walton Memorial Service Set for October 28, 2006
  • Pomona College Courses Receive National Recognition
• September
  • Heartache and Healing
  • Award-Winning Screenwriter and Producer Tom Musca Teaches Creative Writing Class at Pomona College
  • Pomona College Faculty Members Recognized With Endowed Professorships
  • Screenwriter/Producer/Director Tom Musca Named 2006-2007 Moseley Fellow in Creative Writing at Pomona College
• August
  • Pomona College Research Shows Beating the Stock Market May Be Easier Than Investors Think
  • Pomona College Named One of "The New Ivies" In Kaplan/Newsweek 2007 College Guide
• July
  • TV Didn't Kill the Novel, Says Pomona Professor's New Book
  • Pomona College Research Shows Beating the Stock Market May Be Easier Than Investors Think
• June
  • Professor's Documentary, "Screaming Queens," to Air June 27 on Southern California PBS Station KOCE
• May
  • 2006 Wig Award Winners
  • Done with Da Vinci: Art History Professor George Gorse Has Had Enough of the hype, But Not the Artist
  • Six Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
  • Pomona College Prof. Arden Reed Receives Guggenheim Fellowship
• April
  • What Real Estate Bubble?
  • Frank B. Gibney, 81, One of the Nation's Preeminent Experts on Asia and President of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College, Has Died
  • Pomona College Professor Gary Wilder Receives $195,000 Fellowship
  • New President of the Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College Selected
• March
  • Mighty Pipes: Professor Bill Peterson and Dan Kleinman '06 Preserve Pomona's Tradition of Pipe Organ Music
  • Desert Diary: Professors and Students Study Geology, Astronomy and Anthropology on a Single Trip
  • Best-Selling Mystery Writer Paula L. Woods Named 2005-2006 Moseley Fellow in Creative Writing at Pomona College
• February
  • Pomona College Professor Makes Groundbreaking Discovery of Molecular Mechanism Behind Learning and Memory

2005

• December
  • After the Quake
  • Pomona Religion Professor Honored with National Teaching Award
• November
  • Understanding Emily: Pomona College Becomes Home to "The Emily Dickinson Journal"
  • Professor receives American Academy of Religion’s Excellence in Teaching Award.
  • Pomona College Professor Helps Solve 30-Year Space Mystery
• October
  • Economics Professor Helps Spearhead Relief Efforts After Pakistan Earthquake
  • Author and Pomona Professor David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest is named one of the 100 best novels by Time magazine.
  • Do Your Initials Spell Earlier Death? New Pomona College Study Contradicts Previous Findings
• September
  • Pakistani Education: Pomona College Professor’s Lecture Exposes Media Frenzy and Sets the Record Straight
  • Expert Available on North Korean Deal on Nuclear Arms and the Impact on Northeast Asian Security
• August
  • Walking in L.A.
  • USA Today, NPR feature Pomona professor's new book on Japanese World War II diaries.
• July
  • Four Pomona College Professors Appointed to Endowed Chairs
  • Pomona College Promotes 11 Outstanding Professors
• May
  • Pomona College’s Clarence “Motts” Thomas Honored by Pomona Unified School District
  • Six Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
  • Pomona College Appoints Director of College Writing
  • Kingdom of Heaven Is A Step Forward in Portrayal of Both Sides in Crusades, Says History Professor
• April
  • Best-selling mystery writer Paula L. Woods to teach class at Pomona.
  • Pomona Professor Wins $400,000 National Science Foundation Grant
  • Race and the U.S. Economy Is Subject of Two New Books Edited by Pomona College Professor Cecilia Conrad
  • Best-Selling Mystery Writer Paula L. Woods Named 2005-2006 Moseley Fellow in Creative Writing At Pomona College
• March
  • International Cognitive Science Conference to Honor Pomona College Professor Jay David Atlas
  • Outstanding Faculty Mentors at Pomona College Recognized With Fellowships
  • Verlyn Klinkenborg, Author & Essayist, Serving as 2005 Moseley Fellow at Pomona College

2004

• December
  • Pomona Professor Receives National First Book Award for Engaging Study of Copyrights
• November
  • Pomona College Professor Receives National Credit Union Achievement Award
  • Pomona College Welcomes Eight New Faculty Members
• September
  • Pomona College Professor Wins $150K Grant and Broadcast Agreement for His Documentary "Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton’sCafeteria"
• July
  • New Book by Professor Reveals Link Between Artisans and Science
  • Pomona College Promotes 11 Outstanding Professors
  • Pomona Professor Receives $1.4 Million for Her Research on the Impact of Aging on Language and Memory
  • Chemistry Professor's Grant Gives Claremont High Chemistry Teacher Chance to Improve Her Curriculum
• June
  • Pomona Professor Dents High-Profile Theory That Elderly Can Defer Death to See Next Holiday
• May
  • Pomona College Announces 11 Winners of Avery China Adventure Program Grants
  • Three Pomona College Professors Appointed to Endowed Chairs
  • Five Exceptional Pomona College Faculty Members Voted Wig Professors by Students
  • Pomona College Physics Professor Leads Kids on Adventure in Magnification
• April
  • Professor Wins Award for Book on Joshua Tree National Park Geology
• March
  • Sociology Professor Gilda Ochoa Offers a New Book on Power and Solidarity in the L.A. Chicano Community
  • Pomona Students, Professor Publish Laser Tweezers Research in Professional Journal
  • In Wake of Police Report Calling Hate Crime at CMC a Hoax, Colleges Reaffirm Commitment to Improving Our Community
• February
  • Memorial Service for Professor William Whedbee Will Be held at Pomona College on February 14
  • Pomona Professor Wins Grant for His Documentary "Screaming Queens: The Riot at Compton's Cafeteria"
  • Outstanding Faculty Mentors at Pomona College Recognized With Fellowships
  • New Study Offers Insights on Why We Can't Remember "What's-Her-Name"
• January
  • Pomona Welcomes Six New Faculty Members
  • Pomona College Professor Uncovers Bizarre Lifestyle of Trilobites
  • Ethics Expert Available on Abortion Debate as 31st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade Approaches
  • Expert Available on Democratic Primary, Political Campaigns and Elections
  • Memorial Service for Professor William Whedbee to Be Held at Pomona College on Feb. 14

2003

• December
  • New Book by Pomona College Professor Combines Art History, Literary Criticism
  • Professor Ralph Bolton Honored by Prestigious Science Organization
  • Running as Ritual: Runner and Professor of Sociology Andrew Roth Combines Sport and Research While Running 100-Meter Ultra-Marathons
• November
  • Pomona College Professor's New Dance Piece to Premier at Two California Festivals
• October
  • Beverly Wilson Palmer Receives NEH Grant for Edition of Florence Kelley Letters
• September
  • Pomona Professor Receives National Award for Excellence in Earth Science Teaching
• August
  • Record-Breaking Swimmer Penny Lee Dean Ends 22-Year Retirement for Benefit Swim
  • Focus on Tribal People Takes Local Professor to Laos and Pakistan and, in an Unexpected Twist, to Southern California
  • New Study on Effects of 9/11 Attacks Charts Impacts and Effective Coping Mechanisms
  • Pomona College Ranked #4 in U.S. News & World Report
• July
  • Pomona College Astronomers Take Part in Rare Viewing of Pluto
  • Joshua Tree's Unique Landscape Explored in Book Coauthored by Pomona College Professor