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Prof. Nikki Moore Uses NSF Grant to Explore Independence Dikes in the Sierra Nevada
Friday, August 16, 2024
This summer, Prof. Nikki Moore took three trips to the Sierra Nevada, each accompanied by different Claremont Colleges students. The two hiked to dikes Moore targeted and mapped, collecting dike rock samples for lab analysis.
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Alumni Association Announces Alumni and Faculty Awards
Monday, April 15, 2024
Each year, the Alumni Association bestows awards on alumni and faculty for their unique and remarkable achievements. 
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NSF Grant Will Help Unpack Mysteries of Oceanic “Deserts”
Thursday, February 1, 2024
Masha Prokopenko, visiting assistant professor of geology, is part of a team that has received an NSF grant to explore how apparent “deserts” in the North Pacific Ocean defy the odds and obtain the nutrients they need to sustain the ecosystem.
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Geology Professor Jade Star Lackey’s Research Offers New History of Rocky Mountains
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
When and how the Rocky Mountains were created are questions that Professor of Geology Jade Star Lackey offers paradigm-shifting answers to in a new paper.
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Thirteen Faculty Members Promoted
Monday, June 26, 2023
Thirteen faculty members have been recognized for their intellectual leadership, professional achievement, and service.
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Meet Pomona’s 2023 Fulbright Awardees
Thursday, June 8, 2023
Fifteen recent Pomona College graduates have received Fulbright grants for the 2023-2024 award cycle. 
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Prof. Jade Star Lackey Receives NSF Grant to Study Halogen Behavior in Sierra Nevada Granite
Monday, September 19, 2022
The National Science Foundation awarded a $114,000 grant to geology department chair Jade Star Lackey. He and fellow researchers will measure halogen concentrations in igneous rocks that formed California’s Sierra Nevadas.  
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Geology Prof. Robert Gaines to Help Team Explore Earliest Animal Communities in Australia
Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Robert Gaines, geology professor and dean of Pomona College, will work with a team in Australia's Outback this summer to study Earth's oldest animals and the environment in which they lived.
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Geology Prof. Eric Grosfils Awarded NASA Grant to Study Volcanoes on Mars
Tuesday, October 19, 2021
Eric Grosfils, Minnie B. Cairns Memorial Professor of Geology, recently received a $398,000 grant from NASA to model volcanic activity on Mars.
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Geology Prof. Jade Star Lackey Awarded More Than $100,000 from the National Science Foundation
Monday, September 13, 2021
Geology Professor Jade Star Lackey is the recipient of a National Science Foundation grant of more than $100,000 for his collaborative research with Caltech.
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