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Pomona-Pitzer, the No. 1-ranked team in Division III women’s water polo all season, will try to bring home a second consecutive USA Water Polo Division III Collegiate National Championship this weekend, May 6-7, in Rock Island, Illinois.

The Pomona College Model United Nations team is ready to debate and negotiate global issues from any point of view. Students hone skills in public speaking, innovation and negotiation used by United Nations delegates to address global problems.

In her second book, Angelina Y. Chin, chair and associate professor of history at Pomona College, explores the history of people who lived in limbo outside the borders of mainland China in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan during the Cold War.

Zoë Batterman ’24 and Alexandra Turvey ’24 have been named Goldwater Scholars, one of the most prestigious awards for undergraduates in the fields of the natural sciences, engineering and mathematics.

Professors Joanne Nucho and Julie Tannenbaum will each receive a $6,000 stipend to support their respective humanities projects.

A $1.6 million award from the National Science Foundation and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation will allow Wallace Meyer and his collaborators to identify solutions to keep species of Hawaiian land snails alive.

Filmmakers from Pomona and the other Claremont Colleges will screen their work at the 5C Film Festival on Sunday, April 23, in Rose Hills Theatre.

Chemistry Professor Daniel J. O'Leary is using colorful models representing the shape and form of molecular orbitals to help students visualize and learn principles of organic chemistry. They are made with a hobby-grade 3-D printer.

Pomona College alumni Linda Alvarado ’73, Michelle Williams Court ’88 and Peter Shelton ’73 are the recipients of the 2023 Blaisdell Distinguished Alumni Award. Ann Rose Davie ’58 is the 2023 Alumni Distinguished Service Award recipient.

Machinal, written by Sophie Treadwell, plays at Allen Theatre.