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During the 2020–21 academic year, Pomona faculty and staff members secured numerous grants and awards which support faculty research and institutional priorities in support of Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s educational mission.

For their teaching, their research and their commitment to their students, 11 Â鶹´«Ã½ faculty members—spanning academic disciplines—have been promoted. 

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program has awarded fellowships to four Â鶹´«Ã½ students and seven alumni.

Â鶹´«Ã½ Chemistry Professor Nicholas Ball has been named a Henry Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar.

Decades after 2020 Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna '85 studied at Â鶹´«Ã½, undergraduate researchers are using the gene-editing techniques she pioneered.

Â鶹´«Ã½ alumna Jennifer Doudna â€™85 becomes the first graduate of Â鶹´«Ã½ to receive a Nobel Prize.

At a young age Aseal Birir '18 came to searing realizations of what it means to be a Black male in the U.S. Now a Harvard Medical School student, he also realizes Africana studies will help him practice better medicine. 

According to new research from Professor Roberto Garza-Lopez, one key to unlocking the COVID-19 puzzle may be in understanding the effect of metal ions on a pair of the novel coronavirus’ proteins.    

The 2020 Wig Award recipients are faculty members: Aimee Bahng, Tom Le, Jane Liu, Jorge Moreno, Gilda Ochoa and Alexandra Papoutsaki.

Chemistry Professor Nicholas Ball has received a National Institutes of Health grant for the development of a pathway to synthesize sulfur-based compounds to facilitate drug target discovery.