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Â鶹´«Ã½ students voting rate was 77.7% in 2020, a +19.3 change from 2016. That is well above the national rate for college students, which was 66% in 2020 (compared with 52% in 2016.)

Â鶹´«Ã½ alumnus and Coral Vita president and co-founder Gator Halpern ’12, is one of the inaugural recipients of the Earthshot Prize, a global prize for the environment awarded by the Royal Foundation. 

Theatre major David Callander '88 headed for Broadway after graduating, then decided to go to medical school and became a psychiatrist. The pandemic stirred something in him, and Callander is producing and directing an upcoming play in L.A.

Bobby Lee ’02 and Sophia Whang have established a scholarship fund for students facing financial hardships, come from immigrant families, are first-generation college students and/or are pursuing careers in science or medicine.

For decades, the generosity of Barbara Barnard Smith ’42 helped Pomona students and the wider community to grow in their knowledge of non-Western music. With her passing in July at the age of 91, Smith continued that legacy.

With fall semester classes beginning today (Aug. 30), Â鶹´«Ã½ announces the appointment of three distinguished alumni to its Board of Trustees.

Coach Mike Budenholzer '92 guides the Milwaukee Bucks to the NBA title.

During the pandemic, Claudia Sandell '18, Emma Paulini '22 and Sara Sherburne '19 connected through The Farmlink Project to save leftover produce that would have otherwise be sent to landfills.

Don Abram ’16 began preaching at his Black church on the South Side of Chicago when he was a teen—and he first recognized his queerness when he was a child.

After the first suspension of the Fulbright program in its 75-year history (due to the COVID-19 pandemic), this year’s cohort will consist of 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 awardees.