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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ӰÊÓ’s educational mission.

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

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

Â鶹ӰÊÓ 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ӰÊÓ, undergraduate researchers are using the gene-editing techniques she pioneered.

Â鶹ӰÊÓ alumna Jennifer Doudna â€™85 becomes the first graduate of Â鶹ӰÊÓ 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.