Pomona College is proposing updates to its points system for substance policy violations, including increasing point penalties for alcohol to equal those for marijuana and increasing point penalties for underage drinking. Associate Dean Christopher Waugh and the alcohol and drug subcommittee of ASPC’s Student Affairs Committee announced the proposal in
Author: Alexandra Branscom
Mudd Alumna Develops App To Track Local Protests
Malous Kossarian HM ’12 quit her job at IBM in November 2016 to create Magnify Progress, an app that allows users to connect to organizations, politicians, and each other to take action. The idea originated when she struggled to find volunteer opportunities after graduating. “There is so much stuff
‘Marisol’ Play Reflects More Extreme Version Of Reality
5C students performed Jose Rivera’s play “Marisol” at Pomona College’s Seaver Theatre on March 1-4, garnering positive reviews from audience members. The main character, Marisol, played by Anais Gonzalez Nyberg PO ’20, is a Puerto Rican woman living in New York during the 1990s. Magical realism — an artistic genre
Mudd Students Accidentally Make Groundbreaking Physics Discovery
Harvey Mudd College professor Sharon Gerbode and her summer research students made an accidental physics discovery over the last two summers that changed their understanding of materials science. The students developed a new technique called optical blasting that manipulates gain boundaries — irregularities in the structure of crystals that give