Big Pharma uses it. It costs $44,000 (a price that has now risen to over $82,000). Pomona students and chemistry professor Nicholas Ball are developing smarter ways to make the molecules behind common medicines.
Author: Gabriel Brenner
Science as Human Endeavor: Turning science education into scientific practice
Have you ever wondered how your science education connects to the global challenges that will define your future? Columnist Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 writes on the CHEM23 Discovering Chemistry w/ Lab course, which aims to blend scientific education with real-life applications.
The 61st Robbins Lecture: Carolyn Bertozzi on bioorthogonal chemistry
Bioorthogonal chemistry, a new field pioneered by Carolyn Bertozzi, has significant applications ranging from tuberculosis testing to cell therapies. A recipient of the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Bertozzi spoke at the Pomona College Chemistry Department’s 61st annual Robbins Lecture Series from Feb. 24 to 26.
Science as a Human Endeavor: A professor’s call to humanize science education
Many students enter into science majors out of curiosity about our world and their place in it. Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 discusses recentering scientific learning around human experience, and physics professor Elijah Quetin’s efforts to do just that.
Art history’s physics problem: Charles Falco speaks at the Benton
In an age where many fear the automation of art, physicist Charles Falco reminds us that the intersection of technology and art is anything but new. On the afternoon of Nov. 14 at Pomona College’s Benton Museum of Art, Falco presented the Hockney-Falco thesis, regarded as having “shak[en] the foundations
Science as a Human Endeavor: How biophysics is pushing the boundaries of science
At Pomona College’s McCluskey Lab, biophysicists are working together to uncover the forces that govern life using lasers, microscopes and a whole lot of collaboration. Columnist Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 explores how biophysics is shaping the future of science: a future that’s interdisciplinary and anything but solitary.
Science as a Human Endeavor: Is science just a requirement?
Are the Claremont Colleges’ general education requirements doing enough to teach students scientific literacy? Columnist Gabriel Brenner PO ’26 discusses the value of a scientific education for non-science majors.