On Monday, Feb. 22, Pomona College plans to launch a new homepage for the first time in almost a decade. Pomona Communications Director Mark Wood said this feat of web-design will “put Pomona ahead of the curve again” in terms of college websites. “We like to call it Pomona 3.0,”
Author: Nicholas Tyack
Pomona Unveils “Daring Minds” Campaign
Pomona College plans to unveil its “Daring Minds” campaign in October 2010. This comprehensive fund-raising campaign is designed to ensure that Pomona becomes “even stronger, better, and more distinctive,” as President David Oxtoby wrote in a recent e-mail to faculty, staff, and students. “Campaign Pomona: Daring Minds” will attempt to
Student Activists Make Public Displays to Raise Awareness About Climate Change
A group of environmentally-inclined Pomona students performed the Macarena on chairs in Frary dining hall on Oct. 24, some of them adorned with body paint. Half an hour later, they assembled to form the digits “350” in Bixby Plaza.The event was suggested by 350.org, an open-source, online campaign started by
5-C Colleges Ranked on Environmental Sustainability
Pomona College recently became one of only 26 colleges and universities across the United States and Canada (out of more than 300) to receive an average grade of A- on the Sustainable Endowments Institute’s 2010 College Sustainability Report Card.Pomona received a C+ in 2007 and a B in both 2008
Motley to Charge for To-Go Cups
The Motley Coffeehouse will charge an extra $1for to-go cupsstartingOctober 21. The biodegradable to-go cups currently in use can be recycled at Pomona’s organic farm, but only 5 percent currently end up being disposed of in this fashion, according to the Motley. The café said significant energy and resources go
Physicist Draws Crowds to Fill Three Auditoriums at HMC
On Friday, Oct. 2, physicist Brian Greene addressed a packed Galileo Hall in the kick-off lecture of this year’s Dr. Bruce J. Nelson Distinguished Speaker Series, “The Power and Beauty of Mathematics.”Greene is a Professor of Mathematics and Physics at Columbia University. He wrote The Fabric of the Cosmos, Icarus
Pomona Hosts Global Warming Meeting
Pomona College hosted residents of the greater Los Angeles area on Saturday to discuss views and perceptions about global warming. The meeting was one of five hosted in the United States as part of an event sprawling across six continents, 38 countries and including over 4,000 participants. Politics professor Rick