Starr suspends Pomona College students for remainder of academic year without judicial hearings

Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr has suspended 10 students for the 2024-2025 academic year without judicial hearings.

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Brandeis Center and Anti-Defamation League sue Pomona College over antisemitism Title IV violation

On May 9, the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights and the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) announced they filed a federal Title VI complaint suing Pomona College for rising campus antisemitism since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel.

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OPINION: Dear Pomona College administrators, masked protestors aren’t a danger to our community — but you are

One of President Gabrielle Starr’s primary concerns with the events of April 5, were the “masked, unidentified individuals.” Aria Wang PO ’27 addresses her concern and counters: how can students willingly show their identities to an administration that refuses to include them in their claims to community?

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7C and national organizations denounce Pomona College’s response to student arrests

Following the arrest of 20 students at Pomona College by the Claremont Police Department (CPD) on Friday, April 5, several 7C and national organizations have released statements condemning Pomona’s response, pointing to both the academic disciplinary and legal prosecutions sanctioned by its president, G. Gabrielle Starr.

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‘Black joy is not just a necessity, but it’s an act of resistance’ : Pomona BSU’s second Black Youth Conference

On Saturday, Feb. 24, local middle and high school students gathered at Pomona College for the Black Student Union’s (BSU) second Black Youth Conference.

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Pomona students to vote on divestment from the ‘apartheid system within the state of Israel’ via ASPC referendum

Between Monday, Feb. 19 and Wednesday, Feb. 21, the Associated Students of Pomona College (ASPC) will host a vote on a student-led referendum regarding Pomona’s investments in Israel and whether Pomona should disclose their holdings and divest — sell their holdings — from “the apartheid system in the state of Israel.” The referendum, which was proposed by Divest Claremont Colleges and endorsed by 34 other on-campus student organizations, will be held via a confidential ballot system sent to students’ email addresses.

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Pomona President Gabi Starr inducted into the Academy of Arts and Sciences, recognized for education equity efforts

Pomona College President G. Gabrielle Starr officially joined the ranks of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at an induction ceremony Sept. 9 to 10, following a year’s delay due to COVID-19. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the Academy was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams

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