Professor of Chemistry Sarah Keller has a knack for yeast. While we might know about yeast from its role in creating bread and yogurt, Keller’s research on it has been linked to processes that can cause diseases such as lupus — an autoimmune disorder that rose to national attention after
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Increase In Pomona STEM Majors Prompts Concern From Humanities, Social Sciences
Science, technology, engineering, and math degrees have been all the rage at Pomona College the past several years. In 2005, STEM degrees made up less than 30 percent of all majors completed, and the arts and humanities was the most popular division at roughly 30 percent, according to Pomona’s Office
Ronald Herring Discusses Role of Science in Agriculture
Ronald Herring gave a captivating and thought-provoking talk on genes in food Sept. 29 at Claremont McKenna College’s Marian Miner Cook Athenaeum. Herring, a political economy and ecology professor at Cornell University, teaches a vast range of topics but maintains a primary focus on agriculture and rural development. An expert on agrarian political economy, Herring is currently the