Author: Kulsum Ebrahim

Pitzer College announced the launch of the Robert Redford Conservancy for Southern California Sustainability in a press conference at the Los Angeles Press Club Nov. 19. Actor Robert Redford, Pitzer President Laura Skandera Trombley and donors Susan and Nicholas Pritzker made presentations at the press conference. The conservancy is located

A memorial was held for Gene Fowler, a biology professor at Pomona College and one of the pioneers in establishing Pomona’s environmental analysis program, in the Hart Room of the Smith Campus Center at Pomona on Wednesday. Fowler died Nov. 1 at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center after suffering from an illness.

While a federal program introduced in June by President Obama will allow some undocumented students to stay in the country temporarily and gain work authorization, admissions offices at some of the Claremont Colleges will continue to regard them as international students. Administrators at Claremont McKenna College, Harvey Mudd College and

Gene Fowler, a biology professor at Pomona College and one of the pioneers in establishing Pomona’s environmental analysis program, died Nov. 1 at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center after suffering an illness. Fowler, known as Doc Fowler to his colleagues and friends, joined the Pomona faculty in 1993 and taught many

Six Pitzer College students hit the streets of Ontario on Oct. 26 to protest what they called the Ontario Police Department’s illegal impounding of vehicles at sobriety checkpoints.  The group of demonstrators gathered a few of blocks from the checkpoints with large signs warning drivers of the checkpoints ahead. AB

The Harvey Mudd College Board of Trustees has elected Annie Tran Kao HM ’02, Deborah Rieman and Erin Smith to join the board. Kao graduated from HMC with a bachelor’s degree in engineering. She received a master’s degree in structural engineering from the University of California, Berkeley and currently works as a

One of two copies of the 500-year-old Nuremberg Chronicle owned by Scripps College has been restored and is available for students to use for projects and research purposes at Scripps’ Ella Strong Denison Library.  The Nuremberg Chronicle, which was first published in Latin and German in 1493, is an illustrated biblical paraphrase of

This fall, Pomona College is offering Swahili through the Self-Instructional Language Program (SILP). SILP is a half-credit course modeled on similar programs offered at colleges such as Williams College and Grinnell College. Last April, all Pomona students received an e-mail asking if they wanted to learn a new language not

The Advocates for Survivors of Sexual Assault, a student-run group at Pomona College, has implemented a new 24-hour pager system for students seeking immediate contact with an Advocate.  “It’s the difference between getting back to someone within 24 hours or five minutes,” Advocate Natalie Daifotis PO ’15 said. “If somebody