Elgrie Jones Hurd III has taught every grade from kindergarten to 12th, as well as graduate school. He has been a dean of student services at a private college, developed a tutoring program at a chiropractic school and ran an…
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For Anthony Ocampo, it’s a chance to bolster faculty diversity across the CSU system. For Bri Sérráno, it’s needed financial support as they work to complete their doctorate and an opportunity to tap into their research to impact policy related…
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Students everywhere found summer plans disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Jobs and internships evaporated. Research in some labs ground to a halt. But not for everyone: These students from Cal Poly Pomona’s College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences are…
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The “Transnational ‘Good Life’ Ecuadorian Social Clubs as Spaces of Resistance” is the latest published work of anthropology and geography lecturer Linda Hall. Hall’s inspiration for the book stems from the friendships she made throughout her education with Ecuadorians studying in the…
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The College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences’ Geography Professor Gabriel Granco was awarded the Agricultural Research Institute (ARI) Grant for nearly $10,000. The research aims to address the production of specialty crops in California by tapping into geospatial technology…
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Nearly three decades after the beating of Rodney King by LAPD officers was caught on tape, echoes of the past are resurfacing in the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police officers and the ensuing protests and…
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Alexandra Porges did not plan on having a career in politics. Initially, Porges set out on her college journey as an art history major. Then, the 2016 elections happened, and it changed the course of her life. “I got very…
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Watching news reports about COVID-19, Economics Professor Carsten Lange noticed that many of the state and local briefings focused on daily COVID-19 statistics such as positive test results and the number of deaths. In his experience as a data scientist,…
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Cal Poly Pomona senior Kevin Truong, who will graduate with a Bachelor of Music in performance, has recently been admitted to the USC Thornton School of Music on scholarship to pursue a Master of Music in bass trombone performance. Kevin…
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Rebekah Paerels is the co-valedictorian for the 2020 graduating class of the College of Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences. Rebekah is receiving her BA in English Applied Language Studies. We asked Rebekah to reflect on her time at Cal Poly Pomona,…
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