Phillip Browne, a beloved music professor who taught at Cal Poly Pomona for more than three decades, has died. Browne, a former music department chair, started teaching at the university in 1963 and retired in 1994. He continued to teach…
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A silence fell across the room when Scott Schultz called upon Cal Poly Pomona students to explain how they get around this expansive and car-dominated metropolis. No one wanted to be the first to speak, so Schultz, producer and host…
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A mother whose daughter was killed during clashes over Apartheid in South Africa. A neurosurgeon who researches the effects of compassion on health. A filmmaker who told the story of the transformative power of meditation on a group of prisoners.…
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More than 400 runners and walkers traversed Cal Poly Pomona’s campus for the 11th Annual Matt’s Run 5K, raising $5,000 for student scholarships. With the theme of celebrating everyday heroes, many participants wore superhero costumes, shirts or capes for the…
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Mahmood Ibrahim, a longtime professor in the history department, has been named the 2016-17 recipient of the George P. Hart Award for Outstanding Faculty Leadership. Ibrahim specializes in teaching Middle East history in the College of Letters, Arts & Social Sciences and…
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Cal Poly Pomona psychology and sociology Professor Faye Wachs will help lead a panel discussion about how the coverage and portrayal of female athletes in the media play pivotal roles in the empowerment of women. The “Media Re(presents) Women and…
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Students Aim to Make a Splash With Imaginative Gadgets and Concepts By Emily Velasco and Melanie Johnson Perhaps inspired by charismatic titans of industry like Tesla Motors’ founder Elon Musk or Apple’s iconic Steve Jobs, a new generation of students…
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Sabrina Lemmon can shift easily from working with a socket wrench at Temple City Powersports to taking lecture notes for her classes at Cal Poly Pomona. Making those kinds of abrupt adjustments have been part of Lemmon’s detour-filled path to…
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Before Liam Corley returns to Cal Poly Pomona this fall following a three-year military leave, the English professor will spend three weeks connecting with fellow scholars at a 2016 National Endowment of the Humanities Summer Institute. Corley, who has been…
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More than 6,200 students participated in the 60th annual commencement ceremonies this past weekend, earning bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees, as well as teaching credentials. Videos of the individual commencement ceremonies are posted online. University photographer Tom Zasadzinski posted photo galleries from…
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