Calette Garcia earned three associate degrees – early childhood education, child development and general studies of social behavior and self-development – in May 2017 before transferring to Cal Poly Pomona. This was after dropping out of college four years earlier…
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The Cal Poly Pomona College of Science was awarded a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation to support the success of socio-economic disadvantaged scholars in the sciences through a new program called “SPIRES,” which stands for Scholars Program…
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Junjun Liu, professor of biological sciences, has received a four-year $420,000 National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to study “How Usp16-Mediated Histone Deubiquitination Regulates Breast Cancer Cell Invasion.” “The study is expected to reveal a new mechanism of metastasis regulation and…
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The Huntley College of Agriculture will get a jumpstart on a new minor focusing on plant-based food and nutrition, thanks to a $51,000 gift from Bipin Shah and his wife, Rekha. The minor would complement the college’s studies in nutrition and…
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Assistant Professor Alex John is exploring the possibility of a viable, biomass-based alternative to petroleum products, and his research has led to a $240,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant. John and students in his chemistry lab are developing catalysts for…
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The Claremont chapter of The Links Incorporated, one of the nation’s oldest and largest volunteer service organizations, has partnered with the Bronco Care Basic Needs initiative to support students’ academic success and wellbeing. Members of the chapter volunteered at the…
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Cal Poly Pomona launched The President’s Circle to recognize donors gifting $2,500 annually to strengthen more than 100 programs and resources that boost student success, including scholarships, classroom technology and the Veteran’s Resource Center. Alumna Mardis Jackson (’80, management and…
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Cal Poly Pomona has earned a three-year National Science Foundation (NSF) Innovation Corps (I-Corps) grant to identify promising research and development projects on campus and help find ways to commercialize them. The university is only one of three CSUs and…
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Cal Poly Pomona is launching a Cyber Security Instructional Research Project (CSIRP) that will promote innovative teaching, research and collaboration. The project, which integrates existing campus IT services, will be a cross-disciplinary hub that offers collaborative lab and office space,…
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For years, most people at Cal Poly Pomona had no idea the campus was home to a natural spring behind Building 1. But California’s record drought in 2011 got biology Professors Tina Hartney and Ed Bobich thinking about a campus…
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