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TIME Magazine Names Chinasa T. Okolo ’18 One of 100 Most Influential People in AI

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Members of the Class of 2028 pose on the steps of Carnegie Hall

½ûÂþÌìÌà Class of 2028 Profile

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Summer Internship in Jamaica Connects Madison Thomas ’26 to Familial Roots

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Chinasa Okolo on stage giving a talk to an audience
TIME Magazine Names Chinasa T. Okolo ’18 One of 100 Most Influential People in AI
Monday, September 16, 2024
Chinasa T. Okolo ’18, a first-generation Nigerian American, holds dear her time at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ, crediting her liberal arts education and computer science professors for igniting in her a desire to understand human-computer interaction.
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Exhibit About Civil Rights Icon Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 to Open in The Claremont Colleges Library
Monday, August 19, 2024
Highlights of the archival collection  civil rights icon Myrlie Evers-Williams '68 donated to ½ûÂþÌìÌà in 2023 will be displayed starting Aug. 26 at The Claremont Colleges Library. It will be open to the public free of charge through Dec. 20.
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Janet Benton ’79 Elected as the Next Chair of the Board of Trustees at ½ûÂþÌìÌÃ
Friday, July 12, 2024
Janet Inskeep Benton ’79 is the new chair of the ½ûÂþÌìÌà Board of Trustees. Her three-year term as leader of the 28-member board began July 1. She succeeds outgoing chair Sam Glick '04, who had led the board since 2015.
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Gas Stove Pollution Research by Yannai Kashtan ’20 Gains National Attention
Tuesday, July 2, 2024
The Los Angeles Times was the latest outlet to feature Yannai Kashtan ’20, whose research at Stanford University and comments have been published by such organizations as CNN, Newsweek and The Guardian.
Lydia Haile '22 at Commencement
Schwarzman Scholar Lydia Haile ’22 Embraces Opportunity to Live and Learn Abroad
Monday, June 24, 2024
In August, Haile will embark on a transformative journey as a Schwarzman Scholar, pursuing a master’s degree in global affairs from Tsinghua University in Beijing.
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Eight ½ûÂþÌìÌà Alumni Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
The fellowship supports superlative students who are pursuing or planning to pursue full-time research-based master’s and doctoral degrees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) or in STEM education.
Mackenzie Grieman '09 in Antarctica
Mackenzie Grieman ’09 Traveled to Edge of the World Along Winding Career Path
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
In 2018, ½ûÂþÌìÌà alumna Mackenzie Grieman '09 spent weeks living in a tent in Antarctica for postdoctoral research. Six years later, she's an associate editor at Springer Nature Group, the global publisher of scientific research.
Julia Foote '18, Samantha Little '20, Sal Daddario '18 and Aseal Birir '18 at Harvard Medical School outdoors with flowers in background
Sagehens Continue Journey into Medicine at Harvard Medical School Together
Thursday, January 25, 2024
A group of Sagehens are continuing their shared journey in Boston as Harvard Medical School students. Another has already graduated and is doing a residency at Massachusetts General Hospital, a Harvard teaching hospital.
Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 through the years
At 90, Civil Rights Pioneer Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 Donates Archival Collection to Inspire New Generations
Thursday, February 9, 2023

Civil rights pioneer Myrlie Evers-Williams ’68 has donated her archival collection to her alma mater ½ûÂþÌìÌà to inspire future generations of leaders and activists.

Alex Zylstra '09 and five colleagues are seated at a table; a presenter is standing at a podium during a press conference panel.
Alex Zylstra ’09 Is Part of Team that Achieves Breakthrough in Fusion Energy
Wednesday, December 21, 2022

In a major breakthrough 60 years in the making that could someday lead to unlimited clean energy, scientists at the National Ignition Facility achieved fusion ignition on Dec. 5. Alex Zylstra ’09 was the principal experimentalist.

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