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Harvey Mudd Has Too Many Climate Majors – And Not Enough Environmentalism

Since 2024, Harvey Mudd College has created four joint majors, all related to climate: Chemistry and Climate, Computer ...
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Pro-Hamas Scholar Addresses Claremont Students Virtually on Oct. 7

Pro-Hamas scholar Mohamed Abdou addressed Claremont Colleges students virtually on Wednesday, Oct. 7, as part of his “Death ...
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UPDATE: Students Call for Pomona College President's Resignation After 20 Arrests

On Friday, 20 students were arrested at Pomona College after refusing to identify themselves while occupying a campus building during a protest for Palestinians in Gaza. All of the protesters have ...
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William C. Dudley Selected as Claremont McKenna College’s Sixth President

Washington and Lee University President William C. Dudley will succeed Hiram Chodosh as Claremont McKenna College’s sixth president, according to a statement from Board of Trustees Chairman Ken Valach ...
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Man Wins First Place in Women’s 100m Dash at Pomona-Pitzer Track Meet

A video showing a man dressed up as a woman to compete in the Women’s 100-Meter Dash at a Pomona-Pitzer track meet went viral on Monday, garnering millions of views across social media platforms.
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Protesters Occupy, Vandalize Pomona's Carnegie Hall on One-Year Anniversary of Oct. 7 Attacks

On Monday, Oct. 7, hundreds of students across the Claremont Colleges participated in a walkout to demand that the colleges divest from companies associated with Israel. The protest culminated in the ...
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Black Student Union Accuses Pomona Administration of Enabling Racist Environment

Pomona College’s Black Student Union (BSU) held a town hall attended by hundreds of students last Wednesday night, alleging that black students had been “subjected to hateful experiences on this ...
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Claremont Graduate University Seeks Merger Amid Budget Shortfall

In April, Claremont Graduate University (CGU) Interim President Michelle Bligh and Vice President of Strategy Patricia Easton informed the CGU community of the university’s decision to seek a merger. ...
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Angela Davis Entertained Tyrants and Border Guards Before Pitzer’s Class of 2026

Pitzer College is widely understood to be the most uniformly left-wing of the Claremont consortium. This morning, they announced a commencement speaker who celebrated border guards and shook hands ...
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Department of Education Opens Title VI Investigation into Scripps College

On March 18th, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) opened a Title VI Shared Ancestry investigation into Scripps College. The investigation follows a March 6 complaint ...
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Former Claremont McKenna Dean Investigated for Racism After Accusing Student of Plagiarism

According to the narrative, in early December 2022, Ascher received three of the student’s papers. “The papers were submitted as email attachments, with a statement that they had been uploaded on [a ...