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  • The Academic Minute for 2025.08.11-2025.08.15

    The Academic Minute for 2025.08.11-2025.08.15

    Monday Pamela Prickett – Pomona College America’s Rising Number of Unclaimed Deaths Pamela Prickett is an associate professor of sociology at Pomona College and former journalist. She is the author of two books about Los Angeles, including The Unclaimed: Abandonment and Hope in the City of Angels and Believing in South Central: Everyday Islam in the City of Angels. Tuesday…

  • Char Miller, Pomona College – Why is California on Fire?

    Char Miller, Pomona College – Why is California on Fire?

    On Pomona College Week: Wildfires in California have a long history. Char Miller, W. M. Keck professor of environmental analysis and history, examines this. Char Miller is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College, where he teaches classes on public lands, water, fire, urbanization. Why is California on Fire?…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.08.11)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2025.08.11)

    Pomona College Week on The Academic Minute 2025.08.11   Monday Pamela Prickett, associate professor of sociology, examines why unclaimed deaths are on the rise in the United States.   Tuesday Jo Hardin, professor of math and statistics and Hardison Chair of analytical thinking, explores how the Random Forest prediction model works.   Wednesday Char Miller,…