Design for Belonging: Advanced HCD Partners with Hiki
The Hive seeks to give students real-world experience in industry working through ambiguous challenges, with diverse populations of people, and on projects enacting positive social change. In Spring 2026, our […]
Student Innovator Spotlight: 5C student-founded outdoor clothing brand, for women by women
Rachel Ma (PO ‘26), a recent philosophy graduate from Pomona, dreamed up Tualmi to address the lack of inclusive outdoor clothing for women. Her idea was inspired by a conversation […]
HCD Memory Tiles: Honoring Oldenborg
“This is so special and unique because it’s one of the first times I’m seeing a project I worked on in HCD be fully realized in the world…and it’s on […]
Uplift Notes by Serena Lin
Serena Lin, a neuroscience major at Pomona College, has developed Uplift Notes, a conversation-starter toolkit aimed at bridging the generational gap and fostering meaningful connections. Serena is no stranger to the Hive! She took […]
Scripps Seniors Improve Access to Hepatitis C Testing with LA County
For a senior thesis in Human-Centered Design (HCD), Zo Pancoast (Scripps ’25) collaborated with Jay Renaker (Scripps ’25) on a project that used design research to identify and address a pressing public […]
The Hive Partners to Launch Vietnamese Herbal Remedies Book
Professor and Hive Director of Global Impact Shannon Randolph’s work uses a combination of human-centered design and anthropological methods to reframe environmental and health issues from local perspectives. Over the […]
