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Geology Professor Receives Grant to Help Students Explore Shale Formations

by Richard Stanley July 31st 2018

An Allegheny College geology professor has received a $55,000 grant from the Petroleum Research Fund of the American Chemical Society (ACS) to conduct research along with students of shale formations in the Appalachian Basin over the next two years. Kathryn Tamulonis, assistant professor of geology, received the funding for her research project, “Relationship Between Rome

Creek Connections Receives Grant for Water-Quality Monitoring Kits

by Richard Stanley June 6th 2018

Creek Connections at Allegheny College has received a $2,100 grant from Dominion Energy Charitable Foundation and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy to purchase water-quality monitoring equipment. “This grant is important because we are a long-time successful environmental-education project with ongoing costs,” said Wendy Kedzierski, Creek Connections project director. “We have a few schools that have been

Allegheny Student Wins Fulbright Scholarship for Summer Study in the U.K.

by Richard Stanley May 15th 2018

Allegheny College student Sarah Shapley will participate in a Fulbright Summer Institute to study in Wales in the United Kingdom through one of the most prestigious and selective summer scholarship programs operating worldwide. Shapley, a rising junior, is from Fairport in suburban Rochester, New York. She is a major in international studies with a minor

Barbara Shaw Receives Endowed Professorship for Interdisciplinary Studies at Allegheny

by Richard Stanley May 11th 2018

Barbara L. Shaw has been named the first recipient of the Brett ’65 and Gwendolyn ’64 Elliott Professorship for Interdisciplinary Studies at Allegheny College. Shaw teaches in the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program and has been at Allegheny since 2009. She holds a bachelor’s degree from Colby College and a doctorate in American Studies

Allegheny Graduating Senior Will Pursue Environmental Research in the Rocky Mountains

by Richard Stanley April 25th 2018

During the summer of 2018, Allegheny College graduating senior Leah Franzluebbers will be working among the high peaks in the Mountain West. She is looking ahead to her summer job as a research assistant at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory in Colorado. This will be Franzluebbers’ second summer in Colorado working at the world-renowned high

Allegheny Professors Receive Grant to Integrate the Humanities and Sciences

by Richard Stanley April 24th 2018

Two Allegheny College professors have been awarded $35,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to plan for interdisciplinary partnerships between the natural sciences and the humanities and to extend the impact of the humanities both in and out of the classroom. Associate Professor of English M. Soledad Caballero, project director, and Associate Professor

Allegheny’s 2018 Scholars Symposium to Feature Student Research and Accomplishments

by Richard Stanley April 16th 2018

Allegheny College will welcome students, their families and friends, staff, faculty and the public to a celebration of student research and achievement on Tuesday, May 1. This will be the College’s second annual Richard J. Cook – Teresa M. Lahti Scholars Symposium, a campus-wide, all-day celebration that highlights innovative student projects completed during the past

Allegheny Gears Up for Annual Gator Give Day

by Richard Stanley March 26th 2018

Attention, all Gators, past, present and future — mark Thursday, April 19, 2018 as a special day on your calendars. That’s the date of Allegheny College’s fourth annual Gator Give Day, a fun-filled 24-hour online fundraising event that has become a tradition inspiring alumni, parents, employees, students and other friends from around the globe to

Allegheny to Host Panel of Experts Discussing the Economic Impact of the Opioid Crisis

by Richard Stanley March 19th 2018

The opioid crisis has hit Pennsylvania hard. Fatal overdoses rose 37 percent across the state between 2015 and 2016 and are now the leading cause of death among Americans under 50, health statistics from Pennsylvania and other states show. Death rates have been particularly high in counties in Western Pennsylvania. Beaver, Allegheny, Washington, Butler, Crawford

Nationally Known Religious Leader to Visit Allegheny

by Richard Stanley February 26th 2018

The Rev. Dr. Nancy Wilson, retired global leader for the Metropolitan Community Churches and a renowned leader in the LGBT Christian community, will visit the Allegheny College campus in March for a 10-day residency. Rev. Wilson, a 1972 graduate of Allegheny, will be the keynote speaker for a workshop titled “Ministry With Trans Persons” from

Articles: by Richard Stanley