Articles: People and Places

People & Places, September 2010

A Monthly Newsletter Reporting the Professional Activities of the Allegheny Community Associate Director of Public Affairs Penny Frank is chair of the 40th Annual University and College Designers Association Conference. The annual conference, which brings together creative professionals from across the country and Canada, focuses on issues related to marketing and communication as they relate

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People & Places, August 2010

A Monthly Newsletter Reporting the Professional Activities of the Allegheny Community Brittany Bell ’10, Ashley Crosby ’10, and Rachel Higgins ’10 presented posters of their senior comprehensive projects at the 38th Annual Western Pennsylvania Undergraduate Psychology Conference at Slippery Rock University. In addition, Daniel Winston ’10 and Julia Harris ’11 presented papers of their work. Winston’s paper,

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People & Places: April 2010

Zoe Aaron ’13 will perform with the Prairie Repertory Theatre in Brookings, South Dakota this summer. She will play Mimsey in Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite and be an ensemble member in two musicals. Shane Downing ’11 has been selected to participate in the highly competitive Summer 2010 Freeman Indonesia Nonprofit Internship Program. Jessica Kenemuth ’10,

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People & Places: March 2010

Ryan Brindle ’12, Leonard Costantini ’10, David Domachowski ’11, Annie Ginty ’09, Catherine Vance ’11 and Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience Sarah Conklin all presented papers at the American Psychosomatic Society’s national conference held March 10-13 in Portland, Oregon. The students were part of a sleep research group at Allegheny that Conklin led in

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People & Places: February 2010

Bonnie Cross ’11 presented a paper at Susquehanna University’s Department of English Undergraduate Conference. Her paper, which focused on the figure of the Fallen Man in Fowles’ The French Lieutenant’s Woman, was based upon work done in a course taught by Professor of English Diane D’Amico on the Neo-Victorian Novel. Two poems by Anna Rose

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People & Places: January 2010

Julia Muntean ’10, who is advised by Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry Catharina Coenen, won first place at the Chemistry and Biochemistry Undergraduate Research Competition at Florida State University in November. She was one of twelve students selected from the nation to participate. The poster Julia presented was titled “Salicylic Acid Inhibition of Indole-3-Acetic

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People & Places: November 2009

Lindsay Herendeen ’07 and Kaitlyn Huser ’11 co-presented on behalf of Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Caryl Waggett at the National Environmental Public Health Conference: Healthy People in a Healthy Environment in Atlanta, Georgia. The national conference was hosted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Healthy Homes-Healthy Children presentation was titled “Overcoming

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People & Places: October 2009

Professor of Art and Civic Engagement Council chair Amara Geffen and Core Commitments interns David Valentine ’10 and Jinnie Templin ’11 co-presented at the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) Educating for Personal and Social Responsibility: Deepening Student and Campus Commitments Conference in Minneapolis October 1-3. The presentation, part of a panel titled “Students

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People & Places: September 2009

Abby Conroy ’10, Andrew Pfeifer ’10, Shannon Zaret ’10, and Assistant Professor of Environmental Science TJ Eatmon presented a paper titled “A Review of Paper Purchasing Policy Options for Allegheny College” at the annual conference of the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) in Indianapolis. Since the report was first presented

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