Twelve Allegheny students gave presentations at the national meeting of the American Physical Society held in Pittsburgh last March. They are (with faculty advisors in parentheses) Adam Simbeck ’09, Brandon Momeyer ’09, Leah Parsons ’09 (Professor Gary Bedrosian), Kristen Duthie ’09, Chris Whiting ’09, Nate Rieders ’09, Satoko Asahi ’09, Simon Kohnstamm ’10 (Professor Adele
The Morris K. Udall Foundation has honored four Allegheny students, the highest number of combined scholarship and honorable mention recipients from any single college. Carlyn Johnson ’11 and Ali Trunzo ’11 have been selected as 2009 Udall Scholars. Brandon Goeller ’10 and Sandra Wayman ’10 received honorable mention awards. A 14-member independent review committee selected
Sharon Bellina ’09 has accepted a year-long internship in dramaturgy at the Pasadena Playhouse in California. Amy Schrembs ’09 presented her work “An Application of Computer-Based Training on Emotional Discrimination in Children with Autism: A Comparison to Non-Computer-Based Training” at…
Marianne Broome ’10 stage managed “Cymbelline” and “Misalliance” this past summer for New York Classical Theatre. Carrie Miller ’09 served as dramaturg on the Morse Code Theatre Company production “My Name Is Rachel Corrie.” Morse Code is a theatre company…
Michael Peroski ’10 recently coauthored policy recommendations on human embryonic stem cell research in a report titled “Stem Cells: A Life Sciences Crucible.” The report was launched at a Center for American Progress event on January 16 and is available…
Sustainability Coordinator Kelly Boulton ’02 and Assistant Professor of Environmental Science Jennifer DeHart attended the AASHE (Association for Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education) Conference in Raleigh, N.C., in November. DeHart chaired a session on institutional change and presented a…
Jessica Brazelton ’07, Emily Pfeufer ’08, and Associate Professor of Biology Catharina Coenen published a paper titled “2,4-Diacetylphloroglucinol Alters Plant Root Development” in the October issue of the journal Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. Their coauthors were Teresa Sweat of the USDA-ARS…
Michael Peroski ’10 was selected to present a poster at the International Conference on Biomedicine and Human Rights, which will take place December 10-12 in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. His poster is titled “fMRI lie detection: technical flaws and human rights…
Ellie Boron ’09, Kristen Duthie ’09, and Xun Li ’09 attended the Penn State Primary Care Scholars Program, which is designed to expose students to the philosophy and practice of primary care within the disciplines of family medicine, internal medicine,…
Jaclyn Spirer ’08 won both the Best Documentary Prize and the Grand Jury Award at the Ivy Film Festival, held at Brown University in April and billed as the largest student film festival in the United States. The Grand Jury…