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Nationally Recognized Author and Allegheny Alum Returns to His Roots to Teach a New Generation of Students

by Paige Penfield January 26th 2022

Graham Barnhart’s time with his Allegheny College faculty mentors undoubtedly set the stage for his career as an author and recipient of multiple nationally recognized fellowships. Now, the 2007 Allegheny graduate has returned to his roots to give back to a new generation of students.  “The truth is that since I was a student I’ve

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Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibit Includes Two Works by Allegheny College Professor Emerita Amara Geffen

by Richard Stanley July 15th 2021

To her delight and that of the Allegheny College community, artist Amara Geffen has two works on exhibit through August 29, 2021, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. Upon completion of the exhibit, the works will become part of the permanent collection at The Met. Two ceramic sculptures by Geffen, who

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Allegheny Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2020

by Richard Stanley September 9th 2020

It’s quite the fusion of talents joining the ranks of Allegheny College’s faculty in the fall of 2020. From scholars in modern Arabic literature and French and Francophone studies to a former economic analyst for a global banking firm, Allegheny’s new faculty members bring unique backgrounds and qualities to the campus classrooms this academic year.

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National Radio Program to Spotlight Faculty Research at Allegheny College

by Richard Stanley May 22nd 2020

Six Allegheny College professors will be featured on “The Academic Minute,” a national radio broadcast and podcast that highlights research from colleges and universities throughout the world, beginning on Monday, May 25. Starting with Monday’s broadcast, five of the professors will “take over” “The Academic Minute” program for the week. Each day, one Allegheny faculty

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Allegheny’s New Innovation and Creativity Lab Brings Technology to the Students

by Richard Stanley March 11th 2020

When you enter the new Allegheny Lab for Innovation and Creativity, you walk into a space bristling with cutting-edge technology. In the fabrication lab, there’s a bank of 3D printers, a laser cutter and a three-axis CNC machine. Go a little further and you enter a computer design lab with neatly aligned rows of workstations,

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Allegheny Professor Receives Grant to Help With Sustainable Community-Based Forestry Project in Africa

by Richard Stanley October 5th 2018

Dr. Nicole Gross-Camp, a visiting assistant professor of environmental science and sustainability at Allegheny College, has received a grant from the United Kingdom’s Darwin Initiative in conjunction with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in Scotland to make forest management sustainable in Tanzania. The $469,000 grant will support the project participants over the course of three

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Ahoy, Gators! First-Year Allegheny Students Sail Through Time

by Richard Stanley September 20th 2018

On a bright and balmy September afternoon, Allegheny College Professors Casey Bradshaw-Wilson and Richard Bowden moved their classrooms onto the rolling deck of a 19th-century fishing schooner and skimmed through the ripples of a gently turbulent Lake Erie off Presque Isle — much to the delight of their 30 first-year seminar students and a handful

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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

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Political Science Professor Shannan Mattiace Receives Fulbright Award

by Richard Stanley January 29th 2018

Shannan Mattiace, professor and chair of the Political Science Department at Allegheny College, has received a 2018–19 Fulbright Award to teach and conduct research in the South American nation of Chile. Mattiace said she plans to live in Chile for five months beginning in February 2019. “It has been my dream for decades to receive

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Allegheny Professor Shares His Fulbright Experience

by Richard Stanley September 11th 2017

Eric Pallant photographed his share of sheep, rustic stonewalls, and vintage waterwheels during the spring 2017 semester which he spent in the United Kingdom as part of the Fulbright educational exchange program. Pallant, the Christine Scott Nelson Professor of Environmental Sustainability and chair of the Department of Environmental Science at Allegheny College, also taught students

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