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Allegheny Professor Brian Harward Participates in Reading To Commemorate the 75th Anniversary of International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg

November 21, 2020 Campus and Community

Brian Harward, the Robert G. Seddig Chair in Political Science at Allegheny College, participated in a reading of Robert H. Jackson’s opening statement to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg and Jackson’s role as chief U.S. prosecutor. The reading, sponsored by the Robert H. Jackson Center in Jamestown, New York, […]

Allegheny College President Hilary Link Appointed to NCAA Honors Committee

November 18, 2020 Campus and Community

Dr. Hilary Link, president of Allegheny College, has been appointed to the NCAA Honors Committee for a four-year term, which will begin Jan. 17, 2021, and continue through Jan. 18, 2025. The NCAA Honors Committee’s purpose is to review the nominations and select the recipients for the following prestigious national awards: Theodore Roosevelt Award, Silver Anniversary […]

From Carr Hall to the BBC: Allegheny College Student-Faculty Research Featured on International Stage

November 17, 2020 Campus and Community

Kylie Wirebach’s research while an Allegheny College student transported her to forests near campus, the heights of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, and, now, to the international stage of the British Broadcasting Corp. Wirebach, Allegheny Class of 2020, was interviewed for the BBC Future story “The Return of Europe’s Largest Beasts,” published in September. She […]

Allegheny College Among Inaugural Members of Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance

November 16, 2020 Campus and Community

Allegheny College President Hilary L. Link announced today that Allegheny College is among 51 colleges and universities that have joined to form the Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance, an initiative launched by the University of Southern California Race and Equity Center. “We are very proud to be an inaugural member of the Liberal […]

Allegheny Senior Makes the Most of Her Final Year on Campus

November 10, 2020 Campus and Community

It wasn’t quite the senior year that Kyra Nielsen anticipated, but she is still happy to be among classmates, faculty and familiar surroundings at Allegheny College as she completes her undergraduate education. Nielsen, a psychology major and German minor from Pulaski, New York, will graduate in May 2021. She said she is enthusiastic about her […]

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Allegheny College Senior Places Third in Statewide Draw the Lines Competition

November 9, 2020 Campus and Community

For the second year in a row, Alexander Yarkosky, a senior from Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, has won honors in the statewide competition for redrawing election district lines with the goal of making for fairer elections in the commonwealth. In the most recent competition, Yarkosky placed third, and in 2019 he was awarded honorable mention for his […]

Allegheny College Civic Symphony Shares a Virtual Performance

October 30, 2020 Campus and Community

It doesn’t have the same elegant backdrop as the stained-glass windows of Ford Chapel, and it doesn’t enjoy the same acoustics as Shafer Auditorium in the Henderson Campus Center. But the 24 members of the Allegheny College Civic Symphony sound heavenly as they share their latest performance from their individual workspaces and parlors. The Civic […]

Meet Allegheny’s Alumni Council President, Carmen Ramsey Ellington ’86

October 21, 2020 Campus and Community

[box style=”blue”] Carmen Ramsey Ellington ’86 is president of the Alumni Council, the governing body of Allegheny’s Alumni Association. The Council, composed of 26 alumni and one current senior student, works to facilitate and strengthen the relationship between alumni and Allegheny’s students, faculty, staff, and the Board of Trustees. The dedicated volunteer members of the […]

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Allegheny College English Professor Mari Christmas Receives Prestigious Writing Award

October 19, 2020 Campus and Community

Allegheny College Assistant Professor of English Mari Christmas is a 2020 Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award winner for her skill in fiction writing. The foundation writes that “her fierce, darkly humorous, emotionally riveting work explores and embodies today’s world reflecting our deepest anxieties and the complexities of current-day feminism, motherhood, and modern love.” This award […]

Allegheny College Recognized Among Nation’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges in Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education U.S. College Rankings

October 13, 2020 Campus and Community

Allegheny College has been recognized among the best liberal arts colleges in the United States in the 2021 Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education U.S. College Rankings. Allegheny ranked No. 56 among all liberal arts colleges in the nation and in the top 20 percent overall among all the colleges and universities identified in the publication’s […]

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