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People & Places: January 2023

People & Places is a monthly highlight of the ongoing professional activities and achievements of faculty, staff, and students of the College. Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Religious Studies Carl Olson’s essay entitled “Playing with Representational Thinking: A Critical Postmodern Comparison of Derrida, Zhuangzi, and Dogen” was published in Comparative and Continentals Philosophy Vol. 21 […]

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People & Places: December 2022

People & Places is a monthly highlight of the ongoing professional activities and achievements of faculty, staff, and students of the College. Professor of French and International Studies Laura Reeck contributed five translations to the first English-language anthology of Morocco’s longest-standing political and cultural journal, Lamalif. Her contributions focus on multiculturalism in France and migration between […]

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People & Places: November 2022

People & Places is a monthly highlight of the ongoing professional activities and achievements of faculty, staff, and students of the College. Noel Oullette ’24 has been awarded a Paleontology in the Parks Fellowship. Oullette and his faculty mentor, Associate Professor of Biology & Geology Lisa Whitenack, will collaborate with the National Parks Service (NPS) […]

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People & Places: October 2022

People & Places is a monthly highlight of the ongoing professional activities and achievements of faculty, staff, and students of the College. Associate Professor of History Guo Wu was invited by Professor of Chinese at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Dr. Hemant Adlakha, to participate in the 1st China’s Domestic Governance Conference organized by the Institute of […]

New Podcast Features Student Experiences in Allegheny College’s Award-winning Undergraduate Research Program

The Allegheny College Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (URSCA) has launched a new podcast to feature Allegheny students discussing their experiences in the College’s award-winning undergraduate research and creative activities program. The podcast — named Gator TAILS (Talking About Inquiry, Learning, and Scholarship) — is hosted by Matt Venesky, Ph.D., director of […]

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People and Places: September 2022

People & Places is published monthly during the academic year by the Office of Marketing & Communications. It reports on the professional activities of members of the College community and highlights student achievement. Over six months in 2018, and in collaboration with Catholic Charities, students in the Global Citizen Scholars Program recorded a set of […]

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Allegheny College Receives Grant to Support Creek Connections Program’s Water Quality Monitoring

Allegheny College has received a $1,695 grant from BHE GT&S and the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy’s 2022 Watershed Mini Grant Program in support of Creek Connections, an environmental outreach program that brings hands-on environmental education to K-12 schools throughout western Pennsylvania. The grant will be used to fund the purchase of a flow meter, an important […]

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Allegheny College Joins Northwest Pennsylvania Innovation Beehive Network with the Allegheny Center for Sustainable Development

Allegheny College, one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold, has launched the Allegheny Center for Sustainable Development to provide sustainability research and consulting services to regional businesses and organizations. The new center is part of the Northwest Pennsylvania Innovation Beehive Network, which was established in […]

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People and Places: May 2022

Join the Office of URSCA in congratulating the many Allegheny students who recently presented their research at the Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference, held on April 23 at Penn State Behrend. In particular, the Office of URSCA would like to highlight the following students for their outstanding achievements in either winning or […]

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Senior Comp Challenges Common Misconceptions of Tarantulas

Allegheny College student Megan Collins ’22 is hoping to disprove misconceptions about one of the most widely feared but misunderstood creatures — the tarantula.  As an environmental science & sustainability major and psychology minor, Collins says the goal of her Senior Comp is to create an environmental education program about tarantulas to help people become […]