People & Places is published monthly during the academic year by the Office of College Relations. It reports on the professional activities of members of the College community and highlights student achievement. Roman Hladio ’23 is a recipient of a full scholarship from the prestigious New York State Summer Writers Institute, where he will […]
Walking through Bousson Experimental Forest reveals towering trees, small streams, occasional glimpses of white-tail deer, and frequent cries of songbirds. Yet we usually give little thought to what lies underfoot. To most, it’s just dirt. But forest soils are critically important in climate change investigations. Forests absorb enormous amounts of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide, […]
People & Places is published monthly during the academic year by the Office of College Relations. It reports on the professional activities of members of the College community and highlights student achievement. Senior Environmental Science and Sustainability major Grace Hemmelgarn ’22 presented her thesis work with Assistant Professor of ESS Casey Bradshaw-Wilson at the joint […]
Professor Emeritus of Art George Roland had a work of computational art accepted for an exhibition, “Anything Goes,” at the Art Center Sarasota. The juror, Tom Casmer, awarded Roland’s entry an honorable mention. The exhibition runs from January 27 to March 5, 2022. Student Aaron Adsit was invited to speak at the Geological Society of America Northeast sectional […]
Dams may provide an inexpensive source of renewable energy, but their construction comes at a cost: disrupting natural habitats, releasing greenhouse gases, and displacing communities. Allegheny College students took an active role in the international community by assessing a hydroelectric dam’s potential impact in the Republic of Georgia. For over two years, stakeholders in the […]
People & Places is a monthly highlight of the ongoing professional activities and achievements of faculty, staff, and students of the College. Professor of Biology Ron Mumme has been elected as a 2021 Honorary Fellow of AAAS (American Association for the Advancement of Science). Election as a Fellow honors AAAS members for distinguished efforts on […]
People & Places is published 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. Professor of Environmental Science and Sustainability Richard Bowden was invited to serve as an editor of the journal Forests, a peer-reviewed, open-access journal of forestry […]
Professor Beth Choate challenged her Allegheny College students to tackle the global issue of plastic waste at a local level. Knowing that 37 million tons of plastic waste are produced annually in the U.S., Choate encouraged students in her Research Methods class to investigate how often — and why — Allegheny students turned to single-use water bottles instead […]
It’s World Soil Day! Did you know that Allegheny College has a long history of teaching and conducting research on soils and the environment? “Without soils, there’d be no food or forests,” says Eric Pallant, Christine Scott Nelson ’73 Endowed Professor of Environmental Science & Sustainability (ESS). “Which is why we need to stop treating […]
Christian Lussier ’21, a computer science major and economics minor, credits his professors and advisors for preparing him for life after graduation and giving him the tools and intellectual capacity to finish his senior comp. Lussier used machine learning algorithms and data to try to predict stock price swings in the hopes of helping people […]
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