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How Shakespeare and Starlings Led to a Flight of Misinformation

North America’s common starling has received a bad rap as a destructive invasive species, and an Allegheny College professor and student researcher have set out to clear the bird’s reputation and show how untruths can influence people’s perceptions in nature and beyond. The research project by John MacNeill Miller, assistant professor of English, and then-student […]

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Learning About Resilience

Allegheny College graduate Manuella Mwihemuka personifies resilience. Born in Rwanda, Mwihemuka survived her home country’s horrific genocide in 1994 and left Africa at age 13. She first enrolled as an Allegheny College student in fall 2007. Her Allegheny journey would culminate, some 13 years later, in her graduation with the Class of 2020 — and […]

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Allegheny College Professor and Students to Explore Whether Alternative Form of Life Can Be Created

Allegheny College has received a two-year, $100,000 grant to help train Allegheny students in laboratory research that will explore whether a minimal form of life can be created beyond the confines of DNA, the central building block for all life on Earth. Funding for the research project, titled “Toward Creating Alien Life: A Genetic Self-Replicating […]

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TIL: Reddit vs. Wall Street

You’ve likely heard chatter this week about GameStop, a store you vaguely remember passing when malls were still frequented, Reddit users battling Wall Street, and something about short selling stock. We spoke to Allegheny Economics Professor Michael Michaelides to answer questions you might have about what’s happening in the stock market right now. What was […]

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Allegheny College Offers New Civic Engagement Program for Students

Allegheny College has taken two of its most successful civic-engagement programs and merged them into a single initiative designed to impact the Meadville region through community-based projects addressing economic development and educational preparedness. The Davies and Fahrner Civic Impact Scholars program is a new, expanded and combined version of the Davies Community Service Leaders program […]

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Allegheny Students Compete at College’s Second Annual Financial Literacy Challenge

The Bruce R. Thompson Center for Business and Economics at Allegheny College held its second annual Financial Literacy Challenge on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, with 23 Allegheny students presenting personal financial budgets and investing plans appropriate for life after graduation. The top four finishers, who together received $5,000 in prizes and trophies, will advance to […]

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Allegheny Sophomore Makes a Splash in the Pool and in the Classroom

There are three areas that Allegheny College sophomore Emily Spitz is passionate about: her academics, swimming and singing, and she says she is excited to be able to continue to pursue those interests on campus, even during the ongoing pandemic. Spitz, a biochemistry major on the pre-med track — “I especially enjoy learning about genetics,” […]

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Allegheny College Volunteers Collect Supplies for Local Food Pantries

Volunteers from Allegheny College’s Civic Engagement Office collected food and other supplies from 37 households in the Meadville area on Dec. 10 to help local food pantries supply families in need with non-perishable goods during the holiday season. The socially distant front-door food drive, which collected enough food and other supplies to fill a room, […]

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Allegheny College Joins Over One Thousand Leaders Across the United States Affirming Commitment to Global Climate Action on the Fifth Anniversary of the Paris Agreement 

December 12th marks the five-year anniversary of the world coming together to sign on to the Paris Agreement, and Allegheny College is marking the moment by committing to a national mobilization for a clean energy economy and centering their own operations in pursuit of climate action. In doing so, Allegheny College joined over a thousand […]

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Abdi Lugundi: A Young Born Leader

Going to college provides students with opportunities to find themselves, start to build their future, and discover their passions. Abdikadir Lugundi — a senior at Allegheny, the current Allegheny Student Government (ASG) president, and a community leader — has been clearing a path behind him for others as he paves his own way forward. He […]