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Allegheny College Senior Places Third in Statewide Draw the Lines Competition

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 […]

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People & Places: November 2020

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.   Assistant Professor of Economics Kathryn Bender, along with co-authors at Ohio State University and Louisiana State University, recently had published an article entitled […]

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Allegheny College Civic Symphony Shares a Virtual Performance

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 […]

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Erie Teacher Hopes To Topple Trump Ally In PA 16

Allegheny College political science professor Andrew Bloeser was interviewed for this story about first-time candidate Kristy Gnibus challenging U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly in this year’s election.

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Meet The Advocate’s 20 Under 40 honorees for 2020

Allegheny College graduate Caileigh Hughes was recognized for her involvement in the community.

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

[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

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 […]

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

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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Selling Intellectual Heft

Allegheny College’s new marketing plan was featured in this article.

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It’s Prime Time for Allegheny’s Center for Political Participation

From hosting forums among candidates for local political office to encouraging students to vote in the Nov. 3 national election, Allegheny College’s Center for Political Participation (CPP) has a very busy few weeks ahead. Student members of the CPP, along with MitzVote, Rock the Vote and the Andrew Goodman Foundation, have been working on outreach […]