Area voters disappointed in presidential debate
Brian Harward, director of Allegheny’s Center for Political Participation, was interviewed for this story.
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People & Places: October 2020
Assistant Professor of English John MacNeill Miller published an article on Charles Darwin and Thomas Hardy in Texas Studies in Literature and Language. The article, “Mischaracterizing the Environment: Hardy, Darwin, and the Art of Environmental Storytelling,” analyzes literary and scientific accounts of English heathland to demonstrate how particular formal features of narrative writing can work […]
Allegheny College Introduces Top 10 Percent Admission Program for Western Pennsylvania High School Students
Allegheny College has introduced a program through which students graduating in the top 10 percent of their class from western Pennsylvania high schools will be automatically offered admission to Allegheny upon completion of their application for admittance. As further recognition of their academic achievement, students admitted through the Top 10 Percent Admissions Program will also […]
The return of Europe’s largest beasts
Kylie Wirebach, a research assistant at Allegheny College who has studied the viability of land in central and eastern Europe for supporting bison herds, was quoted in this article.
Allegheny’s Playshop Theatre to Stage “Go Play Outside!” in an Outdoor Venue
While the bright lights of Broadway and theater districts throughout the nation remain mostly dark, Allegheny College’s Playshop Theatre will stage an outdoor performance festival “Go Play Outside!” on three weekends in late September and October. The festival is open only to members of the Allegheny community. It will be staged in the Vukovich Center […]
Allegheny College Opens Campus to Students After Extensive Preparations for COVID-19 Public Health Crisis
Allegheny College, one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold, has taken extensive and creative steps to maximize learning during the current pandemic. Aiming to keep students, faculty, staff and its local Pennsylvania community as safe as possible from the spread of COVID-19, the college welcomed […]
Essay by Cornell B. LeSane II Featured in Chronicle of Higher Education Report on “The Post-Pandemic College”
An essay by Cornell B. LeSane II, senior vice president for enrollment and dean of admissions at Allegheny College, is featured in “The Post-Pandemic College,” a report published by the Chronicle of Higher Education this month. In the report, the Chronicle of Higher Education asked leading experts to examine how the COVID-19 pandemic will shape […]
‘Pioneer’ and ‘trailblazer’: Pa. leaders honor Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
This article notes that Allegheny honored Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the late Justice Antonin Scalia with the College’s Prize for Civility in Public Life in 2017.
As Louisville Awaits Breonna Taylor Decision, Alleged Drug Links Cause Controversy
Allegheny Dean for Institutional Diversity Kristin Dukes was interviewed for this story on NPR affiliate WFPL, drawing on her research in stereotyping, prejudice and social justice.
