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Allegheny College Rises to No. 26 Nationally in Washington Monthly’s Best Liberal Arts Colleges Rankings

Allegheny College, one of the nation’s oldest and most innovative four-year colleges where multidisciplinary learning breaks the conventional mold, has been named one of the top 30 best liberal arts colleges in the U.S. in Washington Monthly’s 2021 college rankings. Allegheny rose to No. 26 in the Washington Monthly rankings, up from No. 34 last […]

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Recent Allegheny College Graduate Earns Second CoSIDA Academic All-America First Team Honor

Allegheny recent graduate distance runner Mica Hanish has been named to the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-America First Team. For Hanish, this marks her second straight selection to the All-America First Team, and the 40th overall and 15th First Team selection for Allegheny. In June, she earned her second CoSIDA Academic All-District honor. […]

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Three Allegheny College Alumni Featured in the Erie Reader’s 40 Under 40: Class of 2021

The Erie Reader has featured three Allegheny College alumni among its Erie’s 40 Under 40: Class of 2021. The individuals, selected from a record number of nominations, are “innovators, entrepreneurs, and leaders helping move us into the future,” according to the publication. The Allegheny alumni featured are: Karin Brown Wickwire ’04, nurse practitioner for critical […]

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Allegheny College English Professor Receives Prestigious American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

Allegheny College Assistant Professor of English John MacNeill Miller has been named a Fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) for the fall of 2021. Miller said he will use the fellowship semester to complete his book, On Background: Scenery, Ecology, and the Social Novel, which focuses on the entangled intellectual histories of […]

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Two Allegheny College Professors Receive Fulbright Awards to Teach and Conduct Research Abroad

Allegheny College Professors Christopher Bakken and Stephen Onyeiwu have received 2021–22 Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program awards to teach and conduct research in Greece and Nigeria, respectively. Each will return to a country that played a formative role in his development as a scholar and educator. Bakken, the Frederick F. Seely Professor of English, has taught, […]

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Two Allegheny Students to Be Honored for Environmental Sustainability Work

Two Allegheny College students will be recognized by the Pennsylvania Environmental Resource Consortium as 2021 Campus Sustainability Champions. The Campus Sustainability Champion title is awarded annually to students, faculty, administrators and staff of Pennsylvania colleges and universities who have made meaningful contributions benefiting social, economic or environmental sustainability on their campus or in their community. […]

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Allegheny College Named a Best Value College for 2021 by The Princeton Review

The Princeton Review has recognized Allegheny College as a Best Value College for 2021, based on Allegheny’s stellar academics, affordable cost and strong career prospects for graduates. The Princeton Review chose its 200 Best Value Colleges by analyzing 40 data points to tally ROI (Return on Investment) ratings of the colleges. Topics covered everything from […]

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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 Among the Best in Nation, The Princeton Review Says

Allegheny College has again been named one of the nation’s best institutions for undergraduate education by The Princeton Review in its 2021 publication of “The Best 386 Colleges.” The Princeton Review’s 29th annual report on the nation’s institutions of higher learning includes 29 colleges and universities in Pennsylvania. The institutions were selected based on “our […]

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Mathematical Association of America Honors Allegheny Professor

Allegheny College Mathematics Professor Dr. Tamara Lakins has received the 2020 Meritorious Service Award from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The Certificate of Meritorious Service, announced in a video ceremony in July, was presented for service at the national level or for service to a section of the Mathematical Association of America. There were […]