Emily Ricotta '09 was selected as a finalist for the highly competitive 2024 Early Career Einstein Foundation Award for Promoting Research Quality, which recognizes outstanding contributions from researchers. She credits her time at Allegheny College for preparing her with lifelong skills.
People & Places, emailed monthly during the academic year to the campus community, reports on the professional activities of members of the college community and highlights student achievements.
Charles Gibson ’25 says he chose Allegheny College because it allowed him to pursue his unusual combination— physics and music performance.
A rare, three-decade long study of forest soil, held at the Bousson Environmental Research Reserve was recently highlighted by Soil Society of America, a leading publication in the field.
Allegheny College announces the creation of the Community Impact Hub (the Hub) with a generous $15 million grant from a source that wishes to remain anonymous.
How does climate change affect birds? Student and faculty collaboration are tackling that answer by investigating Tree Swallows and Eastern Blue Birds. Featured are: Jennifer Houtz, professor of biology Sunny Stout ’26, an environmental major with an Arabic minor Nelly Stafford ’25, a biology major with a psychology minor
One of the hallmarks of Allegheny College is the requirement for students to select majors and minors that push exploration of their interests. We are a campus of students who combine passions for their learning journey, preparing them for much more than one thing to do in life. The outcomes are exceptional, both in the […]
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Sustainability Delia Byrnes contributed an essay titled “Ecocriticism: From the Wilderness Idea to Just Multispecies Futures” to the edited collection The Routledge Companion to Literature and Social Justice, which was published on November 20, 2023. Her essay traces the theoretical field of ecocriticism from its origins in European and […]
Allegheny College received a $299,925 grant from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation to support student summer research in the sciences. Dr. Matt Venesky, associate professor of biology and director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities (URSCA), is the project director. During each year of the three-year grant, funding will cover stipends for […]
One experience changed the trajectory of Samantha Dzierba ‘25— leading her to dedicate herself and her career toward the stewardship of ocean life. During the fall of 2023, Dzierba was surrounded by sea life while studying away at the Duke University Marine Lab in Beaufort, North Carolina. The experience allowed her unique access to various […]
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