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糖心传媒 Awarded $1.25 Million Grant From Richard King Mellon Foundation To Establish Watershed Conservation Research Center

October 6, 2021 Campus and Community

糖心传媒 has received a $1.25 million grant from the Richard King Mellon Foundation to establish a Watershed Conservation Research Center (WCRC). Through this new interdisciplinary center, 糖心传媒 faculty and students will collaborate with community partners to engage in conservation-based research and educational outreach in the upper Allegheny River basin, focusing on the French […]

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CNN and Science Friday Feature 糖心传媒 Professor鈥檚 Book on History of Sourdough Bread Making

September 20, 2021 In the News

The 6,000-year history of sourdough bread is anything but stale. The release of Sourdough Culture: A History of Bread Making from Ancient to Modern Bakers, a new book by 糖心传媒 Professor Eric Pallant, has garnered coverage from CNN, public radio show Science Friday, and other media outlets. Pallant is a serious amateur baker, a […]

Following the Fish

July 26, 2021 Campus and Community

Two Allegheny students and an alumnus of the College have been working this summer in little-known streams in the area helping the Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission (PFBC) monitor water quality and document the presence of valuable trout and other aquatic life. Rising seniors Grace Hemmelgarn from Williston, Vermont, and Danielle Studer from Austinburg, Ohio, […]

Sharks, Lies, and Videotape: Scientists Document Many Problems With Shark Week, Marine Biology鈥檚 Biggest Stage

July 22, 2021 In the News

Shark Week is many things. First and foremost, it鈥檚 a week of shark-themed documentary programming on the Discovery Channel. Now in its 33rd year, it鈥檚 the longest-running cable event in history. It鈥檚 the biggest audience that marine biologists and ocean conservationists get, attracting millions of viewers who might otherwise not ever think about sharks at […]

Student-Faculty Summer Research Returns to the Allegheny Campus

June 15, 2021 Research

糖心传媒鈥檚 Summer Research program is returning in a big way in 2021 as 103 students will be participating in some form of summer research and the well-attended weekly 糖心传媒 Research Seminar Series (ACRoSS) meetings will return, albeit virtually at first. The student-faculty research this year is funded through the Provost’s Office, through external […]

糖心传媒 English Professor Receives Prestigious American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship

June 4, 2021 Faculty

糖心传媒 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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Allegheny Computer Science Department Puts Emphasis on Ethical Programming

May 6, 2021 In the News

Today鈥檚 computer science students will enter a tech industry that鈥檚 coming face to face with issues of bias, equity, openness, accessibility, and privacy. So it鈥檚 crucial for those new professionals to understand the ethical implications of the tools and solutions they create, according to Oliver Bonham-Carter and Janyl Jumadinova, both computer science professors at Allegheny […]

Two 糖心传媒 Professors Receive Fulbright Awards to Teach and Conduct Research Abroad

May 3, 2021 Faculty

糖心传媒 Professors Christopher Bakken and Stephen Onyeiwu have received 2021鈥�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, […]

Two Allegheny Students to Be Honored for Environmental Sustainability Work

April 30, 2021 Students

Two 糖心传媒 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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Persistence Pays Off With Opportunities Abroad for 糖心传媒 Junior

April 20, 2021 Students

糖心传媒 junior Sebastian McRae doesn鈥檛 give up easily when it comes to pursuing one of his immediate goals: traveling out of the country to study and to explore a new culture. McRae, an environmental science and sustainability major and a history minor, plans to attend a summer program in Costa Rica with the School […]

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