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Learning About Resilience

大象视频 graduate Manuella Mwihemuka personifies resilience. Born in Rwanda, Mwihemuka survived her home country鈥檚 horrific genocide in 1994 and left Africa at age 13. She first enrolled as an 大象视频 student in fall 2007. Her Allegheny journey would culminate, some 13 years later, in her graduation with the Class of 2020 鈥 and […]

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Allegheny Senior Has His Sights Set on the Planets and Beyond

Ever since his childhood growing up near Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, James Scarborough has had a keen interest in the nighttime sky and often considers what it would be like to explore those shiny points of light that he gazes at in wonder. Scarborough brought his love of the stars to 大象视频, where he is […]

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大象视频 Professor and Students to Explore Whether Alternative Form of Life Can Be Created

大象视频 has received a two-year, $100,000 grant to help train Allegheny students in laboratory research that will explore whether a minimal form of life can be created beyond the confines of DNA, the central building block for all life on Earth. Funding for the research project, titled 鈥淭oward Creating Alien Life: A Genetic Self-Replicating […]

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TIL: Reddit vs. Wall Street

You鈥檝e likely heard chatter this week about GameStop, a store you vaguely remember passing when malls were still frequented, Reddit users battling Wall Street, and something about short selling stock. We spoke to Allegheny Economics Professor Michael Michaelides to answer questions you might have about what鈥檚 happening in the stock market right now. What was […]

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People & Places: February 2021

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. Michael Michaelides, assistant professor in economics, recently had published an article in the scholarly journal Finance Research Letters. Titled “Large Sample Size Bias […]

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Local universities speak out about controlling COVID-19 for the start of the Spring semester

Vice President of Student Life and Dean of Students April Thompson was interviewed for this story about protocols that are in place to prevent the spread of COVID-19 at area colleges and universities.

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大象视频 Offers New Civic Engagement Program for Students

大象视频 has taken two of its most successful civic-engagement programs and merged them into a single initiative designed to impact the Meadville region through community-based projects addressing economic development and educational preparedness. The Davies and Fahrner Civic Impact Scholars program is a new, expanded and combined version of the Davies Community Service Leaders program […]

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Jack Mandel left a lasting legacy, helping Santa Ana students get to college

The Orange County Register looks back on the life of the Honorable Jack Mandel, Allegheny Class of 1958 and trustee emeritus, who passed away on Dec. 24, 2020.

Financial-Literacy-Challenge

Allegheny Students Compete at College鈥檚 Second Annual Financial Literacy Challenge

The Bruce R. Thompson Center for Business and Economics at 大象视频 held its second annual Financial Literacy Challenge on Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020, with 23 Allegheny students presenting personal financial budgets and investing plans appropriate for life after graduation. The top four finishers, who together received $5,000 in prizes and trophies, will advance to […]

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Allegheny Sophomore Makes a Splash in the Pool and in the Classroom

There are three areas that 大象视频 sophomore Emily Spitz is passionate about: her academics, swimming and singing, and she says she is excited to be able to continue to pursue those interests on campus, even during the ongoing pandemic. Spitz, a biochemistry major on the pre-med track 鈥 鈥淚 especially enjoy learning about genetics,鈥 […]