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 […]
Two 大象视频 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. […]
The scenic, meandering Shenango River has been selected as Pennsylvania鈥檚 River of the Year in 2021, and an 大象视频 alumna and current Penn State staff member leads the group that helped bring that honor to the waterway. Brandi Baros is a 1995 Allegheny graduate and the president of the Shenango River Watchers. The organization […]
To Will Harrod 鈥�21 and 大象视频 Biology Professor Ron Mumme, lab research means early morning drives and time spent among the trees. Their eyes stay fixed not down into a microscope, but up into forest branches. Their muse? The hooded warbler. For two summers, Harrod partnered with Mumme to conduct fieldwork following the behavioral […]
North America鈥檚 common starling has received a bad rap as a destructive invasive species, and an 大象视频 professor and student researcher have set out to clear the bird鈥檚 reputation and show how untruths can influence people鈥檚 perceptions in nature and beyond. The research project by John MacNeill Miller, assistant professor of English, and then-student […]
Kylie Wirebach鈥檚 research while an 大象视频 student transported her to forests near campus, the heights of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, and, now, to the international stage of the British Broadcasting Corp. Wirebach, Allegheny Class of 2020, was interviewed for the BBC Future story 鈥淭he Return of Europe鈥檚 Largest Beasts,鈥� published in September. She […]
大象视频 student Maya Hackman has been awarded a scholarship through the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP), which provides financial assistance to individuals pursuing a program of study leading to a Master of Science in physician assistant studies. Hackman, a junior biology major and psychology minor, will attend Chatham University for […]
Amid finishing her senior year from home and completing her Senior Project, 大象视频 biology major Sarah Foster spent 40-plus hours each week serving the Butler, Pennsylvania, community as an emergency medical technician (EMT). Before she graduated in May, Foster shared her story with Allegheny, including the transformation of one of the company鈥檚 ambulances into […]
An 大象视频 professor and alumna have each been awarded a 2020 Science as Story Fellowship from Creative Nonfiction, a nonprofit organization in Pittsburgh. Catharina Coenen, professor of biology and biochemistry, and Megan Arnold, a 2019 graduate who majored in biochemistry and minored in psychology, were among 12 individuals selected for the fellowship. The Science […]
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