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Caitie McMekin ‘14: Communicating Through the Power of Pictures 

Storytelling in the 21st century takes many forms and for ´óÏóÊÓƵ alumna Caitie McMekin, it’s all about the images. For the last decade she’s been a visual journalist for the Knoxville News Sentinel.

The Allegheny Review Attends Conference In Los Angeles To Learn About Publishing Industry & Make International Connections

Peyton Bender ’26 and Joseph G. Klepeis III ’26 serve as the senior editors of the oldest national undergraduate literary magazine in the United States, committed to undergraduate works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.

´óÏóÊÓƵ Graduate Uses Unusual Combinations of Neuroscience & Theatre To Support Patient Care 

Isabella James ’24 is dedicated to having patients seen and heard on their journey towards healing. After studying neuroscience with minors in theatre and biology, James took a gap year to prepare for applying to medical school and accepted a position as a medical assistant at a dermatology practice.

Two ´óÏóÊÓƵ Alumni Engaged On The Steps Of Bentley Hall

Brendon Urso ’20 and Jordan Mehalko ’22 got engaged on August 2, 2024 on the steps of Bentley Hall! Read about their love story: Q: Did you meet at ´óÏóÊÓƵ? A: We met at ´óÏóÊÓƵ in 2018. Q: How did you meet and when? A: Jordan played on the women’s soccer team and I played […]

Allegheny Graduate Helps Women Athletes Transition Beyond Playing Professional Sports

After graduating from ´óÏóÊÓƵ with a neuroscience major and values, ethics, and social action minor, Amanda Hazer ’10 thought she knew what her next step would be— to become a physician. It didn’t take more than a few weeks to realize medical school wasn’t where she wanted to be. Today, she owns Amanda Hazer […]

Allegheny Alumna Pursues Passion for Speech Therapy Through Graduate Assistantship

As an ´óÏóÊÓƵ student, Paige Ziggas discovered that she had a passion for speech therapy. And she credits Allegheny with providing the opportunities and support for her to take the next step toward a fulfilling career in the field.  A 2022 Allegheny graduate, Ziggas is now pursuing a master’s degree in speech-language pathology at […]

Allegheny Welcomes New Faculty for Fall 2020

On the COVID-19 Front Lines With 3 Allegheny Alumni

As a front-line physician working in a hospital’s emergency room in Tennessee, Colleen Tran is focused on preserving the health and welfare of her patients, some of them very sick and facing a fight for their lives. The same is true for Lauren Moore, an emergency medicine resident in a Columbus, Ohio, hospital. Jessica Schindelar […]

Thinking Differently Empowers Allegheny Student To Discover Strengths, Help Others

Since the first grade, Aliza Legg was told to expect to fail. From the moment she was diagnosed with dyslexia, she was told that her goal in life should not be college or a career, but to hope to be able to shop on her own one day. When she reached middle school and her […]

Neuroscience Alumnae Add New Branches to the Allegheny “Mentoring Tree”

Allegheny alumnae Amy Overman and Katherine Mickley Steinmetz share several bonds when it comes to mentoring undergraduate students. Overman graduated from Allegheny in 1999 and Steinmetz in 2006. Each shared a mentor while studying neuroscience at ´óÏóÊÓƵ, each conducted electroencephalogram (EEG) studies for her senior comprehensive project, and each was awarded the Neuroscience Faculty Prize that […]