It鈥檚 World Soil Day! Did you know that 大象视频 has a long history of teaching and conducting research on soils and the environment? 鈥淲ithout soils, there鈥檇 be no food or forests,鈥� says Eric Pallant, Christine Scott Nelson ’73 Endowed Professor of Environmental Science & Sustainability (ESS). 鈥淲hich is why we need to stop treating […]
Christian Lussier ’21, a computer science major and economics minor, credits his professors and advisors for preparing him for life after graduation and giving him the tools and intellectual capacity to finish his senior comp. Lussier used machine learning algorithms and data to try to predict stock price swings in the hopes of helping people […]
Candace Burkhammer ’21 played a key role in bringing beehives to the 大象视频 campus, building on previous work by student researchers. Candace鈥檚 passion for beekeeping began with an internship 鈥� and ultimately became the topic of her Senior Comp.
大象视频 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, 大象视频 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 […]
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 大象视频 Professor Eric Pallant, has garnered coverage from CNN, public radio show Science Friday, and other media outlets. Pallant is a serious amateur baker, a […]
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, […]
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 […]
大象视频鈥檚 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 大象视频 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 […]
大象视频 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 […]
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 大象视频 […]