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Dickinson Creates New Position in Native American Studies

Dickinson has created a new tenure-track position in Native American studies thanks in part to a $210,000 grant from the Creating Connections Consortium.

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Dickinson College Launches New Minor in Ethics

Complementing majors across the curriculum, the new minor in ethics is as timely as it is vital.

Using applications like Zoom, Dickinson professors hold synchronous classes, breakout discussions and office hours. Students remain connected with professors and classmates while studying from home during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Transitioning From Classroom to Online Instruction: Behind the Scenes as Dickinson College Brings the Liberal Arts Online

Learn how Dickinson transitioned from classroom to online instruction in only one week, while continuing to nurture community across time zones in challenging times.

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Dickinson to Offer Summer Courses From Diverse Disciplines

From philosophy to food systems, classes will run the academic gamut.

Students use virtual reality to conduct research.

Dickinson College Harnesses Virtual Reality for Psychology Research

Psychology course uses Oculus Quest VR headsets to create more realistic experiments in controlled environments.

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From Astro Boy to Zero-Based Budgets: An Inside Look at Dickinson’s First-Year Seminars

Robots, food justice, modern art, pseudoscience, big data, music, medicine and more. There was a First-Year Seminar for every interest this year.

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Dickinson College Professor's Research May Show Link Between Great Recession, Declining Birth Rates

New research published this month in the Southern Economic Journal reveals job losses during the Great Recession may be partly responsible for the recent drop in U.S. birth rates.

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Dickinson College Students Present Research at the 2019 Science Symposium

Science majors present research on subjects ranging from glaciovolcanism to acute myeloid leukemia.

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Kudos (Spring 2019)

Dickinson faculty and staff continue to be go-to sources for major media outlets, from The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal to NBC News and NPR.

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Dickinson College Computer Science Student Research Tackles Genetic Algorithm

Daniel Ngo '19 discusses his research into evolutionary computation during his senior honors presentation.

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Quantifying Success

The Quantitative Reasoning Center helps students navigate mathematical concepts.

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Five Dickinson College Students Enter the Mansfield College Visiting Student Programme

Dickinson sends its second-largest class ever to study under Oxford’s tutoring system.

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Dickinson College Alumna Wins National Physics Honor

National physics associations honors Natalie Ferris ’18 for work she did as a Dickinson senior.

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David Jackson Awarded for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching

The associate professor of physics & astronomy will receive the award from the American Association of Physics Teachers.

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Research

An exploration of the countless and endlessly surprising forms of research that exist in every classroom, every academic major, every intellectual discipline at Dickinson.

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