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the club baseball team

Red Devils Reach Club Baseball World Series

Club baseball team sets new standard with its deepest postseason run in program history.

Dickinson Archway

Spanish & Portuguese Studies Major Jobs and Graduate School Acceptances 2025

Spanish & Portuguese studies majors secure jobs and head off to grad and law schools.

Jack Scantland at the podium

Jack Scantland ’28 Wins Dickinson’s Public Speaking Contest

The first-year student takes the top prize with powerful reflection on linguistic diversity.

Harry Weiss and Ben Gurwitch with their broadcast mics.

Behind the Mic: Red Devil Sports Network Elevates Student Broadcasting

Dickinson's hands-on training ground for students looking to break into sports media has been going strong since 2013.

Kayla Slomeana '25 on the beach.

Pursuing Discoveries

Meet Kayla Slomeana '25, a Student Senate member, cheerleader and Quantitative Reasoning Center tutor with plans for medical school.

Kat Johnson '25

Envisioning Healthy, Sustainable Communities

Thanks to the class that spurred her passion, the service trips that reinforced it and the internships that sharpened her skills, Kat Johnson ’25 is ready for an impactful career in public health.

Sofia poses in front of window mural reading "Our humanity and dignity are worth fighting for."

Internship Spotlight: Sofia Getoff-Scanlon ’26

An internship with the Bronx Defenders taught Sofia Getoff-Scanlon ’26 how legal advocacy can improve lives in vulnerable communities.

Kayla poses in front of Drexel University sciences building.

Internship Spotlight: Kayla Slomeana ’26

Kayla Slomeana ’26 explores multiple areas of neuroscience research and discovery through her internship at Drexel University College of Medicine.

Megan Cravinho '25

Student Conducts Cancer Research Through Harvard/MIT Summer Program

Megan Cravinho '25 is focused on the fight against cancer, conducting research at the Dana-Farber Institute as part of a high-level MD/Ph.D. program.

Sarah Warden ice skates

Graduate Story: Sarah Warden '98, Imagica of Boston

Performing nationally and internationally, former Spanish major Sarah Warden '98 shares her love of ice skating as a performer with Imagica of Boston.

student winners of the research and writing awards

Dickinson Celebrates Outstanding Research & Writing

Dickinson honors the winners of its annual FYS Excellence in Writing Award, the Prize for Excellence in First Year Research and the Research Prize for Sophomores or Juniors.

Emerlee Simons '24

Student Snapshot: Emerlee Simons ’24

Meet Emerlee Simons ’24, an All-American student-athlete, Baird Sustainability Fellow and Dialogues Across Differences student-coordinator.

Anthropologist A.J. Wildey '13 is the founder and co-owner of El Cacaotal, a fair-trade, artisanal-chocolate shop/education center/tasting room/cafe in Peru that attracts visitors from around the world. Photo courtesy of Wildey.

Changing the World ... With Chocolate

There's a craft chocolate boom in Peru, and anthropologist A.J. Wildey '13 plays a delectable part. Lonely Planet named her fair trade chocolate "library" a top 10 destination in the nation.

Brian Ruszcyk '88

Carrying the Global Banner: Meet Brian Ruszczyk '88

Decades into a globe-trotting finance career, this alum pivoted to the alt-protein sector. He's passing along lessons learned to a Dickinson student.

mariana past poses outside

NEH and MLA Recognize Associate Professor of Spanish Mariana Past

With a fellowship grant and an honorable mention, national organizations highlight scholarly edition and translation work.

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