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Panel Discussion at Dickinson College Addresses Feminism Within Sororities

Dickinson College will host a panel of experts to discuss the history of white, black and multicultural sororities and the possibility for activism within them.

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Dickinson College Research Team Explores ‘Stay-Behinds’ in Rural China

Student-faculty research team travels to China to examine what happens to Chinese villages in the wake of mass out-migration to urban centers.

Portrait of Dovie Thomason on a white background.

Indigenous Storyteller to Share Tale of Wild West in Talk at Dickinson College

Lakota/Kiowa and Apache storyteller, artist and activist Dovie Thomason will deliver an origin story of the Wild West myth from an underrepresented perspective.

Promotional poster (detail) for Howard Zinn's Marx in Soho.

Dickinson College to Host Performance of ‘Marx in Soho’

Nationally celebrated touring actor Bob Weick returns to Dickinson for his fourth appearance as Karl Marx in a performance of "Marx in Soho" by Howard Zinn.

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Director of NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program to Speak at Dickinson College

Director of the NAACP Environmental and Climate Justice Program, Jacqueline Patterson, will discuss how environmental racism harms already disadvantaged populations.

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Constitution Day Address at Dickinson College: Panel to Discuss Fugitive Slave Law and Immigration Policy

A panel of experts will discuss the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law and how it might offer insight or perspective on the current immigration debate.

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Dickinson College to Host Lecture on Honoring Indigeneity

An indigenous studies scholar will explore ways to understand and honor Indigenous Peoples of the Americas during a lecture at Dickinson.

Writer, improv comedian and actor Lauren Ashley Smith '06.

Podcast: Dickinson College Alumna and Comedy Writer Lauren Ashley Smith '06

We travel to Manhattan for a conversation with TV comedy writer, actor, improv comedian and Dickinson alumna Lauren Ashley Smith '06.

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Following the Money

Former American studies major Brian Schwartz ’13 delves into the world of money and politics as a political finance reporter for CNBC.

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American Studies Major Jobs 2018

Graduating seniors secure jobs in title insurance, fundraising, corporate consulting and leadership education.

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Passion to Serve

Former political science major Jamie Lopez ’12 strives to promote justice and protect victims of crimes in her hometown community as the deputy district attorney for the County of Los Angeles.

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Latinx: The Future Is Now

Expert in Latino/a identities Nicole Guidotti-Hernández will visit Dickinson to discuss the importance of terminologies in a Clarke Forum event.

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The Art of Social Justice

Nationally recognized artist Ajuan Mance will present images from her online sketchbook and discuss common media portrayals of black men during a lecture at Dickinson.

Portrait of Margot Canaday standing in front of a bookshelf.

Pink Precariat: LGBT Workers in the Shadow of Civil Rights

Dickinson hosts a conversation on queer identity and the workplace with legal and political historian Margot Canaday.

Komozi Woodard speaks at an event at Dickinson in 2011.

The Strange Career of the Jim Crow North: A Dickinson Story?

Komozi Woodard ’71, a founding member of the Congress for African Students at Dickinson College, returns to campus to discuss the study of racial segregation.

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