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Beyond the Echo Chamber: Inside Dickinson's First Dialogues Across Differences Class

“Even if it gets a little heated, there’s a very strong sense of respect.” Class, and initiative, creates an atmosphere of trust that makes it possible to share differing viewpoints.

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New Internship Helps Pre-Health Students Draw a Roadmap for a Healthcare Career

University of Maryland School of Dentistry and world-renowned R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center welcome their first two Dickinsonians into new program.

Joe O'Neill, senior director of visual media, displays his 2023 Emmy Award. Photo by Dan Loh.

And the Emmy Goes To ...

What’s the secret to an amazing Dickinson video? Ask Joe O’Neill, who earned his 10th Emmy for a video about an exciting College Farm project.

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Presidential Address: 'Hamilton' Star Christopher Jackson to Visit Dickinson

Celebrated performer/composer Christopher Jackson, best known as George Washington in the Broadway and Disney+ hit 'Hamilton,' comes to campus Nov. 2 to deliver annual Poitras-Gleim lecture.

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Dickinson Launches Program Partnership With SIT in Cameroon

Dickinson's reimagined study-abroad opportunity focuses on ethical global engagement, sustainability, and inclusion and equity through the lens of the local Cameroonian context.

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‘Profiles in Leadership’ Brings Accomplished Alumni Back to the Dickinson Classroom

Dickinsonians from across a wide professional spectrum pass on lessons to the next generation of leaders.

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Billy Wilkerson '24 Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship

Double major earns a 2023 Goldwater Scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards for undergraduate students in the natural sciences, mathematics and engineering.

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Six More Dickinsonians Admitted to Oxford University’s Mansfield Program

Every 2023-24 Dickinson applicant has been accepted into the Visiting Student Programme at Oxford University’s Mansfield College, one of the most selective abroad programs in higher education.

Darren Lone Fight, an Indigenous scholar and assistant professor of American studies.

$800K Mellon Foundation Funding to Help Launch Program, Center for the Futures of Native Peoples

With $800,000 in funding from the Mellon Foundation, Dickinson will launch a center and academic program in Native American and Indigenous studies.

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Interdisciplinary Cancer Research Project Lands $100,000 Grant

With leukemia in the crosshairs, two Dickinson professors will spend two years training students for a future in medicine and biomedical research.

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Student Snapshot: Christian Gonzalez ’24

Meet Christian Gonzalez '24, a computer science major who interned with the College Farm to help develop a website that helps farms earn organic certification.

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Student Snapshot: Conor Wagner ’24

Biochemistry & molecular biology major Conor Wagner ’24 discusses his plans to become a physician, the international field-research Mosaic course that yielded meaningful insights, and more.

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Student Snapshot: Sofia Perrone ’25

With a double major in German and anthropology and coursework in health studies, Sofia Perrone is gearing up for a career that taps her interests in medical anthropology, global cultures and policy.

Photo courtesy of the William G. and Elke Durden Dickinson-in-Germany Program,

Global Entrepreneurism, the Dickinson Way

After learning what it takes to be a successful global entrepreneur, students traveled to Germany to see excellence and innovation in action and to meet German business innovators and leaders.

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Farm Works is Back and Better Than Ever!

Dickinson College Farm Works reopens Monday, Aug. 29, once again bringing farm-fresh fare to downtown Carlisle! Plus, mark your calendar for a reopening celebration on Friday, Sept. 23.

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