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10 Questions With Emily Marshall

Go beyond the numbers with the newly named director of quantitative initiatives.

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Illuminating Time, Space and the Environment: Meet Eleanor Conover

Dickinson's newest art department faculty member discusses her work, her current exhibition in the Trout Gallery and why she loves Goodyear. She'll deliver a gallery talk on April 21.

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Behind the Wall of Fame: Changing the World Through Scholarships

Associate Professor of Political Science David O'Connell explains the power of scholarships at Dickinson and shares the story behind his wall of fame.

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Tasting the Peach State

Dickinson Poet-in-Residence and Professor of Creative Writing Adrienne Su's newest book, Peach State, was dubbed essential reading by the Georgia Center for the Book.

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The Case for a Liberal-Arts Approach to Data Analytics

With data at the heart of everything, the chairs of Dickinson's new data analytics program explain why studying the field at a liberal-arts college makes the most sense.

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Dickinson Professor Probes Links Among War Crimes, Terrorism and Gender Issues

Mireille Rebeiz explores the connections among such issues as war crimes, terrorism, Lebanese women writers and sexuality, and readers will soon get a look at it all through her first book.

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Student Snapshot: Rachel Flame ’22

Meet Rachel Flame ’22, a biochemistry & molecular biology major, tennis player and student researcher who's making the most of her Dickinson experience.

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New Faculty Book Explores How Hollywood Brings Comics to Screens Around the World

From 'The Walking Dead' to 'Wonder Woman,' Greg Steirer's 'The American Comic Book Industry and Hollywood' gets to the bottom of a worldwide phenomenon.

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Dickinson Senior Class Selects International Business & Management Professor to Receive Annual Award for Inspirational Teaching

Helen Takacs, associate professor of international business & management, has been named the 2021 recipient of Dickinson’s Constance & Rose Ganoe Memorial Award for Inspirational Teaching.

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Dickinson College Faculty Selects Professor of Japanese for Distinguished Teaching Award

Alex Bates, associate professor of Japanese language, literature and film recently received the 2020-21 Distinguished Teaching Award.

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Dickinson Professor Amy Farrell Selected as 2021-22 Harvard Radcliffe Fellow

Farrell will join a “uniquely interdisciplinary and creative community” as she completes the research and writing for her new book.

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Dickinson College Professor Delivers Expert Testimony Before the Maryland General Assembly

With water quality at stake, Professor of Chemistry Amy Witter makes the case for banning coal-tar-based sealants.

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New Dickinson Faculty Book Explores 'Interest,' a Word That May 'Explain the World'

Associate Professor of English Jacob Sider Jost examines the facets and significance of the word "interest" in 18th-century life.

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Dickinson in the News: November 2020

From Oct. 27 to Nov. 20, there were 291 national and 31 international mentions of Dickinson in the news.

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Kudos (Fall 2020)

Dickinson’s decision to go remote for the fall semester—one of the first colleges in the national to do so—garnered significant national, regional and local news coverage.

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