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Cotten Seiler

Surfacing Usually Imperceptible Infrastructures

Professor of American Studies Cotten Seiler talks race, infrastructure and the troubling historical connection between the two.

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Dickinson Awarded $1 Million Grant to Advance Health Humanities

Dickinson receives a significant grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to add to its groundbreaking work in literary disability studies.

Heather Bedi and a student pose together

Bite-Sized Breakthroughs: Access to Affordable Clean Energy

Student-faculty environmental studies project looks at making climate programs affordable for all.

Lorelei Koss poses with watch bands she created

The Consequences of Assumptions

Professor of Mathematics Lorelei Koss looks at math and literature and film and music and dance and visual design and ...

While spending her junior year abroad, Olivia Ammon '26 took classes, in the German language, in her major and conducted original research.

Learning Across Continents

Meet Olivia Ammon '26 (psychology, German), an aspiring forensic psychologist. While studying abroad, she took psychology classes in the German language and conducted original research.

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From the Beginning to the End of Civilizations

No stone is left unturned in classical studies, as the discipline and Associate Professor of Classical Studies Scott Farrington examine how the ancient past often colors the ever-shifting present.

Sarah Skaggs poses on stage

A Culture’s Living DNA

Dance touches everything from science and culture to politics and history, and Associate Professor of Dance Sarah Skaggs brings it all to her students.

Amy Farrell's new book about the Girl Scouts is part lively social history, part personal reflection. Photo by Dan Loh.

Intrepid Girls: Inside the Girl Scouts’ Complicated History

Amy Farrell's new book traces the complicated history of the Girl Scouts from a local organization to an international powerhouse that’s served roughly 50 million girls since its founding in 1912.

david jackson, in a still from one of his videos.

Breaking Down the Universe: David Jackson’s 'All Things Physics' Brings Complex Science to Life

Dickinson physics & astronomy professor makes advanced concepts accessible—and fun—through his fast-growing YouTube channel.

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Shape the Future of Computing

Assistant Professor of Computer Science Farhan Siddiqui explains why the field is the perfect environment for training innovators ready to build the future.

Jennifer Blyth and Andy Bale in Rubendall Recital Hall, where the score for the documentary was recorded. Photo by Dan Loh.

Dickinson College to Screen Award-Winning Documentary With Live Soundtrack

Dickinson will present a special screening of the powerful documentary "A Return Home," featuring a live soundtrack performance by Professor of Music Jennifer Blyth. The film earned 12 awards so far.

Lulu Wang sits on steps

Turning Raw Data Into Meaningful Stories

Assistant Professor of Data Analytics Lulu Wang explains why data science is often less about numbers and more about stories.

Olivia Wilkins peers out from behind a piece of lab equipment.

An Out-of-This-World Way to Think

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Olivia Harper Wilkins '15 looks to the chemistry of space to help explain what we're all doing here.

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'Expert Show': Japanese Robotics and the Future of Care

Professor of East Asian Studies Shawn Bender discusses his book 'Feeling Machines: Japanese Robotics and the Global Entanglements of More-Than-Human Care.'

Eren Bilen jumps

Checkmating the Data Deluge

Assistant Professor of Data Analytics Eren Bilen taps the data revolution and online chess players to study behavioral economics.

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