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Community and Competition

“If you’re looking for a tight-knit community and are ready to make friends, Dickinson is definitely for you,” says Joe Apat ’28, a Dickinson student-athlete and quantitative-economics major.

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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.

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Learning to Empower Others Through Education

Indra Sokhomsan ’26 has volunteered in Guatemala, studied in Prague and presented research on the experiences of Black educators. Through an internship, he helps local students aim for bright futures.

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Bite-Sized Breakthroughs: Sociology & the Teacher Shortage

A Dickinson sociology project looks at the teacher-shortage crisis through the lens of a Virginia school.

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Digging Into Science and Culture

“I love how hands-on each of my courses have been.” Meet Alex Carbone ’27 (archaeology, anthropology), who dug into an archaeological dig at a cemetery in Peru.

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Video: Epic Founder and CEO Judy Faulkner '65 Receives 2025 President’s Award

Video playlist captures all the quotable moments from Faulkner's on-campus interview earlier this year.

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Dickinson's 3rd Annual Investment Competition: Navigating Volatility for Gains

66 students battle market chaos, managing $1,000,000 virtual portfolios over 10 weeks.

Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays 2025

John E. Jones III '77, P'11, and Beth Jones P'11 wish the community happy holidays with this video message.

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Bite-Sized Breakthroughs: Physics Looks at Nontrivial Excitations

Learn more about a student-faculty physics project that studies lattices of special geometries that support topologically interesting oscillatory modes.

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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.

Taking College by Storm

Posse Scholar Amiya Marbles '26 has presented original research, gotten involved on campus and volunteered abroad. Now fulfilling a dream by studying in Africa, she plans to one day found a nonprofit.

Xiaolu Wang used an innovative method to analyze the emotional tone of the lyrics in more than 200,000 Chinese-language pop songs. His findings challenge what we think we know about pop lyrics and national mood. Photo by Dan Loh.

What Do Pop Songs Reveal About Us? New Research at Dickinson Seeks to Find Out

Can pop-song lyrics give us clues to a society's emotional temperature? The answer is more complex than many believe.

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New Fund Helps Students Achieve Career Success

Today’s job market is competitive and unpredictable. Dickinson’s new Professional Development Fund helps students access professional opportunities that can give them an edge.

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10 Questions With Lane Whigham

ALLARM’s new director brings two decades of experience to the role and shares the surprises he’s encountered and his vision for the future of this nationally recognized program.

Cathy Andriadis '80 and Karlis Adamsons endowed a new fund to support programs and initiatives that help students learn and practice effective communication across differences. Photo by Dan Loh.

Champions of Communication: Bridging Divides at Home, at Work and for Future Generations

A husband and wife who view the world in very different ways are helping students learn to bridge divides in the wider world.

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