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Students, faculty and staff gathered in the beautiful Bongiorno Center, about 10 miles from campus, for the Oct. 26-27 A Good Life? retreat.

Stressed? Overbooked? Searching for Meaning? A Student Retreat Can Help

A new student retreat provides the framework, tools and support to help students discover what matters most to them as well as how to create purpose-driven lives.

ethics symposium

Fourth Annual Ethics Symposium Prompts Thoughtful Conversations About Ethics and Truth

Students share brief presentations on ethical issues ranging from artificial intelligence to mass incarceration, jumpstarting thoughtful discussion among attendees.

7 Days of Dickinson

7 Days of Dickinson

Dickinson invites alumni and parents to celebrate all the ways they can connect with, benefit from, support and celebrate the college from anywhere in the world.

Muirhead

Young Alumna Shares Career Tips for Students Interested in Genetic Counseling

After a two-year NIH research fellowship, Young Alumni Trustee Kayla Muirhead ’15 shares how to prep for a grad program in the burgeoning field of genetic counseling.

Washington Post

Dickinson College in the News: September/October 2018

Dickinson’s Early Alert program, which helps struggling students, was highlighted in The Washington Post, and the college was featured in more than 200 other news stories from Sept. 20 to Oct. 29.

Ed Harrell '55

Secrets of a Global Game-Changer

Find out how Ed Harrell ’55 used Dickinson's global education to become a game-changer in global economics, entrepreneurial training, tech commercialization and investment.

alumni in action photo for shamus mccarty

To Entertain and Enlighten

Former theatre arts major Shamus “Hunter” McCarty promotes social change as an actor, producer and director.

Mark and Harriet Lehman

Knowing What the Heart Wants

Mark '71 and Harriet Marcus Lehman '72 pay it forward to the college that brought them together.

Francesca Dea '93

Francesca Dea '93

"I have achieved what I have today because of ... Dickinson. I believe it is right that I give back to support the schools’ ability to do the same for other students."

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Maggie Douglas introduces a specialized look at changing patterns of pesticide use and their effects in the environment.

Dickinson College Faculty Research Reveals Surprising Information About Pesticide Use

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Maggie Douglas discovers that the environmental effects of genetically engineered agriculture are more complex than previously believed.

Allison Curley, who minors in Italian, in Rome, Italy.

Wide-Ranging Research

From the Canadian Arctic to Andean ritual drinking vessels, the Dickinson experience has given Allison Curley ’19 a wide range of research opportunities.

Newberry Consort, artists in residence, music, arts

Students in Diverse Disciplines Work With World-renowned Newberry Consort

The internationally acclaimed music ensemble visits Dickinson as part of an artistic residency that included a choir workshop, classroom discussions and individual instruction with students.

A flooded street

Dickinson College Research Examines How Natural Disasters Affect Poverty

Student-faculty research looks at the economic wake of nature’s path.

Students take shuttle buses to a local polling place throughout the day. Signs such as these point the way.

Dickinson Gets Out the Vote With Shuttles and Bikes to the Polls

Dickinson gets out the vote with Election Day shuttles, group bike rides to the polls and a nonpartisan watch party.

Students walking through campus.

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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