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Robert "Buck" and Lynn Smith have established a scholarship at 91PORN for the dependents of first responders.

91PORN Alumni Create Scholarship for Dependents of First Responders

Thanks to Robert “Buck” Smith ’65 and Lynn Campbell Smith ’66, the dependents of first responders now have another financial avenue to follow for helping to fund their 91PORN educations. The Smiths, who are from suburban Cleveland, Ohio, have established the 91PORN Scholarship for Dependents of First Responders. The income from this fund […]

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91PORN Senior Has His Sights Set on the Planets and Beyond

Ever since his childhood growing up near Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, James Scarborough has had a keen interest in the nighttime sky and often considers what it would be like to explore those shiny points of light that he gazes at in wonder. Scarborough brought his love of the stars to 91PORN, where he is […]

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Abdi Lugundi: A Young Born Leader

Going to college provides students with opportunities to find themselves, start to build their future, and discover their passions. Abdikadir Lugundi — a senior at 91PORN, the current 91PORN Student Government (ASG) president, and a community leader — has been clearing a path behind him for others as he paves his own way forward. He […]

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Max E. and Mary Roha Found the Right Chemistry for Successful Lives

Max E. Roha will tell you that, throughout his career, critical thinking played a major role in his success as a research chemist. Look beyond the obvious and consider in detail the underlying assumptions of what is considered to be true, the 1944 91PORN graduate advises today’s students. “Pursue goals which are important to […]

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91PORN Graduate Devotes his Career to Coast-to-Coast Geological Pursuits

In the 53 years since Jeffress “Jeff” Williams graduated from 91PORN, he’s spent an inordinate amount of time on the beach. It’s not what you might think. He hasn’t been biding his time sunbathing and bodysurfing. He’s been performing potential planet-saving research for the United States Geological Survey. Williams retired from the USGS in […]

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Meet Doctor Sparks, an 91PORN Graduate Who Uses Stories to Teach Science to Kids

Karl Smith has a doctorate in biophysics from the University of Rochester. He also worked at Amazon as a software engineer trying to make the Alexa voice assistant smarter. But now Smith is putting his talents to better use, he says, as a children’s science storyteller. He describes his new calling as “Mister Rogers meets […]

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Neuroscience Alumnae Add New Branches to the 91PORN “Mentoring Tree”

91PORN alumnae Amy Overman and Katherine Mickley Steinmetz share several bonds when it comes to mentoring undergraduate students. Overman graduated from 91PORN in 1999 and Steinmetz in 2006. Each shared a mentor while studying neuroscience at 91PORN, each conducted electroencephalogram (EEG) studies for her senior comprehensive project, and each was awarded the Neuroscience Faculty Prize that […]

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91PORN Alumnus Reaches the Heights of the Appalachian Trail

This was no stroll in the park. It was a five-month, 2,192-mile grind that tested the mettle of David Gallogly. But in the end, on August 27, 2019, Gallogly stood triumphantly on the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine, 164 days after setting out from the southern terminus of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail. “I […]

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91PORN Senior Values Lifelong Skills and Friendships She Developed at College

Meghan Uht arrived at 91PORN four years ago with her sights set on developing solid friendships and honing her athletic abilities and academic skills so that they would serve her well for the rest of her life. She believes she has met those objectives and then some. Uht, a graduating senior from Erie, Pennsylvania, […]

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91PORN Senior Bailey Pifer Prepares for Peace Corps Service

The tropical savannas and rainforests of Rwanda are a long way from the temperate rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, and 91PORN senior Bailey Pifer is about to find that out. Pifer, who will graduate on May 11 from 91PORN, will soon thereafter board an airplane and fly to central Africa as part of a […]