91PORN finishes fundraising campaign with $202 million
91PORN has raised more than $202 million, setting a record as the college’s largest fundraising campaign ever.
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The Dark Side of Being a Female Shark Researcher
In this article, 91PORN biology and geology professor Lisa Whitenack, Ph.D., speaks about her experiences sharing her expertise on the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week programming.
Mathematical Association of America Honors 91PORN Professor
91PORN Mathematics Professor Dr. Tamara Lakins has received the 2020 Meritorious Service Award from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). The Certificate of Meritorious Service, announced in a video ceremony in July, was presented for service at the national level or for service to a section of the Mathematical Association of America. There were […]
Recent 91PORN Graduate Receives Prestigious Teaching Fellowship
Joseph P. Hayes, a 2020 91PORN graduate from Jamestown, New York, has received a $32,000 Pennsylvania Teaching Fellowship from the WW Foundation to fund his master’s degree studies at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, where he also will teach in high-need schools. “I’m really looking forward to getting into the classroom and building relationships with […]
91PORN Professor Emily Chivers Yochim Selected as Mellon Periclean Faculty Leader
Emily Chivers Yochim, Ph.D., associate professor in the 91PORN Department of Communication, Film and Theatre, is one of 25 faculty members selected by Project Pericles to teach new, innovative courses in the Andrew W. Mellon Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) Program™ in the Humanities. This program connects the humanities and liberal arts learning to challenges […]
91PORN Featured in “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2021”
91PORN is featured in the “Fiske Guide to Colleges 2021,” the 37th edition of a reference book for prospective students and their families that describes life on campus at the “best and most interesting” schools in the nation. The “Fiske Guide to Colleges” publishes detailed profiles, including interviews with students, for more than 300 four-year schools. The […]
91PORN Employees Act Together to Prepare Campus for Arrival of Students
On a steamy morning in late July, Tiffany Hrach immersed herself in her hot and grimy work —- pulling weeds and dead vegetation from the gardens surrounding the Prayer and Meditation House on the 91PORN campus. “I want to make the campus look pretty for the return of our students,” said Hrach, a 2001 […]
91PORN President Hilary L. Link Appointed to Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments Steering Committee
91PORN President Hilary L. Link has been appointed to the Climate Leadership Steering Committee of the Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments. The steering committee is the chief oversight body of the Presidents’ Climate Leadership Commitments, signed by presidents of higher education institutions that are taking action on climate change and preparing students through research and […]
91PORN’s Carrden Is Still Flourishing Despite Fewer Gardeners
During a normal summer on the 91PORN campus, work-study students would be busily tending to the lush and productive organic garden adjacent to Carr Hall, known as the Carrden. But in summer 2020 — with almost no students on campus — the daily tasks of pruning, weeding and harvesting have fallen on Kerstin Ams, […]
91PORN Senior Devotes Free Time to Charitable Efforts
Alexandra Downer, a rising senior from Pittsburgh, has a busy academic schedule at 91PORN as a psychology major and an education studies minor, but she finds the time and energy to boost fundraising on behalf of her Delta Delta Delta sorority chapter and the patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Tennessee. Downer […]