An Ursinus College faculty member is the recipient of a $331,655 National Institutes of Health grant to continue his research with prions, which are misfolded proteins connected to several neurodegenerative human diseases.
President Bobby Fong and Suzanne Fong will "graduate" with the Class of 2015
A National Science Foundation grant will allow Ursinus College to increase retention and success among underserved students in the sciences.
Coverage is welcome of this conference sponsored by Ursinus College, Sigma Xi and the Institute on Science for Global Policy.
An Ursinus College film professor calls for a "cultural shift" in how Hollywood perceives women.
Science and policy will converge at Ursinus College April 11 and 12 at the Institute on Science for Global Policy (ISGP) conference on Emerging and Persistent infectious Diseases: Focus on Pandemic Preparedness. At the conference, scientists will clarify scientific and technical understanding for those who are charged with, or who directly influence policy decisions.
U-Innovate! awards prizes and mentorship to a winning student team in an initiative that encourages entrepreneurial mindsets for students in any major.
Two students and a professor plan to involve students at Lingnan University in the classroom process.
New center led by interdisciplinary group of faculty will nourish creativity and originality in students.
The legacy of dynamic urban school reformer Marcus Foster is a message of how education and community need to work together. Foster, superintendent of the Oakland, Calif., schools in the early 1970s, and a product of Philadelphia schools as a student, teacher, principal, and administrator, was assassinated Nov. 6, 1973 by the Symbionese Liberation Army. The book, "In the Crossfire: Marcus Foster and the Troubled History of American School Reform" (University of Pennsylvania Press 2012) by John P. Spencer, associate professor of education at Ursinus College, brings to light Foster’s achievements and relates them to current issues in school reform.
Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA hosts major four-day program for the national Focus the Nation teach-in initiative on climate change.
Ursinus College plans extensive programs and high profile speakers for the national Focus the Nation program.
The Ursinus College Summer Fellows Program offers students a change to do concentrated research with a faculty mentor, and students are finding it is an entirely different experience than the academic year.
Summer on the Ursinus College campus offers students an opportunity to work one on one with a faculty mentor on a focused research project. The Ursinus Summer Fellows program is in its 10th year, with more student participation each year. Students present their research in a public symposium July 28.
Four-Year Literary Scholarship to be awarded to Writing Student.
The Kaleidoscope, a new performing arts center opening at Ursinus College, was designed with students in mind. A theater consultant comments on what works for campus theaters.
What is the role of an art museum on campus? Lisa Hanover, director of the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College, and president of the Association of College and University Museums, notes that they play a dual role. This semester, a Japanese prints exhibit at Ursinus complements academic interest on campus in East Asian Studies.
The Snell Shillingford Women's Coaching Symposium, to be held at Ursinus College Jan. 21-23, is a grassroots way of addressing a lingering problem: the shortage of female coaches despite the increases in opportunities for women in athletics since the advent of Title IX.
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