McKelvy Scholars
Christopher Haight ’09 Receives Caine Scholars Award in Global Leadership, Business, and Policy
ward provides stipend for his summer internship with the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C. Policy Studies major Christopher Haight ’09 (Rochester, N.Y.) is the first recipient of the Caine Scholars Award in Global Leadership, Business, and Policy. The award, which is the first specifically created for Policy Studies majors, provides a [...]
George Armah ’08 Completes Two Challenging Independent Studies
Mathematics and computer science dual major explores the technical side of computer graphics A love of video games and a desire to create them led George Armah ’08 (Accra, Ghana) to pursue a B.S. in mathematics and an A.B. in computer science. In the fall semester, he undertook an ambitious independent study in each of [...]
A Closer Look at Juvenile Justice
Karen Ruggles ’08 discusses the documentary she is making for her interdisciplinary honors thesis Karen Ruggles ’08 (Easton, Pa.) is majoring in English and art. For her interdisciplinary honors thesis, Ruggles is producing a documentary video about the juvenile justice system in Easton. Her advisors are Andrew Smith, assistant professor of English and chair of [...]
McKelvy Alumni Will Reconnect With Classmates And Program At Nov. 10 Reunion
Intellectual property attorney Jim Pooley ’70 will give keynote address By Liz Margolis ’09 McKelvy House Scholars alumni will return to campus Saturday, Nov. 10, for a day full of reconnecting and intellectual discussion. The McKelvy Scholars program graduated its first class in 1963. Since then it has been a center of intellectual curiosity and [...]
Ray Epstein ’09 Contributes to One-of-a-Kind Encyclopedia of Latin American Music
Music major worked with Jorge Torres, associate professor of music This summer, Ray Epstein ’09 (Warren, N.J.) was stepping to the beat of a very different drum. The music major made significant contributes to a unique encyclopedia of Latin American music. Epstein helped organize, edit, and write articles to compile The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latin [...]
Jenny Boyar ’08 Examines Generational Attitudes toward Body Image
English and psychology double major worked with Jamila Bookwala, associate professor of psychology Women’s insecurities about their appearances drive advertising for everything from makeup to underwear. Women of all ages are obsessed with looking young and beautiful. But perhaps there is a distinction between how women of different generations think about their own bodies. Jenny [...]
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