"Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" invokes a powerful symbol of adolescence and rebirth, said Gettysburg College English Prof. Christopher R. Fee, co-author of "Gods, Heroes, and Kings: The Battle for Mythic Britain".
Gettysburg College has received the largest gift in its history, an approximately $14-million bequest from Dr. F. William Sunderman, a 1919 graduate who was the institution"šs oldest alumnus until his death March 9 at 104.
U.S. Court of Appeals Judge and PA First Lady Marjorie Rendell will speak at Gettysburg College's commencement. Rendell and husband Gov. Edward G. Rendell will receive honorary degrees, as will jazz legend Dave Brubeck, philanthropist Akiko Bowers, and University of Cincinnati president and Gettysburg alumnus Joseph Steger.
In his book, Kerry Walters argues that Americans live in a culture of fear that prizes security and dreads vulnerability above everything else. This need to feel safe is why many react angrily to pacifists, he says.
Three books and a Web site, chosen as 2002's best work related to Lincoln and the Civil War era, were named as winners of Gettysburg College's 13th annual Lincoln and E-Lincoln Prizes.
A Gettysburg College psychology professor has coauthored a book about moving beyond society's not-so-subtle message that depending on people is wrong.
North Korea's announcement that it will immediately reactivate a nuclear reactor is "a definite sign that the U.S. policy in regard to North Korea is not working," according to a Gettysburg College professor.
Gettysburg College Holiday Tipsheet 1) What makes a good family board game? 2) Star of Bethlehem may have been supernova.
Though current U.S. policies might portray Iraq as a much larger nuclear weapons threat, North Korea seems more dangerous, according to a Gettysburg College physics professor who served on the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
As professionals, women are gaining ground on their male counterparts, but as moms, they are still expected to do more for their children than their husbands, according to a Gettysburg College psychology professor.
Facing post-9-11 anxiety and depression, some Americans experiencing increased anxiety and depression have turned to their television --and ads from pharmaceutical companies--rather than a doctor for treatment.
A Sept. 18 USA Today article reported that entrepreneurship is waning, and the culprits may be health costs, financing problems and scandals. A management professor who is developing an entrepreneurship program at Gettysburg College agrees, somewhat, but thinks that better days may be on the horizon.
Kenneth Bacon, former Pentagon spokesman under the Clinton administration and president of Refugees International, will present the keynote address for Gettysburg College's 2002-2003 Area Studies Symposium, "Cultures of War and Peace."
November 2002 marks the 50th anniversary of Dwight Eisenhower's election to the presidency of the United States. A conference on Oct. 25 - 27 will examine the critical 1952 election and Eisenhower legacies in domestic and foreign affairs.
Despite some 2,000 deaths in the last 18 months, hope is alive for peace in the Middle East, former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell (D-Maine) told reporters before the 167th commencement exercises at Gettysburg College.
Experiments conducted at Gettysburg College in the 1990s were the first to demonstrate that, under certain circumstances, dependent people act in assertive, active ways. A National Institute of Mental Health grant will allow a psychology professor and student researchers to spend the next three years looking at precisely what circumstances predict this active behavior.
The Bush administration's recently released data on the quality of care at more than 2,500 U.S. nursing homes is flawed, according to a Gettysburg College Psychology Professor. "It is good consumer information -- and certainly better than nothing at all -- but it is flawed in at least two respects," he said.
A Gettysburg College professor has written a book about a young woman who, in 1758, was taken by a Shawnee raiding party from her home near what would become Gettysburg.
Former U.S. Sen. George J. Mitchell, who led the international fact-finding committee on violence in the Middle East that produced The Mitchell Report, will speak at Gettysburg College's 167th commencement exercises on May 19.
Gettysburg College students are planning a project, including a large outdoor banner, to memorialize some of the 4,700 victims of lynching in the United States.
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