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Maryland Student Earns Gates Cambridge Scholarship

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A Salisbury University student has earned one of the world’s most prestigious international scholarships, the Gates Cambridge award, to explore the development of drugs, especially for antibiotic-resistant diseases. In the process, she is...
5/10/2013 9:35 AM EDT

SU Student Earns $126K Fellowship for Dung Beetle Research

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The National Science Foundation support allows graduate student Mallory Hagadorn to explore dung beetles in cow manure on organic versus conventionally-managed pastures across Maryland. She hopes to show the benefits of having naturally-existing,...
5/6/2013 10:00 AM EDT

$8 Million Gift Announced for SU Academic Commons

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One of the Eastern Shore’s leading philanthropies, the Guerrieri Family Foundation, has announced an $8 million gift for the construction of a new Academic Commons at Salisbury University. This is one of the largest private donations for a...
5/2/2013 1:15 PM EDT

Maryland Trainer to Run Across America

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On Monday, August 20, Salisbury University alumnus Chris Sams, a 27-year-old personal trainer, will embark on a five-month, 3,000+ mile Run Across America to spread messages about health and wellness. He takes off from Under Armour’s Combine...
8/16/2012 5:00 PM EDT

Salisbury University Student Earns Fulbright Fellowship

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More than three centuries ago, Charles Overholt’s ancestors immigrated to America from Germany in search of a better life. Now, the Pocomoke City native is going back to the country they left as the first Salisbury University student to earn the...
4/3/2012 8:40 AM EDT

GIS Students Create New Land Use Maps for State Legislators

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Salisbury University Geographic Information Systems students were recently dubbed “rock stars” by some Maryland legislators. They created large, full-color maps of land use in each new state legislative district.
3/29/2012 3:35 PM EDT

Salisbury University Concludes $40M Campaign

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After six years, Salisbury University celebrates the conclusion of Campaign 2012, a highly successful fundraising initiative that exceeded its original goal by millions — thanks to community and campus supporters.
2/3/2012 4:30 PM EST

New Book Examines 'BBC Television and Black Britons'

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Dr. Darrell Newton of Salisbury University’s Communication Arts Department examines the influence of West Indian immigrants and others on the British Broadcasting Corporation in his new book, Paving the Empire Road: BBC Television and Black...
12/15/2011 4:00 PM EST

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