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Released: 11-May-2016 9:00 AM EDT
Ursinus Professor Dale Cameron Gets Grant to Support Understanding of Prion Biology
Ursinus College

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.

Released: 22-Apr-2015 11:05 AM EDT
Ursinus Honors its Late President at 2015 Commencement
Ursinus College

President Bobby Fong and Suzanne Fong will "graduate" with the Class of 2015

Released: 13-Apr-2015 7:05 AM EDT
Supporting Low-Income, High Achieving Students with Interest in STEM Fields
Ursinus College

A National Science Foundation grant will allow Ursinus College to increase retention and success among underserved students in the sciences.

Released: 6-Apr-2015 2:05 PM EDT
Conference at Ursinus College Explores Safeguarding the American Food Supply
Ursinus College

Coverage is welcome of this conference sponsored by Ursinus College, Sigma Xi and the Institute on Science for Global Policy.

Released: 16-Feb-2015 3:00 PM EST
Oscar’s Women: Are Female Roles as Accessories to Great Men?
Ursinus College

An Ursinus College film professor calls for a "cultural shift" in how Hollywood perceives women.

Released: 7-Apr-2014 6:00 AM EDT
Science and Policy Will Converge at ISGP/Ursinus Pandemics Conference
Ursinus College

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.

Released: 19-Mar-2014 7:00 AM EDT
Ursinus Students Could Discover the Next Big Idea in Entrepreneurial Competition
Ursinus College

U-Innovate! awards prizes and mentorship to a winning student team in an initiative that encourages entrepreneurial mindsets for students in any major.

Released: 23-Feb-2014 1:00 PM EST
Ursinus Team Takes Student Consultant Project to China
Ursinus College

Two students and a professor plan to involve students at Lingnan University in the classroom process.

Released: 2-Jan-2014 2:00 PM EST
New Center Encourages Entrepreneurial Thinking
Ursinus College

New center led by interdisciplinary group of faculty will nourish creativity and originality in students.

Released: 30-Oct-2013 1:00 PM EDT
40 Years Ago: Death of Marcus Foster Leaves Legacy in School Reform Movement
Ursinus College

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.

Released: 18-Jan-2008 10:40 AM EST
Experts Discuss Climate Change at Focus the Nation Program
Ursinus College

Ursinus College in Collegeville, PA hosts major four-day program for the national Focus the Nation teach-in initiative on climate change.

Released: 6-Sep-2007 12:00 AM EDT
Ursinus College Plans Major Focus the Nation Program
Ursinus College

Ursinus College plans extensive programs and high profile speakers for the national Focus the Nation program.

Released: 19-Jul-2007 11:00 AM EDT
Ursinus Summer Research is a Different Experience
Ursinus College

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.

Released: 14-Jun-2006 4:45 PM EDT
After Decade, More Students Benefit from Summer Research
Ursinus College

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.

Released: 28-Mar-2006 6:00 PM EST
Scholarship Renamed at Ursinus College
Ursinus College

Four-Year Literary Scholarship to be awarded to Writing Student.

Released: 21-Apr-2005 12:00 AM EDT
New College Performing Arts Center Design Mindful of Student Use
Ursinus College

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.

Released: 8-Feb-2005 10:30 AM EST
Campus Museums Can Play Dual Role
Ursinus College

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.

Released: 10-Jan-2005 1:30 PM EST
Symposium Helps Address Decline of Women in Coaching
Ursinus College

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.

Released: 19-Nov-2004 11:00 AM EST
Foreign Relations and Managed Care Experts Available
Ursinus College

Ursinus College offers experts in Foreign Relations (Latin American affairs and Middle East and Africa), and Managed Care.

Released: 1-Jun-2004 2:10 PM EDT
More Students Seek International Internships
Ursinus College

Internships abroad are becoming a standard piece of many Study Abroad programs, enhancing immersion into a foreign culture and add to a student's marketability when job-hunting.

Released: 20-Apr-2004 4:00 PM EDT
Harvard Divinity Scholar to Speak at Commencement
Ursinus College

Peter J. Gomes, the Plummer Professor of Christian Morals and Pusey Minister in the Memorial Church and Member of the Faculty of Divinity School at Harvard University, will be the commencement speaker on May 15, 2004.

Released: 16-Dec-2003 12:20 PM EST
Students Experience the Creation Process as Curators
Ursinus College

An art museum on campus affords creative opportunities for students. Two students are the curators of an exhibition of pieces from the permanent collection, at the college's Berman Museum of Art through April 9. Digital photographs of some of the works in the exhibit are available by contacting Ursinus College.

Released: 13-Aug-2003 3:00 PM EDT
Performing Arts Center Construction Begins at Ursinus College
Ursinus College

A new performing arts center being built at Ursinus College is a means to emphasize the arts in the liberal arts.

Released: 13-Aug-2003 3:00 PM EDT
New Students Greeted with "Academic Icebreaker"
Ursinus College

Ursinus College greets a large class of first-years with a taste of what it means to belong to an academic community. Students will jump into a class during the first full day of orientation and will discuss the book they all read over the summer.

Released: 8-Jul-2003 12:00 AM EDT
Summer on Campus - a Time for Research
Ursinus College

Summer on campus is sometimes a time for special projects. Ursinus College offers stipends to allow selected students to do an in-depth research project and work one-on-one with a faculty mentor. The research is presented at the end of the eight-week program.

Released: 6-Jun-2003 12:00 AM EDT
Student Artists Pair with Museum for Creative Results
Ursinus College

Urban elementary school students "adopt" works of art in a program with a college art museum to learn about museums in society and art in their own lives.

Released: 9-Apr-2003 12:00 AM EDT
H.M. Queen Noor to Address Graduates
Ursinus College

Her Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan will be the commencement speaker at Ursinus College Saturday May 17. She will be awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, and plans to meet with Jordanian students at Ursinus.

Released: 4-Mar-2003 12:00 AM EST
New Forum for Homecomings to Campus
Ursinus College

Spring also means planning for a new event which will get alumni to return to campus this June for classes, not football.

Released: 4-Mar-2003 12:00 AM EST
Spring Breaks
Ursinus College

Spring means students are looking for different ways to spend the spring break, such as community service or presenting research.

Released: 31-Jan-2002 12:00 AM EST
Women Encouraged to Become Coaches at Snell Symposium
Ursinus College

Although participation by women on athletic teams has skyrocketed since Title IX, the number of females coaching those teams has not kept pace. The holder of the Snell Chair at Ursinus College, is trying to change the dismal statistics.

Released: 16-Nov-2001 12:00 AM EST
New Science Buildings Could Arise from Ursinus Meeting
Ursinus College

Faculty, deans and presidents from 33 colleges will gather at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania this weekend to work with other academics, architects and planners on ideas for renovating or building new science and math facilities on their own campuses.

Released: 25-Jul-2001 12:00 AM EDT
At Ursinus, Summer Research Pays Off
Ursinus College

53 undergraduate summer fellows enjoy academic explorations, travel and discovery while on special summer stipends that support their work.

Released: 10-May-2001 12:00 AM EDT
ABC's Antonio Mora to Speak at Ursinus Commencement
Ursinus College

Antonio Mora, news anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America," will speak at the 128th Ursinus College Commencement at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 19, on the front lawn of campus. The ceremony will be held outdoors, rain or shine.

Released: 25-Jan-2001 12:00 AM EST
Snell II to Give Women's Coaching Another Boost at Ursinus
Ursinus College

One year after she launched the Snell women's coaching project at Ursinus College, Jen Shillingford is starting to see the ripple effect of her efforts--her ideas are catching on.

Released: 23-Sep-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Famous Masterpiece to Acquire Ursinus Faces
Ursinus College

Ursinus students will have a close brush with the High Italian Renaissance, as a New York painter recreates his own version of Raphael's famous masterpiece, "The School of Athens," using Ursinus students, faculty, the college's dean and president as models.

Released: 17-Aug-2000 12:00 AM EDT
A Laptop for Every Frosh at Ursinus
Ursinus College

Ursinus College has joined the ranks of the nation's "most wired" colleges this year, with all new students scheduled to receive laptop computers when they arrive on campus in three weeks.

Released: 20-Jun-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Job Market Is Hot for Liberal Arts Grads
Ursinus College

The job market has never been better for liberal arts graduates. The vast majority of liberal arts graduates are "ordering" the fries, not serving them, and Ursinus College graduates are a case in point.

Released: 19-May-2000 12:00 AM EDT
"Think Big," Surgeon Carson Advises Ursinus Grads
Ursinus College

Benjamin S. Carson, pediatric neurosurgeon and author, advised the Ursinus Class of 2000 that success is about using your God-given talents, developing them to the extent that you lift up and become valuable to the people around you.

Released: 3-May-2000 12:00 AM EDT
Breast Cancer Risk for Uninformed Young Women
Ursinus College

An Ursinus College senior history major never expected her honors research on the history of the American birth control pill to uncover a potential threat to women's health: young women in the 15-24 age range who have never been pregnant are both most at-risk for breast cancer and most likely to use the pill.

Released: 29-Apr-2000 12:00 AM EDT
"Gifted Hands" Author, Surgeon, at Ursinus Commencement
Ursinus College

Neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson, a once-troubled youth who is now director of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, and author of such inspirational books as "Gifted Hands," will speak at Ursinus College Commencement on May 13.

Released: 3-Mar-2000 12:00 AM EST
Project to Combat Dearth of Women Coaches
Ursinus College

Jen Shillingford, Chair of Health and Physical Education at Ursinus, is hoping to create a ripple effect that will bring a new wave of female coaches into the world of girls' and women's sports.

Released: 5-Oct-1999 12:00 AM EDT
Ursinus' Berman Museum 10th Anniversary
Ursinus College

"The Transforming Power of Art," a symposium, will be held at Ursinus College Oct. 20 from 3 to 5 p.m., in celebration of the 10th anniversary of Ursinus' Berman Museum of Art. Keynote speaker will be J. Carter Brown, director emeritus of the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Released: 8-May-1999 12:00 AM EDT
C-Span's Brian Lamb: Commencement Speaker
Ursinus College

Brian Lamb, president and on-air host of C-SPAN, will be the speaker at the Ursinus College Commencement at 10 a.m., Saturday May 15, on the front lawn of the campus.


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