Members of the Department of Environmental Science and Sustainability were recognized for some of the sustainability projects that are taking place on campus.
In April, Molly Tarvin, ’22, Ashlynn...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Writer
• April 21, 2022
One of the many sustainability efforts at Allegheny College is the Carr Hall Garden, a garden full of fresh fruits and vegetables that are supplied to the two dining halls on campus, Brooks Dining Hall...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Editor
• April 14, 2022
One of the unique features of college life is to study in countries other than your own.
Allegheny College offers a number of different scholarship opportunities for those students who want to study abroad.
One...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Editor
• April 11, 2022
Is BTS promoting sustainability through their music? One senior sought to answer just that.
Payton Mineweaser, ’22, is doing her senior research project on whether BTS is promoting the United Nations...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Editor
• March 3, 2022
For decades, evolutionary biologists have done research to learn more about the genetic and physical relationship between the humans that live on Earth today and those that lived millions of years ago.
From...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Editor
• February 24, 2022
Editor’s Note: This article was last updated at 5:00 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24. According to the Associated Press, Russian troops entered Ukraine’s Donbas region early Thursday morning in response...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Editor
• January 27, 2022
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha-apai volcano is located near the archipelago of Tonga, which consists of 169 islands, out of which only 36 are inhabited.
The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’pai volcano is located in...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Editor
• November 11, 2021
There are times when white blood cells in the immune system are able to harm the bacteria responsible for infections, yet there are other times when there is an excess number of bacterial cells in the...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Editor
• November 11, 2021
Tardigrades, also known as water bears or moss piglets, are microscopic organisms that are typically 1 nanometer — 0.04 inches — but can also be much smaller in size, according to Britannica.
They...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Editor
• October 22, 2021
Earlier this month, 17 missionaries from both the United States and Canada, some of whom were minors, were abducted by a gang in Haiti, according to CNN.
As they were being abducted, an unknown individual...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Writer
• September 24, 2021
The Allegheny College men’s soccer team traveled on Sept. 15 to the Baierl Athletic Complex at La Roche University.
Coming into the game, the soccer team had a track record of two wins and two losses,...
Air pollutants, such as smog, soot, greenhouse gases and other chemicals, have long been known to be harmful to human health and to the environment.
The World Health Organization has approximated that...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Writer
• April 30, 2021
In 2018, documents outlining plans for another European Soccer League were uncovered by Football Leakes, and the news of this discovery was recently addressed by the German newspaper Der Spiegel.
Typically,...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Writer
• April 23, 2021
In today’s scientific world, it is often uncommon to find experiments that have been done on nonhuman primates, as there are strict research ethic rules that protect them from being used.
A recent...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Writer
• April 9, 2021
Ever Given, a large transportation vessel, has been moved from its position in the Suez Canal after grounding there nearly two weeks ago.
When the ship first grounded, one end was forced against the...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Writer
• March 26, 2021
Recent animal studies have shown that the gut microbiome plays a key role in aspects of neurodevelopment, neuroinflammation and behavior, but animals are not the only ones whose central nervous system...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Writer
• March 18, 2021
Following a drone attack in the Baghdad International Airport in early January 2020 that resulted in the death of Qassim Suleimani, the commander of Iranian forces, tensions between the United States and...
Gabriella Brady, Science/International Writer
• March 12, 2021
As a result of fearing for the health of their family members and friends, and not being able to participate in extracurricular activities — such as jobs, sports, and travel — more than 14 million...