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NASA Grant Funds Ursinus Crater Classification Research

Assistant Professor of Physics Kassie Martin-Wells has been awarded a Research Initiation Grant from NASA, which will support work with students in creating a crater classification tool, a significant step forward in planetary science study.

Ursinus students looking down over rim of a meteor crater during a Planetary Crater Consortium (PCC) field trip in August 2019.
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Professor Katie Schmid Henson Named Inaugural Writing Freedom Fellow

Assistant Professor of English and Creative Writing Katie Schmid Henson has been selected by Haymarket Books and the Mellon Foundation as a member of the inaugural Writing Freedom Fellowship cohort, an initiative that supports the literary work of authors whose lives have been touched by the criminal legal system.

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Angela Upright and Joanna Timmerman in the Hall of Flags at the University of Pennsylvania.

Ursinus Staff Present at UPenn Disability Symposium

Staff members Angela Upright and Joanna Timmerman represented Ursinus at the University of Pennsylvania on March 8th, delivering a dynamic presentation about the collaboration between the Ursinus Center for Advocacy, Responsibility, and Engagement (UCARE) and the Office of Disability and Access (ODA).

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Celebrating Faculty Achievement

Six Ursinus College scholars were granted tenure, with five being promoted to associated professor, by the Ursinus Board of Trustees.
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“Paths of Extraction” comes to The Berman Museum


The Berman Museum welcomes Adriane Colburn to campus as an artist-in-residence to present Paths of Extraction. Hear about the installation from Colburn, as well as Ursinus students Caroline Tillson ’25 and Caroline Yuratich ’26 who served as research and studio assistants for the duration of the project. Paths of Extraction will be in the Berman Museum from February 8 through December 15, 2024.
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Sycamore Stories

A 43-Year Legacy of Lunchtime Layups

While it may be impossible to confirm if Ursinus’s lunchtime basketball game for faculty and staff is the longest-running pick-up game on a college campus, surely it must be the liveliest.

Self-taught Academic Coach Helps 123K Followers Learn to Study

As a student in high school, Dora Zeibekis ’24 struggled with biology. At Ursinus, she excels as a biology (and Spanish) major. If you think she likely has good advice to share on improving one’s study habits, you’re in good company: She has 123,000 followers on Instagram who agree. Known as @coffeestudi, Zeibekis offers study tips and academic coaching.

From the Magazine

The New View

How an Ursinus lab is threading machine learning and the human element.

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Lean on Me

To conclude our three-part series on the college’s commitment, under the international Okanagan Charter, to the well-being of people, places, and planet, we are doing a deeper dive into how students serve as supporters, educators, and role models.
Lean on Me

Pitch Perfect

In this exclusive interview, the Olympic coach and trailblazer reflects on a legendary career as a true pioneer in women’s athletics. Vonnie Gros ’57 built a hall of fame legacy—and did it her own way.
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Events on the Ursinus campus and beyond.

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Ursinus in the news

The global impacts of Sweden joining NATO

Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations Johannes Karreth was a guest on a KYW podcast and discussed the implications of Sweden, a historically neutral country, joining NATO. Listen here.

‘Way too much news’: US conservatives face a fragmented media map

Associate Professor of Media and Communication Studies Tony Nadler is quoted in a Financial Times story about the growing fragmentation of conservative media in the U.S. Read it here.

Surviving fishing gear entanglement isn’t enough for endangered right whales – females still don’t breed afterward

Assistant Professor of Statistics Leslie New co-authored a piece on North Atlantic right whale research in The Conversation. Read it here.

Athletic News

  • March 13, 2024 at 5:45pm

    Huge Fifth Inning Lifts Baseball over Rosemont

  • March 12, 2024 at 3:44pm

    Irondi Earns D3hoops.com All-Region V Second Team Honors

  • March 12, 2024 at 3:24pm

    Wall Named to D3hoops.com All-Region V Second Team

  • March 12, 2024 at 6:01am

    Armour Earns Centennial Women’s Tennis Athlete of the Week Honor

  • March 12, 2024 at 6:00am

    Yu Garners Centennial Conference Athlete of the Week Honors

  • March 10, 2024 at 12:48pm

    Roe, Ruggiero Qualify as Individuals for NCGA National Championship

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Life After Ursinus

Episode 5: Taking a Leap of Faith

For the first time ever, Ursinus goes global - all the way to Doha, Qatar where 2009 alumnus Andrew Clark shares his experience in digital marketing in the Middle East. Now based in Baltimore, Andrew discusses how taking a leap of faith paid off.


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