2014 News Stories
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2014 Year in Review: Achievements and News
The past year was marked by faculty and student achievements, and a college-wide emphasis on the liberal arts leading to lifetime success. -
Season’s Greetings from Ursinus College
While Ursinus College is on winter break, please enjoy our holiday images shared by students, faculty, staff, friends and alumni. View Photos
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Ursinus Named “Best Value” College
Ursinus College is one of 100 liberal arts colleges cited by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance as a “best value” in its new 2015 lists. -
Holly Hubbs, ambassador for classical sax, has new CD
Musician Holly Hubbs is on a one-woman mission to enhance the reputation of the saxophone from an iconic jazz instrument to a woodwind recognized for its classical repertoire as well. -
#Giving2UCday Breaks Record
Ursinus College broke a donor participation record when it hosted its first ever #Giving2UCday, held in conjunction with Giving Tuesday on Dec. 2. -
Campus Responds to Recent Decisions
Members of the campus community responded to recent grand jury decisions with meetings, a silent protest and a community discussion. -
Science Faculty Win Presitigious NIH Grants
Two science faculty members received major research grants from the National Institutes of Health. One allows collaboration with Scripps Research Institute and Stanford University. -
Helping Residents Connect with a Neighborhood
An Ursinus English faculty member mentored her urban neighbors as they searched for the soul of their Philadelphia neighborhood. -
A Winter Musical Tradition Returns
The annual performance of Handel’s Messiah has been an Ursinus tradition since 1938. Tickets are available for Dec. 6 and 7 performances. Saturday’s performance caps Borough festivities. -
CIE Fellows Connect Beyond the Classroom
CIE (Common Intellectual Experience) Fellows not only help first-year students connect classroom learning to life on campus, but they take CIE beyond the campus, recently to New York City. -
PA Professor of the Year: A Scholar Teaches Problem-Solving
Richard L. Wallace, an Ursinus College Environmental Studies professor whose blend of academic and applied learning teaches students to be lifelong problem solvers, is the Pennsylvania Professor of the Year. -
Costello: First UC Grad Elected to Congress
Ryan Costello ’99 will be the first Ursinus graduate to serve in the U.S. Congress. He was elected in November to the U.S. House of Representatives. -
Dance Concert Works by Faculty, Student, Guest Artist
The upcoming dance concert features eclectic works by faculty, a guest artist and a student whose choreography is based on her Independent Learning Experience. The theme is Duality. -
UC Students Place in Business Competition
Ursinus students compete with students from all over the U.S. making real world business decisions in a leadership competition. -
Bear Pitch Entreprenuers Named
Results are in from the first Bear Pitch competition, a fast-paced event from the U-Imagine Center for Integrative and Entrepreneurial Studies. -
Marsteller Earns Leadership Award
Senior Vice President for Advancement, Jill Leauber Marsteller ’78, received Villanova University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Medallion for her exemplary philanthropic leadership. -
Remembering Ambassador Joseph Melrose ’66
Ursinus College students, alumni, faculty and staff join with the international community to mourn the Nov. 8 death of the Hon. Joseph H. Melrose Jr. ’66, Ambassador-in-Residence and Professor of International Relations. A memorial service was held in Bomberger Auditorium Sunday, Nov. 16. -
A Passion for Bikes
Connor Murphy has worked hard to engage students with the BikeShare program. There are more than 120 members in the Ursinus BikeShare program, with 50 people signing up in the first month of school. -
Costumed Dogs a Hit on Halloween
Faculty and staff brought their dogs to campus—many in costume—for a Halloween edition of Pause for Paws. -
Deena Gu Watercolor on Silk Scrolls at Berman
Deena Gu: Early Work/Early Scrolls is an exhibition opening at the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art, Nov. 6 through Jan. 11, 2015.