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In a tradition dating back 40 years, faculty and staff will serve a traditional Thanksgiving dinner to students on Nov. 17. Watch videos from past dinners.


This year Dining Services purchased almost $400,000 in locally grown and processed foods. Other sustainable practices include:

  • a reusable mug program
  • reducing waste and water use
  • recycling cooking oil

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Twelve students are taking part in the Eisenhower Institute Undergraduate Fellows Program, a program that offers students the chance to develop their leadership skills and grow in their knowledge and understanding of public policy. Read more.


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How skin deep is beauty? Psychology prof answers

Beauty might seem to be only skin deep, but Gettysburg College Psychology Professor Richard Russell has found that there is more depth to facial differences...

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Theatre arts prof's stage designs at gallery through Oct. 17


To celebrate twenty-five years of theatre arts at Gettysburg College, the Schmucker Art Gallery is presenting a retrospective of Prof. Jerry Hanson's...

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Drinking too much fluid as deadly as dehydration, warns Gettysburg College prof


Drinking too much fluid can be every bit as deadly as dehydration, warns a Gettysburg College professor who is working with an international team of...

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Hundreds attend service for Spanish Prof. Nancy Cushing-Daniels


Hundreds attended a memorial service for Prof. Nancy Cushing-Daniels, 51, a member of the Department of Spanish since 1994, who died suddenly June 17...

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New musical by Gettysburg College prof to premiere on campus


The world premiere of a Gettysburg College professor's new musical about Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan will take place June 13, 14, 18,...

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Why is Cheney so vocal? Gettysburg College prof offers answer


The San Francisco Chronicle turned to a Gettysburg College professor for analysis of former Vice-president Dick Cheney’s very public defense...

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Scholars retire, departments get new names at Gettysburg College


 

From faculty retirements and additions to new names for departments, change is in the air at Gettysburg College this summer.
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Prof. Paula Olinger receives Lifetime of Peacemaking Award


Gettysburg College Spanish Prof. Paula Olinger received a lifetime achievement award for her social justice work, including the founding of The Center/El...

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Sandwiches reveal Cabinet nominee's character, Gettysburg College prof says


Tuna sandwiches revealed the character of President Obama's nominee for Secretary of Commerce, Gettysburg College history professor Michael Birkner...

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Nine faculty members earn tenure at Gettysburg College


Nine Gettysburg College faculty members were recently granted tenure by the College's Board of Trustees based on their teaching, research, and involvement...

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This holiday season, we have all received moral luck, says philosophy professor


Gettysburg College Philosophy Prof. Steve Gimbel says that this holiday season we have all received the "gift" of moral luck. And how we...

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Preschoolers develop best when grouped closer in age, psychology professor says


When preschoolers are grouped in classrooms with a wide range of ages, their development suffers, says Gettysburg College Psychology Prof. Arlen Moller...

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Gettysburg College Prof. Gabor Boritt wins 2008 National Humanities Medal


Gettysburg College history professor and Civil War scholar Gabor S. Boritt received the National Humanities Medal for 2008 from President George W. Bush...

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Economy unaffected by election result, Gettysburg College prof says


In an opinion piece by Gettysburg College Economics Prof. Mark Hopkins, he argues from an economic point of view that it may not matter which candidate...

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Prof. Ralph Cavaliere profiled in new Gettysburg magazine


The newest issue of Gettysburg, the College's magazine, looks back on biology Prof. Ralph Cavaliere's decades of service and looks forward ...

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Conservatory gains new director; orchestra, band conductors named


A rock-and-roll-loving former baroque harpsichordist, an expert on composers who fled Nazi oppression, and a percussionist turned conductor joined...

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Boys need girls in preschool for developmental edge, prof says


If you want to give your son a developmental edge, enroll him in a preschool program where there are lots of preschool girls. That's the key finding...

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New Gettysburg magazine features presidential campaign; video available


The company candidates keep reveal far more about them than soundbites and campaign ads, political science Prof. Shirley Anne Warshaw says in the summer...

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2008 All-Star Game was mathematical marvel, Gettysburg College prof says


GETTYSBURG, PA - The 2008 All-Star Game was the game of a lifetime, and a Gettysburg College professor can prove it mathematically.

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Prof focuses on principles, truth in wake of rising business scandals


Teaching ethics in college management or business courses can be challenging, given the growing number of scandals and half-baked business experiments...

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Reconstruction failed Maryland's African Americans, Gettysburg prof says


After the Civil War, Maryland's African American population might have been better off in one of the conquered Confederate states.

That...

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Gettysburg College prof probes political debates on NPR's WHYY


Gettysburg College's Civil War Era Studies Professor Allen Guelzo appeared on "Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane," Philadelphia's NPR affiliate...

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Gettysburg College students win Mellon grants for summer research


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Opera music to be performed April 14


GETTYSBURG, Pa. - "Notes at Noon," Musselman Library's brown-bag concert series, will feature opera music April 14 at Gettysburg College.

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Operatic soprano to perform March 25


GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Operatic soprano Kathleen Sasnett will sing March 25 at Gettysburg College.

The 8 p.m. performance, "An Evening of Music...

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Professor Allen Guelzo appears on 'The Daily Show' with Jon Stewart Feb. 27


Gettysburg College's Civil War Era Studies Professor Allen Guelzo appeared on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart on Wednesday...

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Gettysburg College faculty talk about writing, research in video interviews


GETTYSBURG, Pa. - A downloadable audio-visual series focusing on faculty members and their published works and research is available on the College's...

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Gettysburg College Observatory captures lunar eclipse


A composite of images taken at the Gettysburg College Observatory captured the total lunar eclipse of Feb. 20.

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Faculty music recital to take place Feb. 24


GETTYSBURG, Pa. ­ A music recital featuring flute, oboe and piano will take place Feb. 24 at Gettysburg College.

The 2:30 p.m. performance...

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Virtual reality brings Viking world to Gettysburg


From tombs to treasure, Gettysburg College students are bringing the Viking Age back to life by creating computer games and surfing virtual versions...

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Art professor's exhibit to feature sculpture, drawings through Feb. 24


GETTYSBURG, Pa. - Works by a Gettysburg College visual arts professor will be featured in an exhibit that runs through Feb. 24.

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