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Winifred Limmer, a 2006 ¾¨Ó㴫ý graduate in psychology, was accepted as a graduate student in the Department of Experimental Psychology at the University of Cambridge School of Biological Sciences.
Dr. Bethany Hicok, ¾¨Ó㴫ý associate professor of English, will present "'Revolutionary Intersections': Freud, Modernism, and Belief in Wallace Stevens" at the Bleasby Colloquium Thursday, Oct. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater of the McKelvey Campus Center. The program is free and open to the public.
Three groups came on April 21 to plant trees at the Field Station nine days ahead of National Arbor Day. Two groups of 33 were from Wilmington Elementary School on a field day and over 50 children and parents were from ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Preschool celebrating family night.
¾¨Ó㴫ý's Celebrity Series will host a vocal competition March 22 to choose one male and one female ¾¨Ó㴫ý student to perform with Broadway legend Franc D'Ambrosio during his March 23 concert at ¾¨Ó㴫ý.
Students filling the roles of campaign managers and committee members for ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Mock Convention were announced recently.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The ¾¨Ó㴫ý Preschool Lab hosted its eighth annual Summer Camp for Kids June 18-22. The program provided children, ages 4-6, exciting opportunities to learn basic science concepts through investigation, data collection, sensory exploration and guest speakers.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Leslie Kealhofer, ¾¨Ó㴫ý visiting assistant professor of French, presented at the "Image of the ‘Arab' on French Television" Conference Jan. 24-25 at the Université de Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France.
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - Dr. Richard Brazier will present "Keeping within the Radius! Accurately Located Earthquakes and Nuclear Discrimination" at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, March 20 at ¾¨Ó㴫ý's Phillips Lecture Hall in the Hoyt Science Resources Center. Brazier is the associate professor of mathematics and geology and the interim associate dean for faculty and research for University College, Penn State University.
Kathleen Schott, adjunct music faculty member at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, will give a flute recital Saturday, May 1, at 7:30 p.m. in Orr Auditorium.
"I will be performing works by Gaubert, Baker, Gieseking, and Borne," Schott said. "Nancy DeSalvo (assistant professor of music at Westminter) will be accompanying me."
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the ¾¨Ó㴫ý Department of Music at (724) 946-7270.
Dr. Rolf Loeber, professor of psychiatry at the Pittsburgh School of Medicine, will speak about his research on inner city youth risk factors Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 4:30 p.m. in Phillips Lecture Hall located in the Hoyt Science Resources Center of ¾¨Ó㴫ý.
Loeber's presentation, "New Findings on the Causes of Violence and Homicide," will review the 15-year study conducted with his wife, Magda Stouthamer-Loeber. The study tracks more than 1,500 inner city boys to examine risk factors influencing the development of antisocial and delinquent behavior from childhood to early adulthood. The couple began "The Pittsburgh Girls Study" in 1999, and is currently tracking more than 2,400 girls to examine delinquency, depression, and substance abuse over time. Loeber and his wife co-founded and co-direct the Pitt Department of Psychiatry's Life History Studies Program.Â
He also holds appointments in the Department of Epidemiology in the Graduate School of Public Health. Loeber received the 2003 Distinguished Contribution Award by the American Psychological Association and was recognized as a Fellow by the American Society of Criminology from the University of Cambridge. He earned his Ph.D. from Queen's University in Ontario Canada.
The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Mandy Medvin, associate professor of psychology and Gibson-Drinko Distinguished Chair of Psychology at ¾¨Ó㴫ý, at (724) 946-7360 or e-mail medvinm@westminster.edu.
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