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Student Projects Poster Session

Updated: April 20, 2023 | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Please join us for the Student Projects Poster Session held in the Rossin Ballroom on Tuesday, May 9th from 3:00pm-5:30pm. Session 1 students will present from 3pm-4:15pm, and Session 2 students will present from 4:15pm-5:30pm. Programs and presenter lists will be available at the door. We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to celebrating the work…

W&J Spring Choral Concert

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The W&J Choirs and Pittsburgh Concert Chorale will join forces to present Luminous: Music Inspired by Light on Friday, April 21 at 7:30 pm at Church of the Covenant. The concert will include uplifting works by Schubert, Lauridsen, Gjeilo, Hagenberg, and more. A string quartet will join the choirs for a portion of the concert. Come…

A team of W&J students led by Professor of Biology Jason Kilgore, Ph.D. works in the Allegheny National Forest in northwest Pennsylvania to monitor the health of ash trees affected by emerald ash borer (EAB), an invasive insect from Asia that already has killed hundreds of millions of ash trees across the United States and Canada. Creative director Matt Michalko and graphic designer Cameron Haid pose with the crew after spending 2 days documenting their work.

Saving North American Ash: W&J research team studies effects of emerald ash borer in Allegheny National Forest

Updated: November 18, 2022 | Tagged: , , , , , , , , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (November 18, 2022)—In 2002, a hungry green beetle called the emerald ash borer (or EAB) made its way to North America, setting its sights and stomach on the continent’s ash trees. Insatiable and invasive, the southeast Asian insect seemed set to destroy all American ash, but a group of researchers at…

Rising senior Holly Troesch stands in blue, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium shirt and holds a small owl.

Monkeying around: biology major makes animal encounters educational in zoo internship

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WASHINGTON, PA (August 12, 2022)—Rising senior Holly Troesch works with a bunch of animals. And she wouldn’t have it any other way.

W&J rising senior April Bonifate sits at a desk with computer monitors displaying scans and smiles.

Something fishy: rising senior investigates aquatic parasite in Washington internship

Updated: July 26, 2022 | Tagged: , , ,

WASHINGTON, PA (July 26, 2022)—Scientific discovery is pulling at the line of aquatic researchers in Washington state and W&J rising senior April Bonifate is helping them reel it in.

Side-by-side photos of W&J juniors Hannah Luttringer and Holly Troesch. In each photo, the students stand alone and smile at the camera.

Juniors in Germany: W&J students snag two of five Delta Phi Alpha study abroad scholarships

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WASHINGTON, PA (May 11, 2022)—W&J juniors Hannah Luttringer and Holly Troesch are really going places. Or, rather, one particular place: Lüneburg, Germany. 

Old Main as seen from a drone view on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College in May 2018.

W&J celebrates student accomplishments at 2022 Honors Convocation

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WASHINGTON, PA (April 22, 2022)—On April 21, Washington and Jefferson College hosted its 2022 Honors Convocation in First Presbyterian Church.

Photos of W&J senior Anja Popey and junior Lekhya Kollu.

W&J science students experiment with success after spending the summer in labs

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WASHINGTON, PA (April 18, 2022)–Washington & Jefferson College students have spent recent months in labs contributing to the success of scientific inquiries on all things genes, germs, and proteins.

W&J students Jeffrey E. Seabury, Jr. ’22 , Lillien Shaer ’22, Mario Sanchez Isabas ’23, and Nickolas Bartel ’23 bookend a podium at the Pennsylvania Political Science Association (PPSA) 83rd Annual Meeting & Conference in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

Presidential Presentations: W&J students take research on the road; showcase their findings at academic conferences

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WASHINGTON, PA (April 14, 2022)—Fueled by facts and findings, the W&J presidents have traded campaigns for conferences and are forging new trails to tomorrow.