Dickinson Magazine: Summer 2014

Going Local

Dickinson magazine cover Whether it’s digging into the past, polling the campus community or testing the waters (literally), place-based student-faculty research is thriving in the Cumberland Valley.

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Features

Departments

Dickinson Matters: A Community of Value

Our community is poised to help our graduates succeed—whether they walked down the Old West steps just this May or decades ago.

Our View: Enhancing Engagement

From launching our new initiative, One College One Community, to strengthening our career network, Dickinson is raising alumni engagement to new levels.

New Ink

See how student-editors are doing things differently, with the launch of the new Dickinson Science Magazine and a revamp of the Dickinson Review.

Summer 2014 Kudos

Recent published research includes Kristin Strock's “Recovery from acid rain speeding up in Northeast lakes” in Environmental Science and Technology.

Poetry in the Making

Read the two student poems that reaped accolades from the Academy of American Poets.

‘You Had Me at Truman’

Master musicians and music aficionados returned to campus to celebrate Professor Emeritus Truman Bullard’s 75th birthday.

The Evening Shift

Learn why working at The Quarry is about much more than bubble tea and coffee.

Squash 101

Varsity squash is dropping onto campus this winter, and we can help you get your lingo down in plenty of time.

Commencement 2014: Q&A with Madame Secretary

Before her momentous Commencement speech, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright had a more intimate conversation with four members of the class of 2014.

In the Game: Taking It All in Stride

Record-smashing Sara Patterson ’14 shares her experience as a scholar-athlete, from the lab to the track.

Deep Roots

This year 62 Dickinsonians graduated as part of a proud legacy tradition. Learn more about legacy families and meet some of them here.

Closing Thoughts: I Came to Dickinson to be a Lawyer

When Amy Shelley Impellizzeri ’92 came to Dickinson in 1988, she was on a straight-line path to becoming a lawyer. Well, sort of.

Web Exclusives

An Auditory History

Music professor emeritus Truman Bullard looks back on a half-century of academic excellence.

Still Ticking

Henry Line ’38, who died Feb. 25, was sought out worldwide by collectors and owners of family heirlooms. Read Dickinson Magazine's summer 2010 profile of the prolific jeweler.